AND FINALLY

It’s a right crystal balls-up. Dyfed-Powys police recently squandered 20 grand on an extended pub crawl instigated by psychics.

Stumped officers investigating the death of Carlos Assaf turned to sleuthing local mystics (presumably crossing their palms with silver), who told them that a “lion, a horse and a man called Tony Fox” were significant.

The ghost tour took in dozens of pubs named the Black Horse or the Red Lion and, in one final moment of booze-fuelled inspiration, a hostelry named The Feathers ‘cos it had a statue of a horse outside! Despite widening the search to local late night off-licences and a kebab shop, Tony Fox remained untraced.

It all appears spookily like a phantom expenses claim and Welsh coppers probably need to stop mixing in the spirit world...