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According to the People Management website, almost half of organisations are failing to screen potential employees from outside the UK, according to a new survey.

Severe penalties are levied should an employee turn out to be in the country illegally, but 40% of employers said they did not screen international hires, compared to 78% stating that they carried out checks on domestic staff.

As reported in the News & Star, Carlisle police caught people as young as 15 shoplifting in the city during a recent covert operation.

Officers in plain clothes joined constables, PCSOs, retail security staff and CCTV operators for a special operation, during which seven shoplifters were detained.

According to the Somerset County Gazette, a bogus vet lied his way into a job at a Taunton practice and managed to earn more than £40,000 before being discovered.

Patrick Keniry had several criminal convictions for similar offences and admitted faking his CV to get work at Priory Veterinary Practice, in 2015.

According to the Press And Journal, a woman with over 60 previous convictions for shoplifting has been jailed for six months.

In court, Wendy Stuart’s own lawyer described her as either “a kleptomaniac or inherently bad at it.”

The Leicester Mercury reports that a shoplifter stole a £1,000 haul of condoms from a city centre shop, along with chocolate and alcohol from other stores.

Mohammed Mousavifard stole the condoms from Boots and targeted Poundland and Sainsbury’s for the chocolate and alcohol.

The Okehampton Times reports that a Co-op manager stole thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods and sold them at half price on eBay.

Christian Allen told police he started stealing because he was being blackmailed by a mystery man who left threatening notes on the windscreen of his car.