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Former Wolverhampton fraudster Gill Hope targets Dubai company

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:20:00 GMT

A GLOBETROTTING Midland fraudster has turned up in super-rich Dubai, trying to talk a British company into her schemes.

Bogus West Brom osteopath opens new clinics - and they are legal

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:06:00 GMT

A SELF-STYLED back pain specialist banned by the General Osteopathic Council and fined for falsely claiming he was registered has reopened his business.

Relive days of chocolate concrete and pink custard!

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:07:00 GMT

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

£1m Birmingham fraudster meets Queen and Gordon Ramsay

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:30:00 GMT

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

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

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:42:00 GMT

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.

Who died in mansion of Shropshire tycoon?

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:41:00 GMT

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.

10,000 wills frozen in Midlands solicitors probe

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

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

I have stolen £4m from Birmingham University

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:37:00 GMT

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

Care home boss is Miss Whiplash

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

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