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According to The Telegraph, police in a Berkshire town have said they will not send out officers to deal with shoplifters who steal goods worth less than £100.

Thames Valley Police officers told residents of Hungerford that austerity cuts meant the response to crimes would now need to be prioritised.

A story in The Mirror gives details of how a Co-op store in Plymouth is hiding expensive steak from customers in a bid to thwart shoplifters.

A sign on the empty shelf blamed ‘deviants’ who keep stealing the choice meat from the busy Co-op branch, taking so much there was little left for genuine customers.

The Plymouth Herald reports that a ‘Walter Mitty’ who faked qualifications to scoop two top NHS jobs and earned over £1 million – despite being a builder – has been jailed for two years.

Jon Andrewes called himself ‘doctor’ and faked PhDs on his CV in his successful to become chairman of two NHS trusts and a hospice, earning himself a six figure salary.

According to the Newcastle Chronicle, a thief who stole £5,000-worth of electrical kit was busted by police when he reported being a victim of fraud himself.

Over four days in January, Robert Henderson-Rhodes stole two Apple MacBook Pros and an iPhone 6 from students who were studying in Northumbria University’s library.

The Liverpool Echo reports that Two shoplifters have been banned from every store in Merseyside and told not to enter Liverpool city centre after carrying out a string of thefts.

Gemma Price and Jonathan Cody have been given two-year Criminal Behaviour Orders which state they must not enter a large, pre-defined area.

As reported in the Braintree & Witham Times, a man has been sentenced to a year in jail after stealing more than £86,000 from a former employer.

Daren Howarth admitted theft whilst working as a booking agent in the office of Excellent Connections Limited, a taxi company in Braintree.