Sally Louise Amner, 29, is to ask Scunthorpe County Court to allow her to name her late fiancé on the birth certificate of their son Benjamin. Paul Knights died in September, aged 34, five months before the birth. By law, a person must be alive and present to be registered as a parent on a birth certificate.

Manager stole

Peter Schmitz, 47, of Cheltenham, a senior project manager with Gap, was jailed for 3½ years for stealing £412,000 from the clothing chain to maintain his lavish lifestyle. Gloucester Crown Court was told he did not want to admit to his wife and two privately educated children that he had failed financially.

Salesman jailed

Ralston Simpson, 33, a car salesman from Brockley in South London, was jailed for eight years for blinding a schoolboy in one eye and stabbing him repeatedly with a carving knife in Greenwich last year. Blackfriars Crown Court was told that the 15-year-old had asked Simpson for money to return a stolen car.

Murder arrest

The teenager wanted in connection with the murder of a man, 20, during a street brawl in Torquay on Friday, has been arrested. Sean McNamara, 17, was arrested in Torquay. Police are not looking for anyone else. A murder inquiry was opened after Benjamin Crews died in hospital after the fight involving around 40 people.

Police suicide

A police markswoman has been found dead at a London police station after signing out a weapon from the armoury and shooting herself. Scotland Yard detectives have begun to investigate the death of Amoreena Adams, 32, an officer at Westminster Police Station. Officers have not disclosed a possible motive.

Give it a break

One of the longest-running slogans in advertising, “Have a break, have a KitKat,” is to be retired. Nestlé Rowntree, makers of the chocolate wafer, has been using the phrase since 1957. It will be replaced with “Make the most of your break”. The old slogan was no longer enticing the public to buy KitKats, the company said.

Whale alert

Coastguards have alerted shipping in the Solent to avoid hitting a dead whale. The carcass of the 80ft mammal is floating off Stokes Bay, near Gosport, Hampshire, in one of the country’s busiest shipping areas. Whale strandings on the South Coast are fairly rare; most strandings take place on the East Coast.

Brothers reunited

Two brothers who had searched for each other using the internet, Salvation Army and telephone search lines found each other while working on the same building site. Patrick Kerrison, 17, and Pat Rico, 20, sat next to each other by chance on a tea break in Plymouth. The pair now plan a reunion with their father.

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