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Scottish Sun
17-07-2025
- Scottish Sun
Moment bungling Scheme star is caught with fingers in the till before ransacking shop for cigarettes in botched robbery
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a former star of The Scheme turned to crime once again — caught on camera looting his local corner shop. Christopher Cunningham, once known for his wild antics as a teenage tearaway on the BBC's fly-on-the-wall docu-series, was snared on CCTV as he tried to dip into the till before helping himself to a mountain of cigarettes. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Chris Cunningham desperately tries to force open the till but fails 4 The hapless thief drops his loot on the way to escape the store 4 Videograbs of cctv showing Chris Cunningham, who featured in BBC show The Scheme, robbing a local Spar store, See Lisa Hodge story 4 "Scheme" star Chris Cunningham arrives at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court for a previous hearing The 36-year-old thug had aggressively demanded a terrified shop worker open the til before fleeing from the Spar store in the notorious Onthank estate in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. The shocking footage, captured on June 8 last year, shows the Scheme star wearing his hood up and jacket zipped up over the bottom-half of his face, frantically trying to claw open the till before bundling up cigarettes in his arms. He then tries to flee the shop but drops some of his loot on the way out and has to stop to pick them up. He is then seen escaping, walking down the street away from the store. While some of his telly co-stars have turned their lives around, Cunningham seems to have spiralled into a life of crime. Cunningham was found guilty of the Spar raid plus a string of other crimes, including shoplifting booze from Tesco on the same day last year. He was also convicted at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court of stealing clothing from JD Sports on June 9 this year and cosmetics from Boots on June 10. Cunningham was jailed for a total of 28 months for all of the offences. The Scheme burst on to TV screens 15 years ago in May 2010 and quickly became the Scots telly sensation of the decade. The unlikely cult hit followed the lives of the residents of the Onthank and Knickinlaw estates in Kilmarnock. errifying CCTV captures moment MMA world champ is shot five times Fans couldn't get enough of the stars like Chris Cunninham and his pals Marvin Baird, and his girlfriend Dayna McLaughlan. Cunningham's mother Annie Caddis, also starred in the show but later had both legs and her right arm amputated after contracting blood poisoning. The mum was fitted with false limbs following her triple amputation in 2018. Millions tuned into the Scottish Bafta award-winning show every week to see the exploits of the show's real-life characters as they navigated hardships. However the show was branded "poverty porn" by critics who felt the stars of the show were being exploited.
CTV News
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Burger Wars: Jak's Diner's Greek Burger
Burger Wars continues in support of L'arche Sudbury with Rick Wyman heading to Jak's Diner and joining owner Chris Cunningham to try their Greek Burger.
Glasgow Times
22-05-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
'Deeply unhelpful': Immigration policy impacts on care staff
The Council's City Administration Committee was meeting to discuss an uplift in pay for social care staff and the challenges of securing and holding onto staff was raised. Chris Cunningham, Convenor for Health, Care and Caring and Older People, highlighted the issues that affect staffing. READ NEXT: ' We're not finished yet': Campaigners welcome community centre reprieve He said: 'There are two issues on staff retention. First and most challenging is pay. If pay is not competitive, there are clearly issues. 'The second is terms and conditions, the environment in which staff operate.' He hinted towards the Prime Minister's recent speech and immigration white paper designed to reduce net migration, which has caused controversy He added:'Clearly, staffing issues in this area as well are significant in terms of recruitment from overseas and have been the case since Brexit. 'It is disappointing to see the trend and actions relating to immigration in recent years and far more recently. 'It is deeply unhelpful when there are people who wish to work in the UK and we require their skills.' The meeting heard that funding of £138.1m has been made available for local councils for an increase of the minimum hourly rate for workers providing direct social care, within commissioned services and those funded from Direct Payments, from at least £12.00 to £12.60 per hour from April 2025. READ NEXT: 'Significant disruption' to city centre buses for a year and a half The council proposed to again increase Social Care providers in Glasgow Purchased Services by a 5% uplift in line with typical full workforce costs for Social Care. Pat Togher, HSCP chief officer, also said there was an issue with staff retention. He said: 'The HSCP wants to minimise the attrition rate in the organisation.' He said the HSCP has around 17,000 staff and the attrition rate occurs 'more often than not in areas of lower pay, in care homes and care home providers.' Mr Togher added: We are working very hard on this.'
