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A learner driver who allegedly drove to his practical driving exam because he was running late is facing police investigation. The unnamed 37-year-old man arrived at the test centre in Bergheim, near the German city of Cologne, in an Opel Zafira which he parked out front.

Prosecutors would find it harder to use rap lyrics as evidence of alleged crimes under legislation proposed in New York. Two members of the New York State Senate have proposed a bill following controversy over the conviction of rappers in trials where their lyrics were used as evidence.

A senior politician charged with cleaning up Norway's expenses system has resigned a month in after being embroiled in an expenses scandal. Eva Kristin Hansen, 48, was elected as president of the Storting, Norway's parliament, just six weeks ago, but is now facing a police investigation for alleged

A millionaire German shepherd is selling a nearly $32 million Miami mansion that previously belonged to Madonna. Undoubtedly one of the richest dogs in the world, Gunther VI benefits from a $500 million fortune inherited from his grandfather, Gunther IV (also a dog).

A doctor who wrote fake prescriptions to get free viagra for the benefit of his extramarital affair could be struck off. Dr Harsit Tejura, a consultant gynaecologist in Cardiff, Wales, risked his career to obtain 30 packs of viagra pills worth about £360, the BBC reports.

A woman who allegedly tried to hire an assassin to kill her ex-husband through a transparently fake website called RentAHitman.com has been arrested. The website, which tells visitors it is "no longer affiliated with the Donald J. Trump, CIA, SIS, Diners Club, the Illuminati and Rudolph Giulian

A lawyer was arrested after removing his trousers in a courthouse because they were setting off a metal detector. Pittsburgh lawyer Jeffrey Pollock, 59, became frustrated with security guards at a family court building after they refused to let him enter due to alerts from the metal detector.

Three tonnes of oysters worth around €20,000 have been stolen from a French oyster farm amid rising prices for the molluscs. The theft from the Huîtres de Trousse Chemise farm is the second major oyster theft on the Ile de Ré in the past two weeks, The Times reports.

Coffee breaks don't count as work, a court in Italy has ruled – despite espresso being so ingrained in the country's work culture. After a 10-year legal battle, Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who broke her wrist during her coffee break did not suffer a workplace accident.

A train driver is suing his employer after it docked 28p from his wages because his train was late by a single minute. West Japan Railway Company said a strict “no work, no pay” principle applies to the incident from June last year.

A brothel is playing its part in the fight against Covid-19 by opening a vaccination clinic and offering punters a free session in exchange for a shot. Fun Palast in Vienna said those who come for a jab will receive a €40 voucher, enough to spend 30 minutes in its "sex-star sauna club", CNN rep

A woman who claimed to have forgotten about her divorce has narrowly avoided jail after trying to claim her late ex-husband's estate. Bernadette O'Loughlin, 56, pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court to using a form to get letters of administration to Keith O'Loughlin's estate, despite divorcin

Rock and roll star Tina Turner has launched legal proceedings against a tribute act who she claims looks too much like her. Lawyers for the 81-year-old star say concertgoers could be misled by posters for Simply the Best – The Tina Turner Story because its star looks so much like the real deal

Wild hamsters who terrorise the dead have won a stay of execution from sympathetic judges. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that wild hamster burrows in one of Vienna's oldest cemeteries cannot be destroyed, even if they are empty.

A former art museum boss has gone on trial for allegedly spending millions of euros in public funds to buy works of art she knew to be fake. Consuelo Císcar, the 76-year-old former director of Spain's Valencia Institute of Modern Art (Ivam), has been charged with perverting the course of just