Sunday Mercury - News - Mercury Undercover

Diego Maradona in sensational bid to become Aston Villa manager

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT

WORLD superstar Diego Maradona has made a sensational bid to become the next manager of Aston Villa.

Merdien gypsy battle campaigners ready to take fight to Europe

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

CAMPAIGNERS battling to stop gypsies building a caravan site in a pretty Midland village are taking their fight to the European Court of Human Rights.

Melissa Johnson: I was a WAG before I became Blues' Roger Johnson's wife

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 02 May 2010 09:50:00 GMT

GLAMOROUS Melissa Johnson was destined to be a WAG even before marrying Birmingham City star Roger Johnson.

New pictures of stalker of Crimewatch star Toneeta Beckford

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:00:00 GMT

THESE are the saucy snaps that crazed Midland stalker Toneeta Beckford sent to Crimewatch TV star Rav Wilding before her arrest.

Former Wolverhampton fraudster Gill Hope targets Dubai company

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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!

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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?

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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

Sunday Mercury — 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.