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A man who complained about his wife's insistence on treating her dogs as her children has been granted a divorce. The woman's "obsession with the dogs made it unbearable for the husband to continue in the marriage", a family court in Singapore ruled.

A pair of "well used" Birkenstock sandals which belonged to the late Apple chief Steve Jobs have sold at auction for more than $200,000. The winning bidder paid $218,000 and has also received a digital 3D representation of the suede footwear and an NFT proving ownership on the Polygon Blockchain net

A lost dog has been found after it walked into a police station. Rosie, who was scared by a firework on 3 November, walked into Loughborough Police Station the same day.

A bakers' union chief was arrested after disparaging countries with high rates of bread consumption, including his own. Cihan Kolivar, chair of Turkey's Union for Bread Producers, told a Turkish TV channel that bread is "the staple food for stupid societies".

A top official with Italy's National Association of Referees has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in international drug trafficking. Rosario D'Onofrio was the body's chief prosecutor until he and dozens of others were arrested by Italy's financial police in a major operation on Saturday.

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.

An audience member who booed a child actor has been banned for life from the Royal Opera House in London. The man, who has not been named, booed and shouted "Rubbish!" as 12-year-old Malakai M Bayoh sang an aria on the opening night of a new performance of Handel's Alcina.

A plane passenger has failed in a bid to conceal a gun inside an entire raw chicken. Security officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport took to Instagram yesterday to share photos of the "personal fowl".

Park authorities in the US have urged members of the public not to lick their psychedelic toads. The National Park Service took to social media last week to discourage visitors from searching for and licking Sonoran Desert toads, also known as Colorado River toads.

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

A prestigious US university has evicted a man who pretended to be a student and lived in various dorms for almost a year. The man, who has not been named, had been living on campus at Stanford University since at least December 2021, university officials said.

Cats could provide crucial evidence in criminal trials, researchers have suggested — because their fur collects human DNA. Forensic scientists at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia have shown for the first time that household cats are covered in human DNA, mostly from the people

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Birmingham's main train station yesterday after the discovery of a "grenade" — which turned out to be a cannabis grinder. The Birmingham New Street station was evacuated and train services halted after the "suspicious item" was discovered on a platform.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store after hours. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.

An Edinburgh woman who painted her front door an upbeat pink has been threatened with a £20,000 (around €23,000) fine. Aggrieved neighbours complained after Miranda Dickson broke with the sober colour scheme of the Scottish capital's historic New Town, The Times reports.