Nottingham Post published Nottinghamshire man faces jail after bribing Buckingham Palace...

A Nottinghamshire man bribed a manager of the Royal palaces in exchange for lucrative contracts, a court has heard.Bernard Gackowski, of Widerpool Hall, Keyworth, paid money to Ronald Harper who was in charge of maintaining Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, St James' Palace and Windsor Castle.The work was funded by the Civil List, now called the Sovereign Grant, and came straight out of taxpayer's pockets.Over the course of six years, Gackowski, 64, paid Harper, also 64, more than...