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A collection of over 400 19th-century German toys has sold for nearly £200,000 at a Berkshire auction. The toys, crafted from wood, papier-mâché, and composition, originated from the Sonneberg and Erzgebirge regions of Germany.

A software developer who set up his employer's computer systems to fail in the event of being fired is facing up to 10 years in prison after his plan came to fruition. Texas man David Lu, 55, began to sabotage his employer's systems after being effectively demoted in 2018, according to the US Depart

A Shanghai HR manager has been jailed for over ten years after defrauding his company of millions by creating fake employees. The fraudster, identified as Yang, worked for a technology firm where he exploited his control over hiring and payroll to invent 22 non-existent staff members, funneling thei

A cryptocurrency project connected to US President Donald Trump has reportedly generated at least $350 million (c. £271m) in revenue for its creators. The memecoin project, associated with the tradable Official TRUMP ($TRUMP) token, has accrued $314m (c. £243m) from token sales and $36m

A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window. Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after

Excavations undertaken for McLaughlin & Harvey at William Grant & Sons Girvan Distillery, near Girvan, South Ayrshire, in 2020, uncovered an Iron Age settlement dating to a period when southern Scotland had slipped from the grasp of the Roman Empire. Newly published research by GUARD Archaeo

A would-be Ferrari owner wrecked a €440,000 supercar on a test drive while attempting to take it onto Germany's famously high-speed Autobahn. The 44-year-old DJ from Bielefeld was trying out the SF90 Stradale – Ferrari's first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) – with its owner

A £6 million mansion, raffled off as a grand prize by Omaze, has come under scrutiny for breaching planning regulations, according to North Norfolk District Council. The Larkfields property in Blakeney, situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, was reportedly not built in ac

Citigroup has revealed an $81 trillion (c. £64 trillion) internal transfer error, raising questions about its ongoing efforts to address operational deficiencies. The incident, which occurred in April 2024, involved a payment intended to be $280, but was mistakenly entered with numerous extra

A Flamin' Hot Cheeto in the shape of a Pokémon is set to be sold at auction.

A court has heard details of an "audacious raid" in which a £4.8 million solid gold toilet was stolen from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The 18-carat gold toilet, part of an art exhibition, was taken in just five minutes during the early hours of 14 September 2019.

A life-size portrait of Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the Soviet Union are set to be sold at auction.

A man whose credit card was stolen and used to buy a €500,000 (£414,000) winning lottery scratchcard in France has appealed to the thieves to come forward so they can split the prize. The winning ticket, purchased in Toulouse, has yet to be submitted for collection.

A construction worker has won a supercar worth £164,000 in a competition which cost him just 29p to enter. Ciprian Cocoveica, from Basildon, won a Lamborghini Huracan in BOTB’s Supercar Competition.

Blink-182 star Mark Hoppus will auction a rare Banksy painting that is estimated to be worth up to £5 million.