A Robin Hood statue has been erected opposite the Bank of England in London coinciding with the UK launch of the stock trading app named after the Sherwood character.
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Katie Price has been declared bankrupt for a second time over an unpaid tax bill worth over £750,000.
A group of affluent US homeowners in Salisbury, Massachusetts, spent $565,000 (around £443,000) to construct protective sand dunes near their properties, only for the barriers to be washed away within days by a severe storm. The residents had trucked in approximately 14,000 tonnes of sand
A China Southern Airlines flight was delayed over four hours on Wednesday after a passenger threw coins into one of the engines for supposed good luck. Flight CZ8805, from Sanya to Beijing, was scheduled to depart at 10am local time on 6 March but did not take off until around 2:16pm. State med
A letter sent by Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien to a young fan is being put up for auction. The author wrote to eight-year-old Christopher Howard in 1961. Now, Mr Howard from Kent has decided to sell the letter after keeping it for sixty years.
A social media account posing as the "Government of East Africa" went viral after posting an image of a fake new single currency called the "sheafra". The East African Community was forced to dismiss the sheafra notes as rumours, confirming that plans for a regional currency remain a work in progres
A pair of security guards who found a huge bag of money left behind by robbers targeting their workplace pocketed the cash and went on a spending spree – before having it conned from them by fake police officers. The bizarre chain of events began with the robbery of Quest Financial Services in
A rare 130-year-old banknote is set to be sold at auction for an estimated sale price of £30,000. The note from the Birmingham branch of the Bank of England will be sold on Thursday.
The question of who invented butter chicken is to be resolved by an Indian court in a case which has already racked up over €200,000 in legal fees. The Delhi High Court is hearing a case brought by the owners of Delhi restaurant Moti Mahal against the Daryaganj restaurant chain amid rival claim
A lost watercolour by JMW Turner has been sold at auction for £96,000.
A sword from the Battle of Culloden is set to go under the hammer in Edinburgh next week. Auction house Bonhams has estimated the value of the 18th-century basket hilt broadsword, carried by clansmen loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie, to be between £500 and £800, the BBC reports.
Colin Firth's wet shirt from the Pride and Prejudice TV series is set to goup for auction.
A high school is being sued after a teacher allegedly brought real swords to the classroom and instructed pupils to fight. Chemistry teacher Loviata Mitchell allegedly told pupils she had a "surprise" before pulling out weapons described as resembling a katana and a rapier, which she smuggled past s
Savills has raised record £71 million from the sale of 350 lots at its first-ever two-day live-streamed auction on 27 and 28 February. The auction achieved 74% success rate. The auction showcased a surge in demand for higher value lots, with 13 lots selling for over £1m. Savills has
The Royal Mint has unveiled a coin featuring George Michael.