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Police are hunting an armed robber who held up a bookmakers before escaping with a substantial amount of cash.
The man threatened counter staff in Ladbrokes on Sheep Market, Spalding on Wednesday night, with what has been described as a black hand gun.
He demanded cash then made off on foot along Sheep Market.
Armed officers were sent to the area and carried out a search but did not find the robber. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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The tuxedo worn by Daniel Craig James Bond film Casino Royale is going to be auctioned off for charity.
The proceeds from the online sale will go towards helping ChildLine reach their 20th birthday goal of £20m.
A walk on part in US hit serial Desperate Housewives and the gold Big Brother diary room chair are also up for grabs in the auction.
ChildLine’s Esther Rantzen said: "Your bid will enable ChildLine to increase the number of children it helps."
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Animated comedy Happy Feet has held off Casino Royale at the North American box office for the second weekend in a row.
Its dancing penguins stayed at number one, taking $37.9m (£19.6m), compared to $31m (£16m) for the Bond thriller.
Happy Feet has now earned $100m (£52m) in a fortnight, a period which includes the annual US Thanksgiving holiday.
But there was some good news for Casino Royale, which was now on course to become the highest-grossing Bond film, distributor Columbia Pictures said.
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The back-to-basics James Bond of Casino Royale has brought a bonanza to a small French firm whose apéritif was part of 007’s Martini in Ian Fleming’s novel.
The Lillet company, in the village of Podensac, near Bordeaux, has been deluged with queries and orders for its bitter orange vermouth since Daniel Craig’s Bond mentioned the original recipe in the new film of Fleming’s 1953 book.
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A gang of four men who carried out armed raids on betting shops in London have been jailed.
Blackfriars Crown Court heard the gang grew in "confidence and arrogance" until they felt brazen enough to raid a shop in broad daylight.
Shannon Palmer, 21, from Lewisham, Kyle Dixon, 20, of Camberwell Green and Vincent Joseph, 19, of Peckham, south-east London got 15 years each.
The fourth man, Emmanuel Briggs, 20, of Peckham, received a 10-year sentence.
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Community councillors in Melrose have been forced to drop plans to name a new housing development William Hill Way.
The plan to honour a local benefactor with that name was met with misgivings on the part of residents who feared confusion with the bookmakers’ chain.
Community council chairman William Windram said the matter would now be referred to Scottish Borders Council.
The betting firm had offered a free bet to residents if the street name proposal had been approved.
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A man who pointed an item in a plastic bag at a cashier in a betting shop in Kent is being hunted by police.
Officers said he fled the William Hill Bookmakers in Luton Road, Chatham, with about £500 in cash after demanding money on Sunday afternoon.
The robber was described as white, of stocky build, and about 5ft 10in (1.7m) tall with stubble on his face.
He wore a dark woolly hat, a black scarf and a dark zip-up jacket. Anyone with information should contact police.
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The latest Bond film Casino Royale has been illegally downloaded 200,000 times since opening last week, according to internet monitoring company Envisional.
Two pirated versions were available for free access on public file-sharing networks over the weekend, it said.
It is believed that one was recorded by camcorder in Russia, while the other is thought to have come from Italy.
The announcement follows reports that pirated DVDs of Casino Royale were on sale in London and Scotland last week.
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