Musician and performer Thomas Podgoretsky, who has lived and worked in the UK for so long he now draws his state pension here, has been told he faces deportation at 72 hours’ notice. [via Private Eye magazine] Westbriton.co.uk: "Mr Podgoretsky said he had used most of his life savings trying to fight the ruling but had lost two appeals.He said he has to sign in at a police station once a month and has had to surrender his passport.He said: "I feel like I am being treated like a criminal and I am tired of being treated like this – I have only had two parking tickets in my whole life.""