30 h. ago Mum of two in tears as 'TikTok addiction' sends her to prison

Katherine Greenall, 29, spent a whopping £300,000 on TikTok tokens which she went on to gift to her favourite creators after she stole it from a St Helens business

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40 h. ago Mum's 'TikTok addiction' results in prison sentence for fraud

Katherine Greenall "abused the trust" of the company she worked for with her actions.

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44 h. ago Mum of two's 'TikTok addiction' led her on 'voyage of fraud and misadventure'

Katherine Greenall was jailed after stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from her employer

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45 h. ago 'Greedy' mum weeps as 'TikTok addiction' means she's going to prison

Katherine Greenall described how her 'TikTok addiction' had spiralled out of control and that she had been 'living a lie' before she was remanded in custody

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4 d. ago ‘Sidmouth became our summer place’: Jeremy Vine on why his family love holidaying in Devon

The broadcaster and author can’t get enough of this stretch of England’s south coast, and has even set his first murder mystery thereMy earliest memory of Devon is being lost, and my mum crying. I was at junior school. I had a friend whose mother was described as “vague” – this was the 1970s, so that could have been code for almost anything. The vague mother had given my normally quite organised mother directions to a remote house where my schoolfriend spent his summers. We were “popping in” (70s code: spending the day there). The instructions to find the place were something like, “Turn left after South Zeal, pass the dirt track and follow the direction the sheep are facing.”After an hour of pretending we were still on the right route, my mum suddenly burst into tears and uttered a rare denunciation of a fellow human being. “That SILLY woman!” she shouted. “We don’t know where we are. Nobody does.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Inside the lonely prison life of Rose West as she struggles to walk and is shunned by everyone... except the serial killer's twisted fans who send her letters

Rose and her husband Fred remain among Britain's most prolific serial killers, after they carried out a campaign of abuse so vicious that they were branded 'the epitome of evil.'

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1 week ago Young boy brings his mam to tears in beautiful moment that captured Welsh hearts

One little boy stole hearts when he emotionally told audiences "I love my mam loads"

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1 week ago Ellie Simmonds heartbreaking call with birth mum revealed in tearful documentary

In a new ITV documentary, the swimming champion explores societal views of having children with a disability - and whether she should have kids herself

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1 week ago Five key Jay Slater witnesses who could help solve mystery of tragic teen

The inquest into Jay Slater's mystery death was adjourned after his mum made a tearful plea to find several witnesses with Jay in Tenerife - here are the five people that could help solve this case

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2 w. ago Strictly's Ellie Simmonds told 'all I could see was your disability' in heartbreaking call

In a new ITV documentary, Ellie Simmonds: Should I Have Children?, the former Paralympian swimming champion has a tear-jerking phone call with her birth mum

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2 w. ago Ellie Simmonds' birth mum breaks down in tears as she explains why she gave her up

Former Paralympian swimming champion Ellie Simmonds has a heart-to-heart with her birth mum in an emotional episode of an ITV documentary, where she is seen breaking down in tears

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2 w. ago All Saints' Melanie Blatt in tears as she shares update on mum's major health setback

The All Saints singer broke down in tears on GMB as she rewatched an emotional moment from her Celebrity Race Across the World journey - and shared her mum's health news

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2 w. ago Jay Slater inquest halted as mum breaks down in tears and demands crucial missing witnesses attend

Inquest had begun into death of tragic teenager on holiday whose body was found in ravine after desperate 29 day search

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3 w. ago Rylan Clark shows mum Linda in tears as he says 'when mummy found out' special news

The BBC Radio 2 star has revealed the moment he got the FaceTime his beloved mum, Linda, and give her some good news

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3 w. ago Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work | Gaby Hinsliff

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script. She shouldWhat should become of the two idiots who took a chainsaw to the beloved Sycamore Gap tree? Obviously it was thuggish, a pointless desecration of something that gave countless people joy, judging by the outpouring of unexpectedly deep emotion that followed. Landscapes work their way into the soul. But so does the thought of two children whose father is about to be jailed for what the judge warned would be a “lengthy period”. Though a line obviously has to be drawn, is this really the best way we can think of to punish a heartless act that nonetheless posed no danger to human life?Now is the perfect time to wrestle with questions such as this, about whom we send to prison and why, and whether doing it differently would lead to a more humane but more effective prison system and ultimately cut crime. For this government is – shock, horror – finall...

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3 w. ago Two months after he got out of prison 'the ghosts of his past caught up with him'

Sending cocaine dealer Sean Rowles back to prison a judge said it was clear he had learned nothing from his conviction last year

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3 w. ago Mum bursts into tears after making 'worst decision of her life' on Ryanair flight

Her boyfriend even asked to be moved away from her on the flight

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