Ronnie Biggs

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Great Train Robbery cash was passed on to Catholic church, claims film

Robber Gordon Goody identifies 'Ulsterman' of 1963 Royal Mail raid, saying he gave hundreds of thousands to church in Ireland

Duncan Campbell

02, Sep, 2014 @5:56 PM

Fleet Street memories by a tabloid photographer with a nose for news

Snapper who covered wars, disasters and that famous donkey story

Roy Greenslade

08, Jul, 2014 @11:26 AM

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Ronnie Biggs: the Great Train Robber's funeral - in pictures
Outriders from the Hells Angels and a brass band formed part of Ronnie Biggs's funeral cortege as friends and family gathered at Golders Green crematorium in north-west London to pay their last respects

Bridget Coaker

03, Jan, 2014 @7:16 PM

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Ronnie Biggs funeral: carnival is over as Great Train Robber is buried
Golders Green gathering gets priestly reminder of Jesus' way with sinners, and congregation salutes 84-year-old with Hell's Angels, Arsenal colours, and refrain of The Stripper

Duncan Campbell

03, Jan, 2014 @7:12 PM

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Rewind TV: The Great Train Robbery; Food and Drink Christmas Special; Masters of Sex – review

True-crime drama was derailed by irony, Michel Roux led a wild goose chase and Masters of Sex reached a joyless climax, writes Phil Hogan

Phil Hogan

21, Dec, 2013 @6:00 PM

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Ronnie Biggs, face of Great Train Robbery, slips away with perfect timing

Why a criminal who took part in a botched heist 50 years ago became the subject of such enduring public curiosity

Duncan Campbell

18, Dec, 2013 @8:28 PM

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Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84 – video report

A look back at the life of Ronnie Biggs, one of the men responsible for the Great Train Robbery, who has died aged 84

18, Dec, 2013 @1:17 PM

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Ronnie Biggs picks his moment one last time
Perhaps it should be no surprise that Biggs died on the day the BBC is to broadcast its account of the Great Train Robbery

Duncan Campbell

18, Dec, 2013 @11:47 AM

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Ronnie Biggs obituary

Great Train Robber spent more than 35 years on the run after escaping from prison following conviction for part in 1963 heist

Duncan Campbell

18, Dec, 2013 @8:35 AM

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Ronnie Biggs, Great Train Robber, dies aged 84

Gang member escaped from Wandsworth prison and spent 36 years on the run, leading a playboy lifestyle in South America

Matthew Weaver and Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro

18, Dec, 2013 @7:42 AM

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Brian Hitchen obituary

Ebullient editor of the Daily Star, Sunday Express and National Enquirer who helped find the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs

Roy Greenslade

04, Dec, 2013 @6:34 PM

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Bruce Reynolds' ashes buried on 50th anniversary of Great Train Robbery
Ronnie Biggs attends ceremony in Highgate cemetery as ashes of Reynolds and wife buried near tomb of Karl Marx

Duncan Campbell

08, Aug, 2013 @7:02 PM

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