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A charity auction of 53 sculptures featuring the beloved character Gromit has raised over £2 million for sick children and babies in Bristol.

A 50p coin featuring the Beatrix Potter character Flopsy Bunny is selling for more than 15 times its face value, prompting collectors and the public to check their loose change. One of the coins, listed by a seller from Abingdon, recently fetched £7.53 on eBay. Released by the Royal Mint in 20

A local authority in Poland has been rebuked for exceeding its legal authority by declaring Jesus Christ as its king.

A hoard of Tudor coins, discovered by a couple while weeding their garden in Hampshire, is expected to fetch at least £230,000 at auction.

A billionaire has lost a $410 million (c. £305m) lawsuit against his insurers after a judge ruled that five paintings in his collection suffered no visible damage in a fire. Ronald O. Perelman was compensated in relation to a number of destroyed artworks after a 2018 fire at his home in the we

A Chinese court has ordered two teenagers to pay 2.2 million yuan (around £231,000) in compensation after they urinated into a pot of broth at a popular hotpot restaurant. The 17-year-olds, identified by their surnames Tang and Wu, filmed their disgusting stunt and shared the footage online.

A tourist hotspot has announced a new tax on dogs, to be paid both by local residents and visitors. Bolzano, in northern Italy, will ask local residents to pay an annual tax of €100 per dog, while tourists will have to cough up €1.50 per dog per day of their visit.

North Korean authorities have cracked down on the phrase "I love you" as evidence of a "decadent lifestyle". According to Daily NK, factory officials in Hamhung, North Korea's second largest city, publicly condemned a love letter which was discovered in a young worker's bag during a routine ins

An inaccessible two-bedroom end-terrace house in Plains, Airdrie, has drawn a flurry of competitive bids at auction, despite no one having seen inside.

The UK's first Vagina Museum has suspended merchandise sales to the United States, citing prohibitive costs caused by new American trade tariffs. The London-based museum, which raises crucial funds through its online shop, said a 10% baseline tariff has made shipping its products "untenable". Items

The Royal Mint has rolled the dice on nostalgia, announcing a collectible 50p coin to celebrate nine decades of MONOPOLY. In partnership with the game's owner, Hasbro, this marks the first time a board game has been celebrated on an official UK coin.

A group of virtual celebrities has won a libel case brought against an internet user who insulted their digital avatars. South Korea has seen a boom in the popularity of so-called "virtual idols", whose real identities and appearances are unknown as they interact with the public purely through a dig

The Scottish island which hosts the World Stone Skimming Championships has been rocked by a cheating scandal. Easdale, one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, which has a permanent population of just over 60 people, welcomed more than 2,200 people from 27 countries to this year's event.

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.

A nightmare neighbour has been arrested and charged after allegedly tunnelling into an adjacent home following a dispute. Police in the Canadian city of Calgary said the bizarre incidents followed weeks of intensifying conflict between neighbours on two floors of an apartment building.