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Two metal detectorists hoping for a quiet start to the season instead stumbled upon the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever discovered in Norway, and the beeping still hasn't stopped. When Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre swept a field at Mørstad farm near Rena in eastern Norway, they
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Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million, alleging the electronics giant used her image to market televisions without her permission. The pop star, 30, filed the lawsuit on Friday, claiming Samsung used a photograph of her face on television packaging and promotional materials around the world with
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A German holidaymaker has won almost €1,000 in compensation after a court found he had been unable to secure a sunlounger during a family holiday in Greece because other guests reserved them first. The man, who holidayed with his wife and two children on the island of Kos in 2024, told Hanover
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a formal investigation into three of the world's largest payments companies – Mastercard, Visa and PayPal – over suspected anti-competitive conduct linked to the funding and usage of PayPal's digital wallet in the UK.
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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Arthur Duncan. The 72-year-old died within HMP Grampian on 13 August 2024 following a decline in his health. Mr Duncan was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the t
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A Glasgow sheriff has deserted proceedings pro loco et tempore in the first prosecution raised in Scotland for a contravention of abortion buffer zone legislation after finding that the complaint failed to libel two necessary elements of the offence and in consequence constituted an unlawful interfe
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Three residents of a condominium complex in downtown Denver are suing a gym they claim has made their homes unliveable because of groaning weightlifters. The lawsuit, filed in Denver County District Court, accuses Summit Strong gym of allowing “unreasonably loud weightlifting-related noises&rd
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A Supreme Court ruling on the Legacy Act and the Windsor Framework has drawn sharply contrasting reactions from politicians and campaigners in Northern Ireland. The court ruled unanimously that elements of the 2023 Legacy Act did not diminish victims’ rights under the Windsor Framework, overtu
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The High Court of Justiciary has refused to grant a Polish national leave to appeal against an order for his extradition to serve a prison sentence in Poland for offences including theft and robbery after finding that his taking care of a former partner with a mental disorder did not constitute a fa
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On Tuesday 4 May 1926, two million workers withdrew their labour in one of the great failures of industrial management. Politically, many thought events were indicative of something sinister to come, a rising similar to the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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James Cameron is facing a lawsuit from actress Q'orianka Kilcher, who alleges the director unlawfully used her likeness as the basis for Neytiri, one of the central characters in the Avatar franchise. Ms Kilcher filed a complaint in a California federal court on Tuesday accusing Mr Cameron and Disne
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Perched on the South bank of the River Tay at the end of the rail bridge, The View is aptly named – offering diners a chance to admire the Victorian colossus that spans the yawning Tay estuary.
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Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled
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A driver was taken to hospital after he crashed his car into a wall near Glasgow’s Clyde Tunnel, having mistaken a graffiti mural for the tunnel entrance. Emergency services were called to Shieldhall Road shortly after 2.30pm on Sunday following reports of a one-vehicle collision near the A739
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