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A construction worker from Leeds has bagged a new house and a Mercedes as part of a competition prize bundle worth nearly £850,000.

A sleepless night turned into a cause for celebration for a Canadian construction worker after he discovered a lottery ticket had made him CA$100,000 (c. £54,000) richer. Ontario resident Bradley Rosehart is overjoyed after winning the jackpot in the Megadice Lotto draw on the 9 of April 2025.

An auction of quirky items to help raise money for the restoration of Parnham House in Dorset exceeded expectations by raising double the estimated amount. 

The personal effects of the late, influential film-maker David Lynch, who passed away in January, are being offered for auction, providing a unique insight into his idiosyncratic world. Over 400 lots, curated by Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions in collaboration with Turner Classic Movies, are cur

Once valued at $1.5 billion (£1.11bn), British AI startup Builder.ai is now initiating bankruptcy protection after revelations that its lauded artificial intelligence platform was significantly reliant on human engineers, primarily in India, rather than genuine AI automation. The company, know

A judge has criticised two neighbours for spending hundreds of thousands of pounds in a legal dispute over "a tap and a pipe that doesn't matter".

The millennial mantra of "work hard, play harder" is being usurped by a new Gen Z trend in China – identifying as "rat people". These young adults are consciously opting out of the societal grind, spending their days in bed, doom-scrolling, napping, and ordering takeaways. On platforms like Do

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

An accountant has won two gold medals for Britain at the World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Florida.

A sword that belonged to Napoleon has sold for almost €4.7 million at auction. 

The US Treasury Department has confirmed that the production of one-cent coins, commonly known as pennies, will cease next year, marking the end of an era for the coin that has been in circulation for over two centuries. The decision follows a directive from US President Donald Trump to Treasury Sec

Discount giant Pepco is actively exploring the sale of its struggling Poundland retail chain for "effectively a pound" due to the substantial costs associated with its turnaround under new ownership, with an exit anticipated before the end of its financial year in September 2025.

A delinquent duck has been reprimanded by police after being caught on a speed camera for the second time in seven years. The small Swiss town of Koeniz previously made international headlines in 2018 after a wild duck was caught on camera exceeding a 20mph speed limit.

A striking Jacobean-style mansion in Anglesey, north Wales, is up for auction with a guide price of just £288,000 – but prospective buyers won’t be able to set foot inside before placing a bid.

An original issue of the Magna Carta, long mistaken for a copy and sold in the 1940s for what one historian described as a “fairly derisory price”, has been identified at Harvard Law School Library. The document was acquired in 1946 from a London bookseller for just $27.50, before its tr