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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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Colin Firth's wet shirt from the Pride and Prejudice TV series is set to goup for auction.

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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

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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

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The Royal Mint has unveiled a coin featuring George Michael.

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