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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.

According to the Peterborough Matters website, a police officer scanned a 7p barcode for carrots instead of a £9.95 box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

PC Simon Read was on duty and in uniform when he purchased four items from Tesco – a tray of 12 doughnuts, the carrots, a sandwich and a drink.