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Relive days of chocolate concrete and pink custard!

LESS talking and more eating, bellowed Mrs Greene, my old school dinner lady. Read

£1m Birmingham fraudster meets Queen and Gordon Ramsay

THE Queen shakes the hand of a convicted fraudster – and congratulates him on being a champion entrepreneur. Read

Sunday Mercury exposes superstar-style luxury lifestyle of fraudsters

THE superstar-style luxury lifestyles enjoyed by a gang of Midland fraudsters behind a £138 million VAT scam can be revealed by the Sunday Mercury today. Read

Former Sunday Mercury man Amardeep Bassey remembers time being held in Pakistan cell accused of being a spy

Former Sunday Mercury Investigations Editor AMARDEEP BASSEY was accused of being a spy and thrown in a stinking cell when he visited Pakistan in 2002. He returned to the place where he nearly lost his life for a TV documentary to be screened this week. Read

Who died in mansion of Shropshire tycoon?

AS forensic experts continued to pick through the debris at the home of tycoon Christopher Foster last night questions remained about the whereabouts of the millionaire and his family. Read

10,000 wills frozen in Midlands solicitors probe

A MIDLAND firm has been banned from managing people’s wills – but is still offering these services at excessive prices. Read

I have stolen £4m from Birmingham University

A wealthy businessman has told how he stole £4 million from Birmingham University to fund a secret gambling addiction. Read

Care home boss is Miss Whiplash

By day she is the frumpy figure of care and comfort, the middle-aged manager of a leafy Midland retirement home. Read