10 h. ago Key suspect in the Kim Kardashian $10m Paris robbery 'dies suddenly' taking secrets of heist to his grave

Marceau Baum-Gertner, 72, was said to be the 'super fence' working with the gang that held the reality TV star (pictured) at gunpoint in Paris in 2016.

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14 h. ago Suspect in Kim Kardashian jewellery heist says he will apologise during trial

Ten people go on trial in Paris this week over the 2016 incident in which the reality star was threatened with a gun and tied up.

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15 h. ago Suspect in Kardashian jewel heist case plans to take responsibility for his role at Paris trial

One of the suspects in the 2016 armed robbery of Kim Kardashian said he plans to take responsibility for his role in the heist

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6 d. ago ‘Grandpa robbers’ accused of Kim Kardashian jewel heist to face Paris trial

Armed thieves broke into reality TV star’s flat in France in 2016, making off with possessions worth millions of eurosA group of pensioners nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial in Paris next week, charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the US TV reality star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.In what was considered the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years, Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her bedroom in central Paris by armed thieves dressed as police officers in the early hours of 3 October 2016. The thieves escaped with up to an estimated €10m in jewellery. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Pete Hegseth's bizarre 'hit job' response after 'sharing war plans in NEW Signal messaging scandal'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the "entire Pentagon" is working against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, over reports he shared classified war plans in a second Signal chat group

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1 week ago The Diamond Heist review – Guy Ritchie’s thrilling tale of the failed Millennium Dome jewel robbery

This three-part documentary about the attempt to steal hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of diamonds is pacey and stylish – but it definitely didn’t need to glamorise the real-life violenceI suppose the wonder is that it has taken Guy Ritchie so long to get around to telling the story of the Millennium Dome robbery, in which – way back at the turn of the century, children – a group of south-east London criminals ram-raided a national joke in pursuit of the 203-carat Millennium Star diamond worth £200m, which De Beers had unaccountably agreed to display in the capital’s gangster heartland.Strictly speaking, Richie himself is not telling it; the three-part documentary The Diamond Heist comes from Oscar and Emmy award-winning company Lightbox and is executive produced by Ritchie. But the subject matter is so perfectly him that any meaningful separation in your mind as you watch it collapses quicker than a Greenwich exhibition venue’s shutters under the weight of a JCB driven at spe...

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1 week ago Hamilton town centre plans: council welcomes positive public response

South Lanarkshire officials say 80 per cent of views expressed in a public consultation were in favour of radical transformation plans

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2 w. ago Stirling residents give ‘strong initial response' to tourist tax consultation

Stirling Council says it has received a "strong initial response" over proposed plans to introduce a new 'tourist tax' on visitors coming to Stirling.

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3 w. ago JCB is the first big British firm planning to boost production in the US in response to Trump's tariffs

JCB has become the first major British manufacturer to say it will bolster its US operations in response to Donald Trump's tariffs.

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3 w. ago My life feels like a mess – yes, it’s Mercury retrograde to blame

Mercury in retrograde supposedly creates havoc with communication, transport, and tech. It’s not about blaming it – or shifting responsibility onto a planet, says Charlotte Cripps. It’s just another small signpost in the journey of self-discovery

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