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Robert Barton outside Swindon Crown Court and, right, Buzz Bingo Pictures: ADVER AN ALLEGED thief punched a police officer then ran into an automatic door as he tried to flee from Buzz Bingo, a court heard. Staff at the Greenbridge hall called police on February 2 last year after recognising Robert Barton from an image circulated by bingo bosses. The 38-year-old and another man were suspected of earlier stealing from an ATM at a Buzz Bingo hall in Feltham. Their image had been circulated by the chain, prosecutor Alec Small told Swindon Crown Court. They were detained by staff at the Swindon hall. PC Gareth Ivett arrived with other officers after they were called by hall staff.
April Fools Day brings sub hand, purple Wimbledon and waffle toaster
There is also a bingo ban, Smoup and a service to order helper rabbits - apparently
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For some reason, April 1 every year sees a glut of new inventions being announced.
Oh, and then, as suddenly as they are announced, they disappear for good.
A 60-YEAR-OLD man has denied stealing more than £28,000 from Buzz Bingo in Basingstoke. Geoffrey Hibbert, of Buckland Avenue, is accused of trespassing in the treasury room within a “private staff area” of the Leisure Park building on January 9 2020 and stealing £28,555. Mr Hibbert appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday (March 31) and pleaded not guilty to the burglary charge. The case was adjourned to April 14, when his co-defendant, Mr Elliot, will enter a plea. However, Recorder Adam Feest QC set a provisional trial date of September 1 at the same court and granted Mr Hibbert unconditional bail.
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Did you fall for any April Fools jokes today? Don t worry, we ve all been there.
This year s jokes have ranged from hot tea taps and Subway hand helpers to the part-soup, part-smoothie Smoup and a treadmill grasscutter.
Piers Morgan joked that he had been given his old job at Good Morning Britain back after the Archbishop of Canterbury broke his silence on the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Ant and Dec announced their Dec and Ant rebrand, while Good Morning Britain aired a fake Love Island rip off called Dove Island .
Some jokes backfired, though - with car giant Volkswagen being forced to admit that its rebrand Voltswagen was a joke after everyone took them at their word.