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President Donald Trump has instructed the US Treasury Secretary to cease production of one-cent coins.

A colony of beavers has saved Czech authorities nearly £1 million on a long-awaited construction project. The beavers jumped the gun on a seven-year-long dispute by constructing a series of dams exactly where local authorities wanted to build them.

Two historic Delftware plates owned by a family in Devon have been sold at auction for over £20,000. 

A construction worker has claimed the first $100,000 top prize in a new scratch-off game from the Maryland Lottery. Roberto Fuentes Valdivia bought five $10 MONOPOLY X50 tickets while stopping for coffee in Mt. Rainier and won big on the final ticket he scratched.

A never-seen-before artwork is set to go up for auction with a valuation of £30,000 to £50,000.

A Chinese woman from Guang'an, in Sichuan province, received a memorable marriage proposal when her boyfriend hid a gold ring inside a cake. Unaware of his plan, the hungry woman devoured the taro and meat floss cake, only to bite down on the hidden ring. Initially mistaking it for a bakery mishap,

Supermarket chain Aldi is piloting a new £10 pre-payment system at its checkout-free Shop & Go store in Greenwich, London.

A Star Wars auction held in the Thornaby has raised £156,000 in sales.

A Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen, driven by Formula One legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, is expected to become the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold when it goes under the hammer in Stuttgart on Saturday. The "Streamline car," one of only four complete examples in existence, is

One of the world's best-selling singers has been accused of making a 10-bedroom mansion impossible to sell by describing it as scary. The owners of Lock House, a Grade II-listed property in West Sussex, blame Adele for their failure to sell the building and its 32-acre estate, which they value at &p

A Japanese man has made headlines with his unique property investment strategy which has earned him rental income worth ¥140 million (c. £726,000) from 200 run-down houses he has bought over the past few years. Since childhood, Hayato Kawamura, a 38-year-old from Osaka, has been fascinated

One of the world's best-selling singers has been accused of making a 10-bedroom mansion impossible to sell by describing it as scary. The owners of Lock House, a Grade II-listed property in West Sussex, blame Adele for their failure to sell the building and its 32-acre estate, which they value at &p

Over 120 items of musical equipment belonging to rock musician Jeff Beck have been sold at auction for £8.7 million.

The iconic house featured in the 1990 classic Christmas film Home Alone has sold for $5.5 million (c. £4.5m) – $250,000 over asking price (c. £200,000). Located in Winnetka, a suburb of Chicago, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom property was listed in May 2024 for $5.25m and quickly r

A team of seven sanitation workers in Shandong province, eastern China, has been praised after they recovered a groom-to-be's wedding savings of 230,000 yuan (c. £26,000) from four tonnes of rubbish. The man had accidentally discarded a takeaway bag containing the cash, which he and his fianc&