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Eastern European victims of people trafficking are being exploited by criminal gangs to carry out weekends of high-end shoplifting.

UK-based gang leaders are bringing groups of up to 20 people over from countries such as Poland and Lithuania to target designer shops during trips lasting just a few days.

The Daily Mail reports that prolific shoplifters are being tracked by road cameras to stop them stealing in the build up to Christmas.

Police are using automatic number plate recognition to crack down on thieves at a time of when retailers see an annual boom in shoplifting.

The Northern Echo reports that two military men who sold stolen army equipment on ebay have been handed community orders.

Alan Lovett admitted handling stolen goods in respect of a framed Scots Guards sergeant’s tunic, three utility kits, a ration pack, helmet and gas mask.

A report by Academies Week give details of a teacher being banned from the classroom after he lied about his GCSE grades and past experience when he applied for an internal promotion.

Matthew Brown, the former head of ICT at the independent girls’ Notre Dame School in Cobham, Surrey, was found to have lied on his CV when he applied to become head of year at the school.

According to Wales Online, more than 400 people with criminal convictions have tried to get work in Welsh schools, discovered after nearly 21,000 pre-employment checks were carried out.

They include a paedophile who applied to work in a Swansea school, despite being convicted of making child abuse images.

Supermarket giant Tesco is seeking compensation from two shoplifters to help fund security at its stores.

A court heard that, “Tesco will be pursuing [the shoplifters] in a civil case for compensation because they have to employ security guards and upgrade their CCTV to deal with shoplifting offences like these.”