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As reported on The Sun website, a fireman stole £50,000 worth of equipment from the fire service – including colleagues’ PPE – before selling it on eBay.

Michael Todhunter stole defibrillators, respirator masks, firefighter axes and helmets plus breathing apparatus and floodlight kits.

The Northampton Chronicle & Echo website reports that a judge called a thief an ‘absolute mug’ for stealing batteries and locks from his employer over a six-month period.

Steven King took an estimated £27,600-worth of products from Travis Perkins, doing so – a court heard – to look after his son.

The Northern Echo website reports that a woman admitted stealing £27,000 from her employer during a period of just over a year.

Gillian Burke pleaded guilty to stealing business fees to the value of £27,000 belonging to Home Move Professionals.

As reported on the Birmingham Live website, the man behind a multi-million pound fake clothes factory has been jailed for four years.

Officials raided Inderjit Sangu’s storage unit, seizing more than 40,000 fake labels, and ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth’ of clothing items with the labels already fitted.

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that a McDonald’s worker stole more than £5,000 of takings after becoming hooked on gambling while on furlough.

Lloyd Parker was in charge of collecting till takings at the end of a shift before counting it, putting the money in a bag and placing it in a safe.

The Liverpool Echo website reports that a mum-of-three shoplifted more than £8,000 of beauty products from Boots to feed her cocaine habit.

Adele O’Hara was captured on CCTV stuffing large bags full of cosmetic items before fleeing, striking at one branch nine times over a two-month period.