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Corrupt Russian anti-corruption officials are believed to have been caught by investigators who gifted them a samovar - traditionally used to make tea - equipped with a bug. The Federal Security Service (FSB) planted the bug as part of its investigation into whether senior officials at the Russian I

Corrupt Russian anti-corruption officials are believed to have been caught by investigators who gifted them a samovar - traditionally used to make tea - equipped with a bug. The Federal Security Service (FSB) planted the bug as part of its investigation into whether senior officials at the Russian I

The founders of Scottish brewery BrewDog have changed their first names to Elvis after being threatened by Elvis Presley's estate. The brewery was told it could face legal action from the American musician's estate over the name of its grapefruit and blood orange IPA, Elvis Juice.

A £1.25 million sniffer dog unit at a major British airport has identified nearly 200 kilos of meat but failed to find any class A drugs. Six dogs at Manchester Airport helped customs find 181 kg of meat and 46 kg of cigarettes over a seven-month period, but the dogs did not turn up any of the smug

A man has won his battle with Clare County Council over walking across Donald Trump's luxury golf course to access a local beach. Mr Trump himself was apparently unbothered about the issue, leading the council to give up halfway through a Supreme Court case.

A man who sold washing powder under the pretence of dealing cocaine has been convicted of a fraud offence. Jamie Lee Taylor, 27, pleaded guilty to offering to supply cocaine to others as well as "possession of an article for use in fraud".

A man dismissed for watching hardcore pornography at work has won compensation after arguing he had not breached company policy. The insurance manager in Sydney, Australia won $10,000 (around £7,800) after pointing out he only watched porn on his lunch break.

Howard Kennedy has taken a novel approach to under-performance by blocking the computers of lawyers who fail to work seven hours a day. The London firm expects its lawyers to work at least 5.6 billable hours per day, The Lawyer reports, as well as carrying out non-billable work.

An American lawyer has become a Facebook hit after sharing tongue-in-cheek legal tips on the social media platform. L. Scott Briscoe, a lawyer in West Virginia, has taken to sharing pointed pieces of advice based on "actual events that occurred over the nineteen years of my practice so far".

A police officer who clumsily apologised to a woman with a frosted cake that read "Sorry I Tased You" has been put on probation. Stephanie Byron has opened a lawsuit against former sheriff's deputy Michael Wohlers, alleging the cop "used his apparent law enforcement authority to intimidate, harass,

A burglar who was found to have amphetamines taped to his penis has told the court he was hiding them from his wife. Mark Wright, 43, appeared in Newcastle Crown Court after he was bungled breaking into a home in August.

A man has admitted stealing apples from Tesco on almost a dozen occasions by scanning them through a self-service machine as carrots. Aidan Martin Devlin, 53, told Newtownards Magistrates Court that he scanned apples as carrots on 11 occasions, and did the same with another fruit on a twelfth occasi

A Crime Stoppers president has been forced out of his post after police charged him in connection with cannabis plants worth $3 million. Windsor & Essex County Crime Stoppers in Ontario, Canada voted to remove Jon-Paul Fuller after provincial police raided what are alleged to be his greenhouses

Iceland's foreign affairs ministry is considering legal action against frozen food retailer Iceland over its trademark on the country's name. The Icelandic government and other parties are looking to file a "cancellation action" against the Europe-wide trademark on "Iceland".

A pagan from the Scottish Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god,