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The creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, has been arrested for alleged insider trading.

A plumber working in an Edinburgh flat was astonished to find a 135-year-old message in a bottle under the floorboards. Peter Allan cut a hole in the floor of a flat in Morningside when he discovered the whisky bottle complete with a rolled-up note.

A bank robber who wrote his demand note on the back of his birth certificate is facing jail. Missouri man Michael C. Loyd, 30, who left ample evidence of his guilt at the scene, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in a federal court last week.

A man who complained about his wife's insistence on treating her dogs as her children has been granted a divorce.

A pair of Steve Jobs' "well used" Birkenstock sandals have sold at auction for more than $200,000.

Million Dollar has become the first real estate company to provide a platform for the buying and selling of land in the Metaverse.

Lake District officials have ordered a housing developer to replace the foots of five newly built homes with locally quarried materials after the housebuilder used Welsh slate. Builders are required to use Cumbrian slate in most areas of the Lakes, but the rule is often ignored as second-hand materi

Auditors hired by the Vatican to tidy up its accounts claim they were fired for digging up too much dirt – and are now suing the Holy See for €9.3 million.

A tenant who tried to sell the house he was renting for £400,000 without his landlord's knowledge has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

The World of Walkers shortbread - along with the Speyside company's marketing acumen knows no bounds it seems. A reader visiting Morrocco this week was surprised to see Walkers Shortbread camels on sale in Marrakesh airport duty free. The North African inspired nibbles are part of the World of Walke

One of the world's purest and most saturated pink diamonds has sold for a record HK$453.2 million (£50.54m) at a Sotheby's Hong Kong auction.

Hushpuppi, an Instagram influencer from Nigeria has been sentenced to more than eleven years in prison in the USA for his role in an international fraud syndicate. Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abba, was ordered to pay $1,732,841 (c.£1.52m) in restitution to two victims.

An all-inclusive holiday in Egypt has been advertised as cheaper than living in the UK this winter amid rising bills. The 28-day 'Escape the UK' holiday launched by easyJet holidays is priced at £650 per person per month, which includes travel, accommodation, food and costly outgoings like bro

A woman who claimed to have suffered from whiplash has been given a suspended jail term after she posted pictures of herself climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge. Lois Cartridge has also been given a £20,000 bill for lawyers’ fees after a judge in the English High Court ruled that she was in c

An Australian mining company boss has pleaded to 20 of his staff to return to work after they won a portion of a $160 million (£90m) lottery jackpot. The group of 20 employees won a third of the jackpot, splitting it with two other winners. Their $53m (£29.8m) win came out to $2.6m (&pou