But con woman Angela Jayne Kitchener, aged 54, made up a pack of lies to best friend Nicola Reynolds, 41, and never had any intention of paying the money back that she borrowed - it was all a ploy to get the vulnerable, single mum to give her cash, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
The Sun newspaper's publication of images from Matt Hancock's office inside the UK Department of Health, which appear to show the health secretary in a "steamy clinch" with a colleague, has led to his resignation. But it has also once again raised the issue of privacy from press intrusion.
A judge will decide whether a woman with a learning disability and a £1 million fortune should be allowed to marry a convicted thief and fraudster who her daughter believes is after her money.
Give A Little Love was the slogan for John Lewis's last Christmas campaign. Now customers are using the same tactic in an emotional and even tearful plea to prevent the closure of a branch dating back more than 170 years.
Married family man and amateur cricketer Khuram Javed, 31, of Sheffield, was killed in the city earlier this month, leaving his family devastated and the local community in shock. Mr Javed's father, Javed Khan, 60, described his eldest son simply as his "friend".
Covid brings grief to the fore
There is nothing like football to bring a community together-the highs, the lows, the local pride and the feeling of belonging and being part of something. When it unravels, as it has done at Bury FC, the fallout is devastating.
Boris Johnson's recent visit to the flood-hit communities of South Yorkshire highlighted the human cost of last week's 'biblical downpour' as he was confronted by angry residents. TV images of heartbroken residents wading through their living rooms, camping out in community centres, existing on donated tins of food and roads resembling rivers are becoming all too familiar as the effects of global warming take hold.
Rape victim speaks out over horrific abuse
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