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The BBC News website reports that a church treasurer who stole more than £450,000 from charities has been jailed for three years.

Craig McCulloch – described as “devious” – stole more than £130,000 from a London church, defrauded a charity of £287,000 and took nearly £38,000 from a college.

The Wired website reports that branches of Co-op in the south of England have been using real-time facial recognition cameras to scan shoppers entering stores.

In total 18 shops from the southern Co-op franchise have been using the technology in an effort to reduce shoplifting and abuse against staff.

The Lancashire Telegraph website reports that a pharmacist working for Boots stole hundreds of boxes of drugs from his employer over a nine-month period.

Hussnen Abbas repeatedly over-ordered boxes of diazepam and temazepam which he then passed on to others, in a significant breach of trust.

The Metro website reports that a recruitment consultant who stole nearly £8,000 from her employer has been spared jail after revealing that she has a new-born baby.

Heather McCarthy filed 20 bogus timesheets worth a total of £7,710.29 which were paid into her own bank account.

According to the Telegraph & Argus website, an engineering worker stole metal worth up to £10,000 from his boss to pay off a drug debt.

Damien Tedesco made ten trips to a scrap metal dealer with property stolen from Craig Engineering, where he had been given training and support as an apprentice.

According to the Evening Standard website, a Buckingham Palace catering assistant stole a ‘significant quantity’ of medals and official photos of the Royal family and sold them on eBay.

Adamo Canto had been given extra cleaning roles, allowing him access to normally restricted areas.