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SWLSbread – by Adam Dutton A hero shopkeeper used his loaf when a robber demanded cash to feed his family – by giving him bread, butter and milk instead. Hero shopkeeper Rakesh Kumar, 47, refused to hand over his takings to the balaclava wearing thief who threatened him with a knife. The thug barged into Eversley Stores in Malvern, Worcs., just after 4pm last Wednesday (5/2) wielding a 12in blade. He then placed the knife on the counter before demanding £100 in cash saying he needed money to feed his children. The quick-thinking shopkeeper refused to open the till but…

SWLSdad – By Adam Dutton and Peter Walsh The father of an 18-year-old stabbed to death in broad daylight is facing trial accused of threatening two people with a knife. Raymond Quigley, 61, is accused of making the threats days after his son’s teenage killers were convicted of murder. His son Raymond James Quigley was repeatedly knifed on the streets of Ipswich, in Suffolk, amid rising tensions between two gangs in Norwich. He had travelled to the town to meet two friends and was set upon as he walked through the streets by Alfie Hammett and Joshua Howell, both 19.…