Brit thief uses knickers as disguise during drunken shop raid!

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - A bizarre heirloom of the Royal Family has emerged in the form of a pair of oversized knickers belonging to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The linen "split drawers", which had been hidden in a private collection for 100 years, measured 52 inches around the waist, and were sold at auction for 600 pounds to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection charity.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit Mayor, accused of breaking into women's homes and wearing their undies, has resigned from his post. Bachelor Ian Stafford, 58, who had been elected Mayor of Preesall and Knott End, Lancs, four years ago, resigned as a councillor immediately after his arrest on August 24, with charges of three counts of burglary.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Almost twenty percent of British women have gone to work without wearing their knickers, says a new book. The book titled '8 Out Of 10 Brits' by Charlie Croker has revealed that women own 22 pairs of knickers on average - and nearly 1in 5 has gone to work knickerless.

July 24th, 2009 LONDON - The teenager who had a drunken orgy with five cops at a London pub has finally been revealed. Alison Minards, 19, is at the centre of a police investigation after being snapped on a four-hour shopping spree.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The fat-busting pants, which are supposed to literally melt away cellulite just by being worn, disappeared from market shelves in no time when they came out in May in the U.K. And now, they are back on sale.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A woman police constable (WPC) and a girl police worker indulged in a drunken orgy with five cops at a London pub, it has been revealed. The session started with the pretty constable in her late 20s performing a sex act on her cop boyfriend in the packed Pineapple pub in Vauxhall, South London.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - Pilots of the Royal Air Force have come up with a novel way of making their female passengers pay for their ride in a jet - by asking for their knickers in return as fare. The panties, which are framed, can be seen adorning a whole wall of the Tornado pilots' bar, with some even hanging from the ceiling.

June 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Role reversal at gun point: After an attempted robbery of a store near New York City, the owner showed generous mercy instead of calling the police. The thief came charging into the convenience store in Long Island shortly before closing armed with a baseball bat and demanded money, according to the security videotape broadcast Wednesday on US television.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Hundreds of rioters rampaged through a town centre last night after a march against Muslim extremists, the Daily Express reports. A peaceful demo erupted as drunken skinheads stormed through the streets.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Fat-busting knickers from John Lewis disappeared in half an hour after the British store's online shop was plagued by enthusiastic customers. And the in-store stocks of the new anti-cellulite 'wonder pants' were further taken home by shoppers within hours of going on sale.

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Pop paedophile Gary Glitter has reportedly taken a new disguise to trick the crowds in London with a Rolf Harris makeover and a new name Darren. The glam rock singer-child abuser was allegedly trying to ape the Aussie singer and TV presenter by sporting a curly grey wig, black specs and neat beard for deception, reports News of the World.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - Knickers, made from planet friendly fabrics, have been fast disappearing from the British shelves. The idea of fair trade organic knickers came to Sarah Lucy Smith for her final project while studying the Eco Design course at Goldsmiths University.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - A bunch of Arctic explorers have found a rather 'saucy' tool to navigate their way to the North Pole-a pair of lacy underwear for the ladies. The Catlin Arctic Survey are using a pair of lady's knickers to help them with directions after compasses failed to work.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Gemma Arterton, who created waves with her utterly fashionable style in the recent Bond flick, committed a fashion faux pas when she accidentally flashed her knickers while getting into a cab. What is more is that Gemma was caught wearing a large underwear stretching from bust to thigh while boarding the cab, meant to conceal the fat.

January 18th, 2009 LONDON - Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress Kylie Minogue is to co-host the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards, also known as Brit Awards. Minogue will take to the stage alongside English actors James Corden and Mathew Horne at London's Earl's Court Feb 18, reports contactmusic.com.