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• A gun to his head, his family kidnapped and £53m gone in 75 minutes

  In 2026, a cash depot manager was kidnapped at gunpoint to set in motion Britain’s biggest ever heist. 20 years on and £32m remains missing...

• Costa, capital cities and cakes? Have a go at the Saturday Social, our weekend quiz

  It’s question time: Can you crack this week’s super-tough online pub quiz?

• ‘Pubs are closing on a daily basis - I didn’t want this one to stay shut’

  An ambitious pub landlord insists his latest venue can succeed following a £150,000 makeover - despite a number of closures in the area.

• Residents ‘blindsided’ as works to build flats at town centre car park set to finally begin

  Construction works to build homes in a town centre are set to start, over two years after plans were first revealed.

• Royal Mail delivery driver crashed car while more than four times alcohol limit

  A Royal Mail delivery driver faces the sack after he crashed his own car into others while more than four times the legal alcohol limit.

• Sip and stroll through centuries of history on guided pub walk

  The tour stops off at drinking spots once visited by Charles Dickens and Samuel Pepys.

• ‘We’ll miss him more than words can say’: Shock at death of much-loved dad, 33

  The family of a much-loved dad say no words can describe the void his tragic death has left in their lives.

• Arrest after small fire breaks out inside Poundland

  A town centre Poundland store has taped off and a person has been arrested after a fire broke out in one of the aisles.

• Supermarket defends new ANPR parking rules after shoppers left ‘confused’

  A supermarket has defended its recent changes to parking after the introduction of new cameras was criticised by shoppers.

• Disappointment as £1m pavilion funding decision ‘delayed’

  Plans to commit more than £1 million towards a long-awaited sports pavilion have been paused amid concerns over a town council’s finances.

• Masked thugs armed with metal pole jailed after violent attack

  A pair of thugs armed with a metal pole who unleashed a violent assault on two residents have been jailed for a combined 11 years.

• Suspects flee after car bursts into flames following police chase

  Suspects fled after a police chase ended in a car crashing into a tree and bursting into flames.