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An MP has been mocked on social media after appearing to ask the government how many seven-year-olds are receiving pension credit. Justin Madders, MP of Ellesmere Port and Neston, tabled a written question regarding the number of people claiming pension credit who were born after April 2016

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A woman has successfully obtained a court order to evict her two adult sons, who declined to move out while refusing to pay rent or perform chores. The 75-year-old woman from the northern Italian city of Pavia was forced to go to court to resolve the situation with her two sons, aged 40 and 42, The

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A once lost marble sculpture, previously used to prop open a shed door in Invergordon, could fetch nearly £3 million.

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A Range Rover owned by Queen Elizabeth II is set to be sold at auction for £60,000.

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A London winery is facing legal action from one of France's best-known champagne houses over its use of the name "Crystal".

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Wikipedia has received a controversial offer from billionaire Elon Musk to rename itself in exchange for $1 billion. He asked the platform to rename itself to "Dickipedia". This peculiar offer follows Mr Musk's criticism of the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising methods, questioning why the non-prof

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A nearly five-century-old brewery has been modernised with a new self-service beer fountain by Polish design studio Projekt Praga. The new taproom in Tenczynek Brewery – about an hour's drive from Kraków – has won plaudits for its modern reimagining of a building dating back to 15

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Jean-Claude Van Damme, the famed "Muscles from Brussels", has stepped into the world of spirits with the launch of his co-owned Irish whiskey, Old Oak.

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Police are looking for thieves who stole 35 portable toilets from a racetrack. The cubicles, some of which had not been emptied, were taken from Ludlow Autograss Club in Pencombe, Herefordshire on Sunday.

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France is to fine shops that leave their lights on too long as it cracks down on energy waste. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the energy transition minister, said that firms that break rules on when they can have their lights on will face fines of €1,500 (£1,294).

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Suspected fraudsters who are alleged to have bought 20 bottles of fine French wine with €95,000 (around £82,000) in fake banknotes have been arrested – but the bottles are believed to be lost. The two men and a woman are accused of swindling a Parisian wine merchant out of 18 bottle

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A collection comprising ceramic cats created by British artist Louis Wain has sold for £27,000 at auction.

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The Distillers’ Charity hosted its second biennial One of One Auction, in partnership with Sotheby’s, sponsored once again by McLaren Packaging, in the stately Hopetoun House near Edinburgh last week. Comprising a selection of ultra-rare Scotch whiskies, the 39-lot sale – which att

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