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THIS week’s Crime Files is based on five men who were ordered to give back thousands of pounds they stole from elderly victims. The gang, sentenced at Worcester Crown Court, had been found guilty of stealing more than £200,000 from their victims in a telephone fraud scam. 50 victims were targeted, with the eldest being a 96 year-old, and 15 of these were persuaded to hand over money. All the men were sentenced for their roles in the fraud in February of 2019 after being investigated ...

JAILED: Nuno Pestana A MAN who was part of a gang which fleeced thousands of pounds from elderly and vulnerable people across Worcestershire and beyond has been jailed. Nuno Pestana was jailed for six years when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on January 19 after he was found guilty of scamming people across seven different counties. In total, Pestana and his colleagues stole more than £200,000 by pretending to be police officers investigating fraud at a local branch. Pestana, wh...

POLICE have issued a warning for people to be on their guard following reports of attempted courier fraud in Worcestershire.

Tributes to selfless Teesside driving instructor who died following six-week covid-19 fight Grandad-of-three Paul Wright was well known across Teesside after teaching hundreds - if not thousands - of people how to drive Updated Latest Teesside headlines straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related ne...

There is something missing from the bucolic upland scene of shaggy, bracken-coloured cattle grazing between young trees on the Cumbrian hillside: fencing. When the Highland-cross cows reach a certain point, the blue plastic medallion dangling from their necks plays a melody like a mobile phone ringtone. The cow turns around, and the invisible GPS fence has done its job. Fenceless grazing is being hailed as revolutionary by conservationists and...

Ethan Ferba had big plans for the offseason. The Hobart diver got a taste of competing against the best when he finished 26th at the IHSAA state swimming and diving competition last February in Indianapolis. When Ferba returned to Northwest Indiana, he sat down with Hobart diving coach Katharine Rinas and the two put together a summer workout plan that would allow the then-sophomore to take his diving to the next level. Then COVID-19 hit and pools around the Region shutdown, including Hobartâ�...

Police say assailants targeted 71-year-old grandmother Emma Wright when they shot into her house, killing her     CHICAGO (WBBM) — There were growing questions Monday night surrounding the murder of a 71-year-old grandmother, who was killed when assailants fired into her home in Morgan Park. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the community cannot understand who would intentionally shoot into Emma Wright’s house. But all signs show she was targeted because of whom she let live with he...

At a news conference with community leaders, Ishchayil Bell, Wrights nephew, called the shooting "senseless." "You took the life of a grandmother, a well-beloved member of our community and a well-beloved member of our family," he said. Community activist Andrew Holmes criticized the unidentified shooter, who he said invaded Wrights property just days before Christmas. "How can you sleep knowing you took someone’s mother away? Someone’s auntie away, someone’s grandmother away...How can ...

Photo provided to the Sun-Times Former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said he couldn’t believe the news about a 71-year-old woman who was fatally wounded when someone fired into her Morgan Park home over the weekend. Johnson grew up on the block where Emma Wright was killed Sunday night. He said the area was usually “super quiet.” “The most we worried about was garage burglaries,” he said. Wright was in her home in the 10800 block of South Morgan Street with her grandson and his g...

No one was in custody late Sunday, police said Published December 21, 2020 • Updated on December 21, 2020 at 5:44 pm A 71-year-old woman was identified Monday, one day after she was shot and killed inside a home on Chicagos Far South Side after two offenders opened fire from the outside, police said. Emma Wright was killed Sunday evening inside her home in the citys Morgan Park neighborhood, according to the Cook County Medical Examiners office. At approximately 7:39 p.m., Wright ...