No encore for ‘Busking Bobby’ PC Ian Northcott

A Birmingham police officer whose tireless efforts to improve conditions for the city's homeless - a mission that would lead to online stardom - is set hang up his boots. 

PC Ian Northcott, probably better known to most as the ‘Busking Bobby’, shot to social media fame when his impromptu rendition of an Oasis classic was uploaded to YouTube. And through his ‘Socks & Chocs’ charity the 50-year-old has collected 17,000 pairs of socks and over 21,000 boxes of chocolates, plus hundreds