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A man suing Disney for the alleged wrongful death of his fiancée has been told suing breaches the terms of his Disney+ subscription. Disney's lawyers raised eyebrows internationally by telling a New York court that Jeffrey Piccolo had agreed to handle all disputes with the company through arb

The UK's top charity for older people has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in compensation for age-related harassment. An employment tribunal found that Age UK broke the law in its treatment of a 59-year-old graphic designer after his job application was not considered due to a technical erro

A lobby group has said it will seek to have hunters recognised as an ethnic group in the UK in order to protect their "way of life". Hunting Kind says it has obtained an opinion from a senior English barrister which supports its case for "protected status" either as an "ethnic group" or as a group o

Young people should get free Netflix if they surrender illegal knives, the head of Germany's police union has suggested. Jochen Kopelke, federal chair of the Union for Police (GdP), called for a knife amnesty in the wake of a high-profile attack in Stuttgart.

A man suffered age discrimination when an older colleague broke wind on him, a tribunal has ruled. The older man, a manager at Birmingham City Council in his mid-50s, also made comments about his colleague being a "newcomer" and "only a trainee", The Times reports.

A child named after a Game of Thrones character was mistakenly refused a UK passport out of concern that her name was trademarked by Warner Brothers. Six-year-old Khaleesi was named for the title taken by Emilia Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen in the fantasy TV show, which was still airin

A hurricane brought cocaine worth more than $1 million to land yesterday. Hurricane Debby reached Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, though was downgraded to a tropical storm as it made its way across the south-eastern US.

A man has been jailed for shoplifting nearly 800 Cadbury's Crème Eggs. Layton Richards, 29, was charged with 24 offences after stealing the chocolate from 19 different shops in the south of England between January and April.

An English lawyer has sworn a courtroom oath on a river instead of a holy book in what is believed to be a legal first. Paul Powlesland, a barrister who founded and chairs the River Roding Trust, made the oath in order to serve as a juror in a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

A headless body reported to police turned out to be a "very realistic" sex doll. The doll — which would have cost thousands of euros — was discovered on a quiet beach in northern New Zealand by dog-walker Alice Cowdrey, RNZ News reports.

A lawyer's son allegedly used his father's name and AI technology to pose as a lawyer, appearing in court on behalf of clients before he was caught. South Carolina man Nathan Chambers last week apologised in court, saying that as he "watched my father and sister throughout my entire life practice la

Japanese traffic police are cracking down on tourists and travellers riding motorised suitcases. Under Japanese law, motorised suitcases — some of which can travel up to 13 kilometres or eight miles per hour — are classed as vehicles which can only be operated with a driving licence.

A postman is facing criminal charges after being caught with 13,000 undelivered letters in his garage. Police swooped on the home of the postal worker in the French town of Isle-d'abeau, near Lyon, following a tip-off from his disgruntled wife.

Germany has objected to Turkish efforts to impose rules across the EU on what can and can't be called a doner kebab. Turkey is trying to secure 'traditional speciality guaranteed' status for doner, strictly defining it as beef and lamb horizontally sliced into cutlets with a thickness of 3-5mm, or c

France's notoriously heavy-handed police have been ordered to be on their best behaviour as up to 1.5 million tourists descend on Paris for the Olympic Games. Some 3,600 officers have agreed to take foreign language lessons — mostly English — to offer better assistance to visitors, The T