A man accused of stabbing an off-duty police officer 11 times after becoming “fixated” with him has admitted attempted murder.

Energy giant E.ON is to close a call centre in Britain with the loss of up to 600 jobs and cut up to 200 other posts in moves to “streamline” its customer service operations, it announced today.

A crime writer who wrote a book called The Art Of Armed Robbery, was a member of a gang which stole thousands of pounds during attacks on security guards delivering cash to hole-in-the-wall machines, a court heard yesterday.