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The Mirror reports that an NHS manager who was jailed for her part in an elaborate IT fraud was re-employed as a health service worker after using another surname.

Deborah Hancox funded a lavish lifestyle, along with her partner John Leigh, by tricking the NHS into buying goods from their own companies.

According to the Legal Futures website a barrister has been disbarred for lying on her CV about the qualifications she received and her work experience.

Anisah Ahmed submitted a CV that falsely stated that she had been awarded a distinction for a postgraduate law degree and had been awarded a diploma in forensic medicine.

An article on the Retail Sector website claims that nearly half of retail job candidates lie on their CV.

The favourite lies were about educational backgrounds, then work experience fibs, skillset exaggerations, followed by false references and even lying about which languages are spoken.

The Boston Standard reports that a man who owed money to loan sharks stole more than £3,000 from his employer and faked a robbery to cover what he had done.

Steve Beeson, who ran New Horizon Amusements, claimed that the shop had been robbed of £3,100 and acid had been thrown in his face as he opened up.

Mail Online reports that a teacher at a top London girls school has been given a lifetime ban from the classroom after lying on his CV.

Simon Dodd told school leaders at Francis Holland School in Sloane Square that he had got a 2:1 degree, but he had actually only received a 2:2 and had faked a degree document.

Thieves operating in Wakefield have been warned they will be caught as police launch a new shoplifting drive, according to the Wakefield Express.

The Wakefield Central Neighbourhood Policing Team is taking a zero-tolerance approach to shop thefts in the city centre, warning offenders, ‘lift it – and we’ll lift you’.