But what were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And finallys of 2025.

10: And finally… clearing house

16 September: An Oregon man who won $5,000 (c. £3,700) a week for life from the Publishers Clearing House (PCH) sweepstake is now facing financial ruin after the firm filed for bankruptcy and didn’t inform him.

9: And finally… seeing double

2 December: Digital bank Monzo has unveiled a new scheme to “double the salary” of ten lucky customers every month.

8: And finally… riches to rags

12 February: A couple who bought a £32.5 million mansion can hand it back and have most of their money returned after they found out it had a “severe moth infestation”, a High Court judge has ruled.

7: And finally… driving a hard bargain

9 September: Tesla’s board of directors has unveiled an unprecedented new pay package for CEO Elon Musk, potentially worth close to $1 trillion (c. £750m), in a bid to secure his long-term leadership.

6: And finally… well I’ll be dammed

7 February: A colony of beavers has saved Czech authorities nearly £1 million on a long-awaited construction project.

5: And finally… Diwali gaffe

21 October: The Gibraltar International Bank (GIB) has issued a formal apology after a significant cultural error in its Diwali greeting.

4: And finally… trillion-dollar typo

28 February: Citigroup has revealed an $81 trillion (c. £64 trillion) internal transfer error, raising questions about its ongoing efforts to address operational deficiencies.

3: And finally… note-worthy

29 May: A collection of rare guitars donated to a charity shop anonymously has sold for more than £12,000 at auction.

2: And finally… red flag

15 October: Chinese officials have seized tens of thousands of maps for supposedly mislabelling Taiwan.

1: And finally… Omaze-ing mess

4 March: A £6 million mansion, raffled off as a grand prize by Omaze, has come under scrutiny for breaching planning regulations, according to North Norfolk District Council.