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Oscar Wilde's Mayfair home has been listed for sale at £14 million.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has added a gleaming, spaceship‑like structure to the grounds of his $175 million Beverly Hills mansion. Photos obtained by The New York Post show a polished silver pod sitting on the property, prompting the outlet to describe it as a “UFO‑like structure”. B

Two prisoners have been convicted of running a sophisticated telephone scam from behind bars which netted nearly half a million dollars from dozens of victims. Joey Amour Jackson and Lance Riddle – also known as "Apeshit" and "C-Port" – masterminded the scheme while locked up in the US s

Roisin Currie, the Glaswegian chief executive of Greggs, has acknowledged that the rising popularity of appetite-suppressing medications is undeniably influencing the bakery chain’s business model. However, Ms Currie emphasises that the shift towards smaller portions and a focus on nutritional

The earliest known coin to be minted within Scotland has been secured for the nation following its discovery by a metal detectorist. Found in a wooded area near Penicuik, Midlothian, in 2023, the silver coin dates to the late 1130s during the reign of King David I. Following an assessment by the Sco

US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly gifted noise-cancelling headphones to his neighbours in Palo Alto in an attempt to quell discontent over his expanding residential compound. Over the past 14 years, the Meta CEO has spent upwards of $110 million (c. £82m) acquiring at least 11 prop

Influencer and WWE wrestler Logan Paul is set to test the upper limits of the alternative investment market by auctioning what he describes as the "Holy Grail" of Pokémon cards. The item in question is a rare Pikachu Illustrator card, notable for being the only copy in existence to receive a

Archaeologists in Lower Saxony have confirmed the discovery of a significant Roman-era hoard near Borsum, comprising 450 silver coins, several silver bars, a single gold coin, and a gold ring. The recovery of the find, which dates to the early Roman Imperial period, was overseen by Sebastian Messal,

Over the course of 2025, Scottish Financial News published more than 240 articles in our popular And finally section – sharing offbeat and weird financial and business news stories from around the world. But what were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And finallys of 2025.

A restaurant is facing legal action from an angry adulterer after uploading a video which inadvertently exposed him dining with his affair partner. Italian consumer rights group Codacons is seeking damages on behalf of the 42-year-old man from Catania, Sicily, The Times reports.

Santa and his elves have shoplifted huge volumes of food to share with the needy at Christmastime. Police in Montréal, Canada say "masked and disguised individuals" stole food worth around $3,000 CAD (c. £1,620) from a supermarket last week, CBC reports.

Morrisons has been faced with a substantial £17m tax liability following a High Court defeat against HMRC regarding the application of Value Added Tax (VAT) on rotisserie chickens. The ruling determined that whole cooked "cool-down" chickens are subject to the standard 20% VAT rate applicable

Hundred of motorists have lost their driving licenses after being caught drunk cycling. Police in Japan suspended a total of 896 cyclists' driving licenses between January and September 2025 after deeming them "also likely to pose a significant danger when driving a car".

A lawyer is suing US tax authorities for refusing to recognise her dog as a dependent like a child. Amanda Reynolds, who specialises in civil litigation insurance defence, has filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York — naming her eight-year-old golden retriever, Finnegan Mary Reynol

A lawyer who woke up handcuffed with $75,000 (c. £56,000) in debt is suing a Las Vegas casino for allowing him to gamble while incapacitated. Tax attorney Michael Duke Thomson, 64, claims he cannot remember racking up the astronomical bill in the Aria Resort & Casino, The Independent