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Police have announced a successful operation which led to the seizure of cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, cash – and stolen cornflakes. West Yorkshire Police said a raid on six addresses led to the seizure of drugs with a street value of £750,000, as well as an estimated £10,000 in cas

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of 409 gold rouble coins beneath the foundations of a historic house in Torzhok, a city in north-western Russia approximately 420 kilometres south-east of St Petersburg. The find, dating from the final decades of the Russian Empire, may be worth well over half

A Staffordshire construction worker who was kept off work for months due to an accident has struck gold after winning a £72k Aston Martin Vantage with a 21p raffle ticket.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a New York City taqueria by a German tourist who complained its salsa was too spicy. Faycal Manz sought $100,000 in damages (c. £75,470) from Los Tacos No. 1, USA Today reports.

The head priest and dean of a 150-year-old church has been charged with shoplifting a four-figure sum's worth of trading cards. The Very Rev Aidan Smith, dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh, is alleged to have stolen 27 packs of baseballs cards from a Walmart.

Two exceptionally rare casks of whisky from the celebrated "ghost" Japanese distillery Karuizawa have set a new record at Christie's, becoming the highest-value lots ever sold at one of the auction house's Wine and Spirit sales. The two casks, numbered #6195 and #888, achieved a combined total of &p

A judge has ruled against a couple who tried to reclaim a small area of land by planting a garden gnome on it. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) ruled last week on a years-long dispute between neighbours in Surrey.

Antisocial air passengers who play music from their smartphones out loud now face being banned from a world-leading airline. United Airlines, by some rankings the world's biggest airline, has revised its contract of carriage to require passengers to use headphones when listening to a device, CBS New

A house built from a cave dwelling carved into sandstone over 500 years ago has been put up for auction.

An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.

A camel beauty contest in Oman has become the latest to be rocked by a plastic surgery scandal. Organisers of the 2026 Camel Beauty Show Festival in Al Musannah in February say they disqualified a total of 20 camels who received cosmetic enhancements including lip fillers and Botox injections.

Businesses will be expressly banned from microchipping their employees under legislation proposed in a US state. Legislators in the state of Washington are currently considering House Bill 2303, which provides that an employer "may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip imp

In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the President of Turkmenistan has authorised a one-time holiday payment of 60 manats for women across the nation. This annual tradition, now in its seventh consecutive year, applies to a broad demographic including employees of all enterp

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the MeRA25 party said he had tried ecstasy in Australia in 1989 but was discouraged from doing so again a

Business owners in Jersey have spoken out against a proposed law that would require them to accept cash payments. A report by BBC News has challenged the common misconception that cash transactions are better for small businesses.