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The composer of the iconic opening song to Disney's The Lion King is suing a comedian for $27 million (c. £20.2m) for prodding fun at its lyrics. Circle of Life begins with the Zulu-language lyrics: "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama."

A woman who slapped googly eyes on a divisive sculpture has been convicted of marking graffiti and ordered to pay compensation. Amelia Vanderhorst, 20, filmed herself making the humorous additions to the Cast in Blue sculpture in the southern Australian city of Mount Gambier while high on MDMA and d

The Royal Mint is in the final stretch of its nationwide code-breaking challenge, the Great British Treasure Hunt – and with the competition closing on 30th March, time is running out for entrants hoping to win a solid gold bar worth approximately £28,000 to £29,000. At the heart o

Nearly 300 personal items belonging to Gwyneth Paltrow are set to go under the hammer at Julien's auction house in Los Angeles next week, in a sale that ranges from the glamorous to the gloriously mundane.

A Highland couple have announced plans to donate and ultimately bequeath their entire property portfolio to support efforts to tackle the region’s worsening housing shortage. Retired construction businessman Don Michie, 75, who lives in Onich near Fort William, has built up 14 rental propertie

Police have announced a successful operation which led to the seizure of cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, cash – and stolen cornflakes. West Yorkshire Police said a raid on six addresses led to the seizure of drugs with a street value of £750,000, as well as an estimated £10,000 in cas

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of 409 gold rouble coins beneath the foundations of a historic house in Torzhok, a city in north-western Russia approximately 420 kilometres south-east of St Petersburg. The find, dating from the final decades of the Russian Empire, may be worth well over half

A Staffordshire construction worker who was kept off work for months due to an accident has struck gold after winning a £72k Aston Martin Vantage with a 21p raffle ticket.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a New York City taqueria by a German tourist who complained its salsa was too spicy. Faycal Manz sought $100,000 in damages (c. £75,470) from Los Tacos No. 1, USA Today reports.

The head priest and dean of a 150-year-old church has been charged with shoplifting a four-figure sum's worth of trading cards. The Very Rev Aidan Smith, dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh, is alleged to have stolen 27 packs of baseballs cards from a Walmart.

Two exceptionally rare casks of whisky from the celebrated "ghost" Japanese distillery Karuizawa have set a new record at Christie's, becoming the highest-value lots ever sold at one of the auction house's Wine and Spirit sales. The two casks, numbered #6195 and #888, achieved a combined total of &p

A judge has ruled against a couple who tried to reclaim a small area of land by planting a garden gnome on it. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) ruled last week on a years-long dispute between neighbours in Surrey.

Antisocial air passengers who play music from their smartphones out loud now face being banned from a world-leading airline. United Airlines, by some rankings the world's biggest airline, has revised its contract of carriage to require passengers to use headphones when listening to a device, CBS New

A house built from a cave dwelling carved into sandstone over 500 years ago has been put up for auction.

An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.