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Long distance Coaches are being robbed by thieves’ sneaking dwarfs in to the luggage holds in sports bags.
Once inside, they slip out from their hiding places to rifle through the belongings of unsuspecting travellers.
Then they take their loot back to their hiding place and wait to be collected by another gang member when the coach reaches its destination, reports The Sun.
They have stolen thousands of pounds in cash, gems and other valuables in recent months.
Swebus, which ferries thousands of Brits across Sweden, has been among coach firms targeted.
A spokesman said: “We have had reports about several thefts by dwarves on the stretch between Vasteras and Stockholm.
“We’re thinking of installing video cameras.”
A Stockholm Police spokesman said: “We are looking at our records to identify criminals of limited stature.”
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Episode 3 of Project Catwalk Series 3
Debbie Debonair This Weeks Loser
After last week’s sad farewell to two much-loved members of the Project Catwalk house, Jules and Keko, the remaining contestants are in a reflective mood ahead of their third challenge.
They travel to a swanky London hotel where they are to find out what the latest challenge will be and Kelly tips them off that it involves one of her favourite brands. They arrive and are met by Gary Bots, the brand manager for Mackintosh, who have been producing handmade rainwear for over 200 years. He asks each designer to do a quick sketch of what first springs to mind when they hear the word ‘Mackinstosh’ and write down any words they associate with the brand, before delivering their brief. They have to take Mackinstosh’s classic raincoat to the next level, and, whilst the brief is pretty limitless, Gary explains that they must retain the traditional brand values of Mackintosh and that their version must be commercially viable.
Next a twist is revealed: the group will be split into two, with one half designing for men and the other, for women. This is great news for Tom, the self-confessed menswear expert, who finds himself in that very group. Viv and Debbie are daunted at the prospect of working with patterns, which is a weak area for the two self-taught designers.
In the work room the cracks soon begin to appear as Debbie struggles to cut a symmetrical pattern for her coat and her lack of technical skill is apparent not only to the rest of the group but also to mentor Ben. He also casts doubts over Jasper’s beautifully made yet very ‘out there’ coat and his comments to Katy prompt her to ditch 5 hours of work and start again, much to her annoyance!
After Day One the team return to the house and celebrate Fionnuala’s birthday with champers, cake and dancing, and later the talk turns to the impending elimination. The general consensus is that Debbie Debonair should be the next designer to leave as she has not had the formal training the others have, and Angie even goes as far to say that Debbie’s participation in the show is an “embarrassment to the show and the fashion industry!” Charming as ever, eh Ange?
After another day of frantic sewing the group are informed that there’s a new dimension to the challenge. They’ll have to pitch their idea to Gary Bot from Mackintosh and 2 fashion buyers and convince them their design is the most commercially viable. Viv takes their comments on board and adds a mini jacket to her dress mac, whilst the panel are not at all keen on Angie’s green mac as they think it’s too young.
After sending all their models down the catwalk, it’s Chelsey, Ross, Katy and Viv who are the judge’s favourites. The designers have impressed Gary so much that he announces there will now be two winners- representing menswear and womenswear and that they will work with Mackintosh on their designs! The winners are Katy and Ross, whilst Jasper, Angie and Debbie find themselves in the bottom two. Jasper was told his design was off brief and if he was going to survive the competition he would have to adhere to it much more closely next time. Angie’s green coat was described by Paula as simple B.L.A.N.D but it was risqué designer and all-round free spirit Debbie Debonair who became this week’s fashion victim.
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What a journey ive been through so far ……….
Ive had so many feelings emotions and experiences its untrue, but all that make me know i am today ….
I seemed to have crammed in an emotional roller coaster and learnt so much by negative things trying to look positively at them and changing my future ……..
Some experiences bring back feelings we try all to suppress
Before i was lucky enough to meet the good people i have in my life now, i had my share of bad ones…
……My diary…..Joannes true story
Today i had a visitor ……… a non invited guest …
totally out of the blue ……… an old long term partner ( and ill use the words carefully here)i just stood there speechless (which is unusual) ……. and its just about finished the week off nicely ….
Instead of his usual ‘babes’ manner as he used to call me … he used my name ! i didn’t realise he knew it, after all id only been with him 9 years and came to ask my advice !!! yes honestly………
Not many people surprise me, they may do at first but the novelty usually wears off when i discover my people skills have been totally mislead again , but today i have been surprised…….. by myself …..
There sat a man who i used to be terrified of , i would hear his keys in the door and disappear into my inside shell, back to puppet mode, as i knew whatever i said or did would be wrong,
So it was just a matter of waiting for it to come, which it did … its no use arguing it would just make the anger worse so you would hope he would be drunk enough to pass out or miss, its not a nice thing to talk about i know, but too many people are scared to say what happens………. I’m not ……….what makes a man want to physically beat a woman, what kind of feel good factor does it give them, in all the years i knew him he never once had a go at a bloke ? i was walking down a road with him once after work and this chap coming from another direction came towards us, he must have known tom (that’s what ill call him) as when he got to him he spat straight at him…… id never seen this chap before, but tom had !
He was now living with toms last ex girlfriend before me … and no doubt had strong feelings towards him.
I didn’t say a word i carried on walking, and without a word muttered we went home quietly until we entered the door, i can remember trying to hit back then nothing more, waking up in a hospital bed with a damaged kidney , broken arm and ribs, black n blue in so much pain , but not knowing what the hell happened? or why …..
I was told his friend had came to visit and i was passed out in a pool of blood with him sitting there staring, drinking black coffee …. he hadn’t rang an ambulance id been there a while ..
