4 h. ago Metal detectorist jailed for trying to sell Anglo Saxon coins to an undercover police officer is ordered to repay £103,000

Roger Pilling, 77, was convicted with conspirator Craig Best, 48, after their attempts to sell to sell the criminal property worth £766,000 led them into the hands of an undercover police officer.

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12 h. ago Metal detectorist jailed for attempted rare coin sale ordered to repay £103,000

Roger Pilling, 77, from Loveclough, Lancashire, has three months to pay back what prosecutors said were his profits from the crime.

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3 d. ago Check your change for 'super rare' 50p coin with 'one tiny detail' worth £2,000

The coin must feature a specific design for it to be especially valuable to collectors.

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3 d. ago ‘Super rare’ £1 coin with engraving error could be worth £500

This £1 coin was printed with a dating error

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3 d. ago Rare 1p coin sells for £127,000 as people urged to check their change

People have been emptying their piggy banks in search for a rare coin that could earn them almost £130,000 when sold at auction - but many have their doubts over ever finding one

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5 d. ago Rare 2p coin is set to fetch a staggering £400 at auction: Have you got one in YOUR pocket?

A rare silver two pence coin, dated 1985, was found in a piggy bank in the late 1990s, and could now go for up to 20,000 times its face value at auction.

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6 d. ago Raver jailed after trying to smuggle drugs into Creamfields inside Irn

Blake Holmes from Dalkeith has been jailed for 32 months in prison after he attempted to smuggle MDMA, ketamine and cocaine into the popular dance music festival in Darlesbury.

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1 week ago Man who tried to abduct girl, 5, from Asda after holding her hand now on the run

Tadas Kuslevicius is on the run after being jailed in 2021 for an attempted kidnapping when he grabbed the hand of a five-year-old girl in the Asda supermarket in Queensferry, North Wales

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2 w. ago Convicted child killer Rick Thorburn is found dead in his jail cell after taking his own life

The Aussie child killer was found dead in his Queensland jail cell on Friday following repeated attempts to take his own life.

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2 w. ago Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump

Florida's attorney general says his office will bring terrorism and attempted murder counts against a man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was golfing last fall

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2 w. ago 'Super rare' £2 coin that collectors are 'going crazy' for could sell for more than £1,000

People are being urged to check their change for this old pound coin from 2014

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2 w. ago The crucial CCTV that helped jail a plastic surgeon for trying to kill his colleague

This CCTV is the crucial footage that helped jail a plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a fellow doctor he wanted “out of the way” by stabbing him after a thwarted plan to set his house alight.

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3 w. ago Sutton Hoo helmet’s origin story challenged by discovery from amateur metal detectorist

Denmark likely played more central role in Europe’s ancient history than previously thought, study suggests

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3 w. ago Look out for this rare 2p coin from the 1980s that could be worth over £1,000

The coin needs to feature a specific error to be especially valuable to collectors.

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3 w. ago Old Etonian who tried to murder his estranged partner in 'drunken and petulant' rage by throwing her down a 240ft well at his family's country estate is jailed for 24 years

An Old Etonian who tried to throw his estranged partner into a 240ft-deep well was jailed for 24 years today for attempted murder.

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3 w. ago Old Etonian who tried to murder his estranged partner by throwing her down a 240ft well at his family's country estate is jailed for 24 years

An Old Etonian who tried to throw his estranged partner into a 240ft-deep well was jailed for 24 years today for attempted murder.

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3 w. ago Look out for this rare penny coin worth £500 if it features this image

Coin collectors will pay a tidy sum for this piece if it features a specific image that is 'difficult to spot'

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4 w. ago Rare 50p coin sells for £157 and you could have one in your change

The 50p coin sparked a bidding war on eBay

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last month 'Look closely' for rare UK penny coin featuring a small mark worth over £300

The valuable coin features a tiny initial on one side

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