A staggering €40m worth of diamonds and other jewels were stolen yesterday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe’s biggest jewellery heists recent years.

A member of the notorious ‘Pink Panther’ jewel thief gang has escaped from a Swiss prison after accomplices rammed a gate and fired at guards.

A member of the notorious “Pink Panther” jewel thief gang has escaped from a Swiss prison after accomplices rammed a gate and fired at guards, police say.