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An Edinburgh building materials supplier is offering free food and extended opening hours to help customers hit by traffic delays.

A TikTok content creator who offers cryptocurrency trading advice was reportedly kidnapped in northern France and held for a €50,000 ransom, only to be released when his abductors discovered he did not have the funds.

A remarkable collection of historic gold coins, discovered hidden within the walls of a French house, has sold for more than €3 million (c. £2.56m) at a Parisian auction.

A project to improve security at the House of Lords has turned into an embarrassing fiasco, with a new entrance door costing nearly £10 million, yet still requiring staff to manually operate it.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to homeowners about the "freemen on the land" movement, a group promoting the pseudolegal theory that individuals are not bound by mortgage contracts they do not consent to. This conspiracy theory, gaining traction through social media

Blended whisky brand The Famous Grouse has again made available an edition of its whisky for Father's day with the label instead reading 'The Famous Dad'.

Banks in China have been banned from offering trendy Labubu dolls to new customers. The dolls, created by Hong Kong designer Kasing Lung, have become a global trend, thanks in part to their embrace by TikTok influencers.

A senior corporate lawyer has come forward to claim a mysterious pile of cash seemingly abandoned near rubbish bins. Thai lawyer Thaweewat Sengkaew turned up at a police station to claim ownership of the 12 million baht in cash (around £272,300).

A construction worker from Leeds has bagged a new house and a Mercedes as part of a competition prize bundle worth nearly £850,000.

A sleepless night turned into a cause for celebration for a Canadian construction worker after he discovered a lottery ticket had made him CA$100,000 (c. £54,000) richer. Ontario resident Bradley Rosehart is overjoyed after winning the jackpot in the Megadice Lotto draw on the 9 of April 2025.

An auction of quirky items to help raise money for the restoration of Parnham House in Dorset exceeded expectations by raising double the estimated amount. 

The personal effects of the late, influential film-maker David Lynch, who passed away in January, are being offered for auction, providing a unique insight into his idiosyncratic world. Over 400 lots, curated by Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions in collaboration with Turner Classic Movies, are cur

A judge has criticised two neighbours for spending hundreds of thousands of pounds in a legal dispute over "a tap and a pipe that doesn't matter".

The millennial mantra of "work hard, play harder" is being usurped by a new Gen Z trend in China – identifying as "rat people". These young adults are consciously opting out of the societal grind, spending their days in bed, doom-scrolling, napping, and ordering takeaways. On platforms like Do

A collection of rare guitars donated to a charity shop anonymously has sold for more than £12,000 at auction.