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A pair of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, stolen from a Minnesota museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018, sold at auction on Saturday for a staggering $28 million (£22.4m). With the auction house's fee, the final price tag for the unknown buyer reached $32.5m (&pou

A nun has reportedly been arrested by Italian police on suspicion of colluding with the mafia. Sister Anna Donelli, a 57-year-old nun who volunteers in Milan's San Vittore prison, is suspected of carrying messages between the 'Ndrangheta mafia and its imprisoned members.

Certain types of porridge, crumpets and breakfast cereals are included in a new list of products that fall under a new junk food advertising ban to come into force in the UK in October next year. 

Poundland is offering its first ever apartments for sale as it prepares to open a new store on Elgin's historic High Street.

A man in Oxfordshire has created the ultimate fantasy treehouse with a theme dedicated to writer C.S. Lewis. 

The Pope's surgeon has been charged with fraud in connection with allegedly fake records of operations he never performed. Sergio Alfieri, who successfully operated on Pope Francis twice, in 2021 and 2023, lied about performing surgeries 29 times, prosecutors claim.

A cryptocurrency tycoon has eaten a banana he bought for $6.2 million.

One of Banksy’s works, Well Hung Lover, is set to be auctioned alongside the Bristol building it adorns with a guide price of £700,000. The iconic mural, featuring a man clinging to a window ledge as a lover’s quarrel unfolds above, appeared in 2006 on the wall of what turned out t

Pop singer Katy Perry has won a 15-year-long trade mark dispute with a fashion designer called Katie Perry. The American pop star – whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson – launched the legal action in 2009 after Australian woman Katie Jane Taylor, née Perry, registered "Kat

George Stubbs’s famous painting of a Spanish pointer dog is to be sold at auction for an estimated £2 million. 

A man has been convicted of a criminal offence after deliberately gaining weight to avoid compulsory military service. The 26-year-old was sentenced last week by a court in South Korea, where all able-bodied men are required to service in the military for at least 18 months.

A group of Scottish designers have brightened the wintry skies of Dundee in preparation for 'Colour Friday'!  

Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork which involves a banana duct-taped to a wall has been sold for $5.2 million (c. £4.2m) at auction.  

The Sardinian village of Ollolai, grappling with depopulation, has launched a website to entice disillusioned American voters with homes as cheap as €1 (£0.83) and a "fast-track procedure" for relocation. The website, Live in Ollolai, asks visitors if they are "worn out by global politics

A rare postcard written by a Titanic passenger who after the ship's fatal iceberg hit has sold for £20,000 at auction.