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Mr Singh Gold said on some occasions thieves had gone into shops during the day and looked at staff "dead in the eye" while picking up piles of cashmere and other expensive items.

In Paiporta, piles of mangled cars have been created on roundabouts and at other places out of the way of traffic.

“It’s honestly really heartbreaking when you see these piles of ballots in elections offices,” Alexander said.

They were stacked in teetering towers, jumbled in messy piles.

Dan MacNee stands among towering piles of boxes, papers, and creative projects that engulf his Edinburgh home.