Boston Globe
26-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Brody Kabilian's inspirational hat trick propels Archbishop Williams boys' hockey over Needham
'The rehab is tough,' said Kabilian, a junior from Weymouth. 'It's really brutal. It just builds your hunger and you want it more. You go out there and show you can do it.' And did he ever show it. Kabilian was all over the ice, getting to dangerous scoring areas and capitalizing. After one goal and three points in the regular season, he set the tone for the Bishops (12-10-0). Advertisement 'He was our No. 1 fan all year,' said Archies coach Chris Cunningham. 'The guys love him. Just a boost to have him back, and then to have him perform like that … the bench went crazy.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Archbishop Williams' Jake Guerriero (right) bodies off Needham's Justin Maira as he looks for the puck during Tuesday's Division 1 first-round showdown. Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe After scoring his third goal on a breakaway, beating the goaltender high glove side, the entire bench stood and tapped their heads, alluding to the hat trick. 'To see all of your guys get fired up, your parents in the crowd, it's the best feeling,' said Kabilian. 'You can't beat it.' Originally skating on the third line, an injury to sophomore Jack Healy bumped him up in the lineup. Healy, who potted the opening goal on a two-on-one from senior captain Finn Kelly, took a knee-on-knee hit at the blueline at the end of the first period. Junior Stephen O'Malley and senior captain Patrick Hampton added insurance tallies and Sean Velozo made 24 saves as the Bishops advanced, helping erase the memory of getting upset as a No. 5 seed in the first round last season. 'It's really a weight off our shoulders,' said Cunningham. 'Last year, we lost in the first round, got upset, so it's been on all of our minds. We knew, pedal to the ground right away. We didn't take anything for granted tonight.' Cam Kerry can be reached at
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
GRADD to use public survey to shape 2026 disaster readiness plan
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) — For the Green River Area Development District, a public survey could be the key to protection against future natural disasters. The organization is seeking opinions on disaster readiness for the first time. They'll work to make improvements through 2029. GRADD builds out a hazard mitigation plan every four years. The plan acts as a strict guideline for seeking government assistance. ',,,whether that's earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes, anything that can impact our region,' says Chris Cunningham, GRADD's Regional Resiliency Coordinator. If a concern for disaster preparedness comes up after the plan is finalized, but is not represented in the language…federal funding won't be an option until the next cycle. Suspect arrested after 3-day manhunt in Vanderburgh County For the first time, an anonymous survey is being offered to people in every county represented by the organization. The results will help spearhead the plan design. '…a variety of people, at different income levels, [as many] different age ranges, as possible. Currently, what we're seeing is more of the senior members of our community's response,' says Amy Methaney, GRADD's Community Development Planner. Updated Federal Emergency Management Guidelines emphasize working to ensure voices normally unheard don't slip through the cracks. Officials say as a result of the 2021 hazard mitigation plan, Daviess County acquired 2 generators. 'One is a turbine generator that the office of emergency management has, and the other one was an emergency operations center generator for Daviess County Emergency Management,' says Cunningham. We're told the 2017 plan remedied a flooding problem on 60 West and Stanley. 'Since then, the roadway has been raised, with federal dollars, to prevent flooding on that road,' says Cunningham. This year, they've already received over 2 dozen completed surveys. Three public meetings will be held leading up to the final plan's deadline. 'Fema will approve it in December of [2026], hopefully, and it will go into effect in 2027,' says Cunningham. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
