A BBC South Inside Out investigation will tomorrow show how a multi-millionaire has made a fortune by misleading his hard-up customers.

James Benamor owns the Richmond Group, which employs almost 300 people in Bournemouth, and his personal wealth is estimated at £77million.

He recently gave away thousands of pounds when he played The Secret Millionaire in a Channel 4 documentary.

But the Inside Out programme, at 7.30pm on BBC One South, will show how Mr Benamor makes money from a simple scam.

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Andrew is a 24 year old plumber from West Lothian. He has been singing from a very young age but has never had the confidence to perform publicly until he was 13 when he and his friends entered a school talent competition. Andrew now performs regularly in his local area and helps to organise charity nights with his friends to raise money. Andrew is a trained plumber and lives with his parents above their pub. Andrew is very close to his grandparents who he says have inspired him to be a good person. Read more & comment »

Nick Knowles and Myleene Klass are to co-host BBC One’s new weekend entertainment show, Last Choir Standing.

They will be joined by a panel of music experts – Russell Watson, Sharon D Clarke and Suzi Digby – as they scour the country for choirs that combine the power, passion and performance necessary to be crowned the nation’s favourite choir.

The show will see Myleene return to her first love, music. She began playing the piano and her grandfather’s violin at the age of four. She studied Voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where she later graduated.

She continues to be a prominent name in the music world, with a top-three solo album to her name. Read more & comment »