A former lighthouse building with a historic connection to author Robert Louis Stevenson has gone up for sale for £149,000. The Lighthouse Engine House is adjacent to Noss Head Lighthouse and was home to Alan Stevenson, the engineer who oversaw the construction the lighthouse in the 1800s &mda
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An auction house has sacked an expert who valued a Chinese vase at €2,000 — which went on to sell for nearly €8 million. The expert, who has not been named, told the French auction house that he believed that vase was from the 20th century and not an antique, The Guardian reports.
Cannabis can now be ordered on Uber Eats in Toronto.
A woman who refuses to deal with a rodent infestation in her home because of her “ethical vegan” beliefs – leading to mice overrunning her neighbours’ homes – has been fined for a second time. Margaret Manzoni, 73, has driven some of her neighbours out of their homes by
A Japanese woman has become the victim of a romance scam that is out of this world. The 65-year-old struck up an interaction with a man on Instagram who told her he needed thousands of dollars – to return to Earth.
Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ ball is set to go up for auction next month and is expected to sell for £2.5-3 million. The ball is the one the Argentinian football legend used to score his "Hand of God" goal against England at the 1986 World Cup.
A medal awarded to a dog who completed 20 parachute descents in World War Two has been sold at auction for £140,000. The medal is amongst other war memorabilia included in the lot which also featured photos, books and a collar.
A collection of gold coins found under the kitchen floor has sold for more than £750,000 at auction.
New Zealand’s government has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing. The government said that the farm levy would help farmers recover the cost of the tax by charging higher prices for climate-friendly products.
The products of a 1940s-style old English sweet shop have been sold at auction for £8,000. A total of 100 items were sold from Edward & Vintage in Tissington, Derbyshire.
A new fine-dining restaurant has opened in a trendy part of San Francisco, catering exclusively to an unlikely clientele – dogs. Dogue, based in the city's rapidly gentrifying Mission District, offers dogs a three-course tasting menu for $75 (around €75 or £67), the San Francisco Ch
Forty-four pure gold coins dating back to the 7th century have been found hidden in a wall in Israel. Archaeologists revealed that the coins were found within a wall at the Hermon Stream (Banias) nature reserve.
Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a $1.26m (£1.12m) fine for advertising EthereumMax on her Instagram page without disclosing that she had been paid to do so. The US Securities and Exchange Commission said the celebrity had received $250,000 for advertising the cryptocurrency, without disclosin
A court has ordered that thousands of bunnies be destroyed – chocolate ones, that is. German supermarket Lidl has been told by a Swiss court to stop selling its sweet treats since they are too similar to Lindt bunnies and are liable to sow confusion.
A rare 1930s Australian penny has been sold for $60,000 at auction. The coin is the lowest mintage pre-decimal Australian coin in existence, The Singleton Argus reports.