We do not know whether it will prove or disprove this.”Serious anomalies in the accounts at the palace were thought to have been uncovered last year following Dominic Hare’s appointment as the new finance director. It is believed that an internal inquiry was launched before the police were called in.Stating how the matter was of “great concern” for the Duke, the source said: “Until the investigation is completed we will not know what to do.” The group of staff who are suspected of masterminding the scams are understood to have worked at the palace for the past 20 years.Blenheim Palace, is one of the best-known stately homes in the world. The vouchers were then used to account for missing cash.Yesterday, a source close to the Duke said: “We have suspicions that there are one or two scams being run.” He added: “We are investigating some elements of how this part of the business runs. The staff allegedly collected them from other stately homes around the country and then entered them into the tills at Blenheim Palace while stealing the equivalent value of a single entry ticket A full adult ticket costs £11. With its rich collection of architectural gems, artistic treasures and historical ancestors, it has long been hailed as England’s Versailles. But while Blenheim Palace attracts up to 40,000 visitors a day, the financial management of the stately home is a trickier matter. Detectives said the youths, who stole property from at least two victims, may have attacked other people.Detective Chief Inspector Nick Schola, leading the murder inquiry, said: “Clearly, robbery was one of the motives but we are keeping an open mind.

This is a well-lit area and would have been busy, with people returning home from the theatre, from restaurants and from the City at the time.”He said it is not yet known if the two young women had played any part in the assaults. The group fled on foot after the fatal clash with Mr Morley, running through Jubilee Gardens towards the Shell Centre, the chief inspector said.. The attackers, one white and one black, in their mid to late teens were said to have been accompanied by two young women.The first attack came at 3.15am when a 35-year-old man sitting alone in Jubilee Gardens was battered over the head. Ten minutes later, two men, one 29 and the other 25, were assaulted close to the Royal Festival Hall, suffering minor injuries. Police interviewed 70 people in the area at time, and one witness claimed the youths had also punched a woman in the face at the bottom of steps leading to Hungerford Bridge. I have spoken to him in recent days and he is in great shape, full of vigour.”.

One man was killed and at least four other people were injured by two young men in “violent and unprovoked” attacks on the South Bank in central London early on Saturday. The assaults, which may have included an attack on a woman, were only minutes apart. One cabinet colleague said: “It’s rubbish to say he had to come back because he was too tired. Neil Kinnock, the EU commissioner, who is taking a life peerage on leaving Brussels, said he would launch a campaign for compulsory voting.There was speculation that Mr Blair’s early departure from the Rome summit on Friday was caused by a recurrence of his heart problems.