Ex-BHS boss guilty
FORMER BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been found guilty of failing to provide information about the firm’s pension schemes to investigators after it collapsed into administration.
The self-described entrepreneur had claimed he did “everything and more” to help The Pensions Regulator but was convicted of three charges under the Pensions Act 2004 after a four-day trial. The 51-year-old, of Clenston Manor, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, will be sentenced on January 19. BARGAIN Hunt enjoyed an unexpected dose of romance as the antiques programme saw its first marriage proposal.
Contestant Alison Cook, from Newark-on-Trent, got the shock of a lifetime when her partner and team-mate Tony Chambers got down on one knee in the middle of their challenge during the BBC One show. Mr Chambers popped the question as they filmed in the grounds of Kedleston Hall, a country house in Derbyshire.
Ms Cook, who had no idea about the proposal, said: “I had a game plan but it was absolutely nothing to do with getting engaged on a national TV show. I’d been hen-pecking Tony for a while about getting engaged but he kept on telling me he’d do it in his own time.”
Mr Chambers said he was “confident she’d say yes” and that it was a moment they would both remember forever.
The proposal will be shown in the next episode, which will air at 12.15pm today.