And Finally

A company which hid an offer of free wine in its online privacy policy has said it has finally been claimed three months later. Tax Policy Associates (TPA) added the following words to its privacy policy in February: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."

One of the first coins ever in circulation in Scotland has been sold at auction for £1,500.

A painting by George Stubbs is to be sold at auction for only the second time in its history.

Japanese police have apprehended a yakuza boss suspected of stealing Pokémon cards. Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu (leader) of the Takinogawa family, part of the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate — the second-largest yakuza group in Japan — was arrested in late April.

Dame Shirley Bassey is to auction off her jewellery collection which is estimated to be worth over £598,260.

A criminal defence lawyer who repeatedly made off without paying her restaurant bills has been struck off. English solicitor Kerry Ann Stevens was convicted of fraud last year in connection with two incidents, one where she left a restaurant with an unpaid £60.91 bill and another where she lie

A painting that had been put up for auction for just €1,500 (£1,285) has been confirmed as a lost work of Italian painter Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

Ugandan cocoa farmers have been forced to hire armed men to protect their crop amid soaring cocoa prices. Cocoa prices recently soared to an all-time high due to unusually dry weather in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, though have fallen back recently as conditions have improved.

An auction house in Dorset has withdrawn 18 ancient Egyptian human skulls from sale after an MP warned that selling them would exacerbate the violence of colonialism.

A man has been left in disbelief after receiving a tax bill totalling more than $34 billion in overdue taxes, penalties, and interest. The colossal figure Barry Tangert was quoted by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is too large to fit on a single line. Coincidentally, Mr Tangert's t

A pistol owned by Al Capone is up for auction with an estimated sale pride of $2-$3 million (around £1.6-2.4m).

A nearly century-old time capsule has been discovered by contractors during the demolition of the former Carrick Academy building in Ayrshire. The capsule dates back to 1925, the year the school was constructed, and was transferred to the Ayrshire Archives centre in Ayr for opening and inspection by

An Iranian goalkeeper has been fined three billion rials (around £57,000) for embraced a female fan who stormed the pitch. Hossein Hosseini, goalkeeper for Esteghlal FC, was ordered to pay the fine after briefly embracing the woman, who was not wearing a hijab, IranWire reports.

Monzo customers are now eligible to receive a free sausage roll each week.

A food firm has emerged victorious in a legal battle against HMRC, securing an exemption from VAT on its Mega Marshmallows. The court ruling, upholding a decision by the first-tier tribunal, stated that the marshmallows are not to be considered confectionery.