What does the former Chief Reporter of a defunct newspaper do for cash? Well if the online ad service Gumtree is anything to go by, becoming a chauffeur is the way forward…

Neville Thurlbeck, currently on bail after being arrested by Operation Weeting, is offering a “stylish, immaculate chauffeur driven Mercedes S500 available for weddings in Surrey/South West London. £125-£150.” He’s also trying to sell the “lovingly maintained” car and rent out his luxury Harrow-on-the-Hill apartment.

He’s going under the name “Ned” these days…