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Moment shoplifting gang steal bottles of wine in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering – as Britain’s £1bn crime spree fuels demand for security guards

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Moment shoplifting gang steal bottles of wine in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering – as Britain’s £1bn crime spree fuels demand for security guards

This is the moment a shoplifting gang of thieves were caught on camera stealing alcohol in front of stunned shoppers before scarpering out of a Tesco. This comes as Britain’s £1billion crime spree has led to a major spike in demand for security guards as retail chains crackdown on thieves and abusive thugs. Phil Bentley, boss of … Read more

Princess Eugenie reveals she orders Deliveroo to Kensington Palace – but ‘jumps in the car in her pyjamas’ and drives to the gates to collect it because staff don’t bring it to her

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Princess Eugenie reveals she orders Deliveroo to Kensington Palace – but ‘jumps in the car in her pyjamas’ and drives to the gates to collect it because staff don’t bring it to her

Princess Eugenie has revealed what it’s like to order Deliveroo to Kensington Palace – which she does on rare occasions. Speaking on the Table Manners podcast hosted by pop star Jessie Ware and her chef mother, Lennie, the royal, 33, revealed she had ordered a takeaway the night before because her fridge was ‘sad’ and … Read more

Unwrap the chaos! Peter O’Toole’s Santa ‘lending library’, last-minute turkey disasters and a tug of war over Granny’s gifts… Sarah Standing on the joy of unpredictable festivities

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Unwrap the chaos! Peter O’Toole’s Santa ‘lending library’, last-minute turkey disasters and a tug of war over Granny’s gifts… Sarah Standing on the joy of unpredictable festivities

Last Christmas was a case of ‘Honey, I’ve shrunk the turkey.’ For the past 12 years I’ve pre-ordered a Kelly Bronze organic bird, which arrived without fail on 24 December via FedEx. A plump, plucked fowl that doesn’t dominate my limited fridge space until the very last minute of the pre-festive prep. Ideal. Except last … Read more

Battle of the checkouts! We asked whether MailOnline readers preferred staffed or self-service tills – and YOU told us… find out the winner here!

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Battle of the checkouts! We asked whether MailOnline readers preferred staffed or self-service tills – and YOU told us… find out the winner here!

Four out of five MailOnline readers prefer staffed checkouts over self-service tills, our poll found today as the supermarket Booths said it was axing the machines. After more than 500 votes were cast in the first three hours of our survey, some 84 per cent said they preferred manned checkouts and just 16 per cent … Read more

‘Waitrose of the North? No it’s better!’ Booths customers are DELIGHTED it is axing self-service checkouts in popular decision which they claim will boost jobs, keep prices low and put an end to shoplifting

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‘Waitrose of the North? No it’s better!’ Booths customers are DELIGHTED it is axing self-service checkouts in popular decision which they claim will boost jobs, keep prices low and put an end to shoplifting

Shoppers visiting Booths today were delighted about the supermarket axing almost all of its self-service tills. Booths, which has been dubbed the ‘northern Waitrose‘, said it chose to scrap the machines because it feels customers get a better experience at manned checkouts. But sources at Waitrose, which has had self-checkouts for 12 years, said unmanned … Read more

EMMA COWING’S must read Saturday column: I’m a goody two-shoes… but I don’t polish them any more!

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EMMA COWING’S must read Saturday column: I’m a goody two-shoes… but I don’t polish them any more!

At school, I was one of the good girls. Shoes polished, hand straight in the air at a question, never late, occasionally held the door open for a teacher. I must have been insufferable. So I felt a chime of recognition when Kirsty Young – she of the low voice and stellar broadcasting career – … Read more

Best meal deal combos to try from stores including Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Tesco to save as much as 55%

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Best meal deal combos to try from stores including Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Tesco to save as much as 55%

WAITROSE The most expensive combo at Waitrose cost £9.55 Fulfil Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar, 40g – £2.25 MEAL DEAL COST: £5  MOST EXPENSIVE COMBINATION  Waitrose Steak & Caramelised Onion Chutney Sandwich – £4.50 Fulfil Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar, 40g – £2.25 Emmi Skinny Caffè Latte Mr Big, 370ml – £2.80 TOTAL COST: £9.55 SAVING : £4.55 (47 … Read more

Why gourmet beans are worth $4 a jar: The women elevating the humble staple beyond toast

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Why gourmet beans are worth $4 a jar: The women elevating the humble staple beyond toast

Amelia Christie-Miller ate her first good bean when she was 21. She was in Spain, studying for a year, and she was also – on this particular morning – badly hungover. ‘I couldn’t be bothered to go shopping,’ she says, ‘and all I had at home was a jar of heirloom butter beans.’ Specifically, it … Read more

Prolific shoplifter, 27, stole £11,000 worth of goods after carrying out raids almost every day for eight months on stores in her hometown

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Prolific shoplifter, 27, stole £11,000 worth of goods after carrying out raids almost every day for eight months on stores in her hometown

A prolific shoplifter stole almost £11,000 worth of goods in an eight-month thieving spree. In a case that epitomises the shoplifting epidemic blighting Britain’s High Streets, Nadine Kowalski made almost daily raids on stores in her hometown – on three occasions brazenly returning to loot more goods just hours later. A court heard the 27-year-old … Read more

Everyone’s talking about: The Waitrose makeover

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Everyone’s talking about: The Waitrose makeover

What’s happening? Executive director James Bailey is doing a bit of reorganising. Can you tell him not to move the celeriac remoulade again? I’ve had terrible trouble finding it these past few weeks. He’s thinking just a little bit bigger than that. Tell him I found myself forced to resort to the hard stuff. To … Read more