He never visited me for weeks in hospital , his guilt (or lack of it) wouldn’t allow him to see what he’d done,this happened on many occasions and i went through several sessions of counseling from nice ladies all trying to help me so i would leave him,everybody could see what was happening i was definitely hitting a downward spiral in life, and felt i couldn’t get out, he always said he’d kill me if i left and i believed him.I later found out this had also happened earlier with violence against his last ex girlfriend who just happened to be carrying his unborn child…
I was lucky in that manner at least and had the sense not to go down that road, it would have meant being tied to him for life….
It took me a long time to grow and understand why i was with him and build enough strength to get away, 2 years after i left him he was still hounding me daily and drove over me in a car park, when i did eventually start to venture outside ………. why ?
Why after all that time did he not move on and build his life with another doormat !! he had one at the ready !! it was loss of control ……………… his control …….. of me …
Its not as easy as people think to leave when you have nothing left of yourself , you feel you deserve everything , its your fault somehow ….life has a way of making us turn into who we’re supposed to be, I’m still growing into that person, i always hoped was in there, and I’m enjoying every minute of it ………today there he sat in tears ! but instead of hating him i felt so very sorry for him………
He hasn’t found his way in life,never will , so frustrated he goes round in circles making the same mistakes time after time……loosing his control of what he seeks to control …
The fact that he doesn’t know what he does wrong , astounds me …..
Here sits a man who cant possibly measure up in a mans world, so he picks the weaker physical sex to measure up to, the fact that he can hurt, push and demand what he wants makes him feel more powerful, like the man he always wanted to be and cant…
as in a mans world hell never measure up .. hes weak pathetic and totally lost, sooner or later his women get stronger by how hes treats them and he looses ……..
You get to that turning point that there is nothing left in you and its then your time to decide which way you want to go, do you really want to die at his hands … you honestly believe there is no life left for you … you just hope …………
You couldn’t be more wrong, if you could see what i could see today, you would think again ….
I saw one clear thing from him ……… a broken weak old man ..
All the things i wanted to ask i didn’t, and instead of getting upset , i gained strength by the minute, although what was past is past, but if i could help him see what he does, it may just help someone else ? …………wrong ! ………. he doesn’t listen , he wont change …
He cant get over the fact of who i am now, i got the , you didn’t look like that when we were together !! correct … i was a punchbag most of the time never allowed to wear a skirt , makeup or have any kind of mind of my own …. i was what he turned me into …a shell ….
He still doesn’t understand that , …………. some people never learn …
He was a real looker when i met him, and youth made me look on the outside not where it mattered as on the inside this man was so ugly, no compassion, no guilt , no love …….. nothing except himself and his need to control …. he would pick us young, fresh to mould into what he’d make us, with no opinions …..this was a man i was so scared of, yet today i sat with him without fear in fact i wanted to punch his lights out, but i will not hold hate, remorse and bitterness like so many do … or that would make me ugly inside ………
So Ive learned from what i experienced and have learnt many good qualities inside myself from it …
You have to respect a partner and help that person grow and love them for what they grow into, the more you put into that person the more you gain …he carries no respect for anyone and thinks the world owes him a life …living with a violent partner does take away everything inside, your self respect, confidence, and personality, it ends up always with the same results … the victim feels worthless and becomes unwanted to them so continue a life of misery and fear never for filling what they are here to do, enjoy life, or they fight back and end up using violence to protect themselves and rebel, when they get to this stage they have the strength to get away, they just need help …….
its not just women that get hit, just as many men suffer the same effects
But you have to really look inside yourself and ask yourself something ?
Nobody gives a person the right to put themselves higher than you, we are all equal here….
You have to find it within yourself to grab your life and live it to the full without violence and fear everyday, theres only nothing left when you give up……so don’t ………
You only get one life to live , so live it for yourself …….
if you meet someone else , make sure you are together because you want to be, not because no one else would want you …….
There really is life outside to what you think , its a different life, with no fear ……….
just to be able to wake up smiling , longing to breathe in every bit of it ……..
We don’t know how long we’ve got here, so you have to experience as much as you can, and enjoy every step … just like the leaves on the trees it can blow away tomorrow ……..
Some like tom will walk round and round in circles blaming everything except what is to blame … themselves …
But what goes around definitely comes around and watching him made me realise …… life will hand him exactly what he deserves a life of loneliness ……
I’m so glad i didn’t give up believing ……. I’m making my life one i want to remember now …….
Yesterdays don’t matter, and there is no tomorrow …………….. its today what counts….
Start counting for you ……… enjoy every second ………. its your life ……….
Written by Joanne from the heart xxx
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Father cleared of murder after suicide act with his two childrenin Greece.
A father who threw his six-year-old son to his death from a hotel balcony in Greece has been cleared of murder.
John Hogan, 33, from Bristol, hurled son Liam from the fourth floor then jumped himself with his two-year-old daughter Mia in a suicidal act described as “selfish love” by his ex-wife Natasha.
Liam died of head injuries but Hogan and Mia survived with broken limbs in the incident during their holiday on the island of Crete.
A court on the island cleared him of murder and ruled he should be placed in a psychiatric unit.
President Paraskeri Kiraleou, the senior judge at the trial, said: “His responsibility was diminished. He was incapable of murdering his son and he needs to be in a psychiatric unit for therapy.”
Hogan said nothing as he was led from court by two police officers.
As he left the building, he shot a quick glance at his mother Josephine who looked tearful.
Hogan’s ex-wife Natasha condemned the verdict, saying that her son had “lost his young life for nothing”.
Hogan’s lawyer Dimitris Xiritakis told reporters: “It is the right verdict. John Hogan is very happy with the verdict.”
Hogan will continue to receive treatment in Greece while the British and Greek authorities dicuss his long-term care
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