Black distraught after €1.5m robbery

MASKED raiders who held a knife to the throat of Cilla Black’s youngest son escaped with almost €1.5 million worth of jewellery, cash and gold, the presenter said last night.

The collection included gifts from her late husband Bobby Willis. Former Blind Date host Cilla said it was “heartbreaking” to lose the items but it did not compare to the ordeal her 22-year-old son Jack had endured.

Cilla said last night: “I am just so grateful he is alive and slowly coming to terms with what has happened. Obviously the jewellery does not compare with what Jack has had to endure, but losing my collection of all the gifts Bobby gave me and my mam’s wedding and engagement rings is heartbreaking. Their sentimental value far outweighs their material worth.”