17 h. ago Fake baker, 47, who pretended he worked at Greggs and swindled £700,000 in grants from his council is jailed

Aftab Baig, 47, of Glasgow, made fraudulent claims to Leeds City Council against thirty-two properties and arranged for the money to go into his business account.

Economics

20 h. ago Glasgow man jailed after scamming council out of £700k covid loans

Aftab Baig, was jailed for four years for defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000.

Economics

21 h. ago Scot who pretended to be Greggs property manager to scam council out of £710,000 in Covid grants jailed

Aftab Baig was arrested in Glasgow

Society

21 h. ago Fake Greggs manager in 'disgrace' for huge £710,000 Covid fraud

He made bogus claims against 32 branches of Greggs

Economics

22 h. ago Man who pretended to be Greggs manager to claim £710,000 in Covid grants jailed

Aftab Baig, 47, from Glasgow, was part of a fraud which saw bogus claims made against the Leeds branches of the bakery chain.

Economics

1 week ago Man United duo frozen out by Ruben Amorim raise serious question about manager's claim

Ruben Amorim's judgement is being questioned after he made the decision to freeze out two Manchester United stars who have recently displayed their worth elsewhere

Politics

2 w. ago Magnus Carlsen makes cameo in BBC Two’s Chess Masters as drop in viewers slows

World No 1 made surprise appearance in Monday’s episode as viewer numbers again dropped, but more slowlyMagnus Carlsen, the world No 1, made a cameo appearance via video in Monday’s third episode of BBC Two’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, setting a challenge to memorise a position from a “special” World Blitz game. Viewer numbers, ­supplied by Broadcast, again dropped, but more slowly, from 890,000 in the first episode to 710,000 last week and 655,000 this time.Carlsen displayed the position after 29 Ka6 of his 2022 World Blitz game with ­Richard ­Rapport. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago 'It's helping': Celtic player of the season candidate addresses 'too easy' claim after manager's transfer hint

The defender opened up on his Celtic career on international duty.

Sport

3 w. ago Roy Keane tipped for managerial return with Man Utd 'impact' claim made

Roy Keane has not led a club since leaving Ipswich Town in 2011, yet former Premier League star Andy Townsend has suggested the ex-Manchester United captain could return to the dugout

Politics

3 w. ago Sacha Lord quizzed about £400,000 Covid grant his company was told to pay back

The Parklife and Warehouse Project founder resigned as Andy Burnham's night time economy adviser earlier this year

Economics