The theft of a tiny house that later resurfaced over 750 miles away has baffled police officers. Julie Bray built the prototype home, worth around £12,000, for exhibition to investors, but it disappeared from her business premises on Sunday.
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A group of bikini-clad baristas and their boss have claimed a local authority ban on revealing work uniforms violates their right to free speech. Seven workers and the owner of coffee chain Hillbilly Hotties are suing over the "quick service restaurant" rules, which they say deprive them of the abil
The former host of TV's Deal Or No Deal has assured Lloyds Banking Group that they "can't beat me on deep pockets" as he continues to seek £300 million from the bank, more than triple his original claim. Noel Edmonds is now in a similar situation to his former contestants, who tried to win as much
A pair of young men have been forced to pay thousands after they were shown doing doughnuts in their cars in a viral Facebook video. Martin Hayden, 25, and Iarfhlaith O'Brien, 21, have agreed to pay €3,500 each to the court poor box to reduce their charge of dangerous driving to one of careless dr
Iceland's official horse register has clamped down on foreign names. The International Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations (FEIF) officially banned non-Icelandic names from WordFengur, the official registrar for purebred Icelandic horses.
A man who told police his car had been stolen later found out he had sold it while drunk so he could continue drinking. The New Zealander went to Rotorua police station to tell police that someone had nicked his car.
A man has been banned from Twitter after he made a death threat — against a mosquito. The threats began on 20 August after the Japanese man was repeatedly bitten while watching TV.
A disbarred lawyer who was convicted of impersonating Dead Sea Scrolls scholars in a series of emails has been jailed for two years. Judges upheld 10 of Raphael Golb’s convictions in New York state court but rejected a further seven.
A joint probe has been launched into a court official who ‘butt-dialled’ a reporter before admitting “I barely show up to work”. David Bookstaver, 58, was fired from his $166,000-a-year role in the Office of Court Administration after the New York Post reported that he revealed the informati
A manhunt is under way for two women who allegedly disguised themselves as nuns and tried to rob a bank.
A Rastafarian church has claimed its rights were violated after its marijuana plants were confiscated by police. Reverend Heidi Lepp, of the Sugarleaf Rastafari Church, said: "They're not respecting my church — and it's not fake and I'm not hiding behind anything."
A man charged with drug possession who had the audacity to turn up at court with cannabis in his sock was caught out after the judge smelled his stash. Serbuhan G was charged with possession of the drug after being apprehended with 14 bags in March.
An attempted carjacking apparently failed after the 17-year-old perpetrator realised he didn't know how to drive manual transmission. Quinderris Brown has admitted robbing a man in Jefferson County, Alabama of his phone, tablet and car keys at gunpoint and driving off in his vehicle, before promptly
A man who failed to be crowned Apple Queen of a small German town in a head-to-head contest has challenged the results in court. The town of Guben in Brandenburg extended their traditional contest to men for the first time last year because of a shortage in candidates.
An Indian woman has successfully won a divorce under the country's strict marriage laws by arguing her husband was torturing her by refusing to build a toilet in their home. The unnamed woman in her 20s was forced to relieve herself in fields for the duration of the five-year marriage.