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A rail passenger in France has been slapped with a €110 fine for travelling with a cat who allegedly miaowed too much. Parisian couple Camille and Pierre have complained to French rail company SNCF over the treatment of her white cat Monet, BFMTV reports.

Turkey's transport minister has been fined after posting a social media video which showed he was speeding. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu was driving at 140mph, nearly twice the speed limit, in footage he posted to his X account on Sunday, Turkish Minute reports.

A rare set of Charles Rennie Mackintosh–designed buildings in Glasgow is to be placed on the market later this year. The Mackintosh Halls, on Shakespeare Street in Ruchill, were purpose-built for the Church of Scotland in 1899 and remain one of the architect’s early and most distinctive

Hundreds of packages containing fake pounds, euros and dollars with a total value of more than £57 million have been seized in an international policing operation.

New bank note designs have been launched in the Falkland Islands for the first time in 40 years.

Two major airlines are being sued for allegedly misleading customers by offering window seats which don't have windows. Greenbaum Olbrantz LLP has filed proposed class action lawsuits against Delta Air Lines in New York and against United Airlines in California.

A London pub is challenging tradition by automatically adding a service charge to drinks ordered at the bar, a practice that has drawn criticism from customers. The Well & Boot pub in Waterloo station is adding an "optional" 4% service charge to all bills. The fee, which adds around 30p to the p

Handwritten lyrics and chords for the 1969 Fleetwood Mac hit 'Man of the World' are set to go under the hammer at Ewbank's auction house in Surrey. The composition sheet, penned by the band's co-founder Peter Green, is expected to fetch up to £15,000.

A unique, factory-produced Ferrari Daytona SP3 has sold for a record $26 million (c. £19m) at a charity auction during Monterey Car Week, with all proceeds benefiting the Ferrari Foundation.

Volkswagen has introduced a subscription service for its ID.3 electric hatchback, requiring owners to pay a monthly fee to unlock the vehicle's full performance capabilities. The ID.3 Pro and Pro S models, while capable of producing 228bhp, are supplied with 201bhp as standard.

An American state is to consider a bill proposing to create a register of job applicants who fail to show at interviews. Ohio's dystopian House Bill 395 would allow employers to report applicants who skip interviews without notice, NBC4 Columbus reports.

Remote workers have been told to stop bringing desktop PCs and printers into Starbucks cafés in South Korea. The coffee chain was forced to issue a statement asking people "refrain from bringing desktop computers, printers, or other bulky items that may limit seating and impact the shared spa

A dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare when a couple checked into a 'five-star' EasyJet hotel in Rhodes, which turned out to be a noisy construction site.

Dubai’s billionaire ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has fitted solar panels on his Highland estate without planning permission.

A police force has defended spending nearly £13,000 on a coffee machine after criticism from auditors. Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia spent a total of €4.66 million on a new "innovation lab" which was originally set to cost just €250,000.