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A seven-year-old child named after a Star Wars character was denied a British passport due to rights concerns. Loki Skywalker Mowbray's parents slipped in the reference because he was born on 4 May, celebrated by fans as 'Star Wars Day'.

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Two bungling burglars with the exact same name have been jailed. The two Bernie McDonaghs – who lived 100 miles apart and are reported not to be related – were sentenced last week after carrying out a series of thefts in and around Coventry.

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A zoo in China has admitted painting dogs to look like pandas. The zoo in southern Guangdong province described the animals as "panda dogs" after a viral video showed the animals panting and barking in their enclosure.

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A teenage girl has been apprehended after allegedly taking a New York City subway train on a joyride and crashing it. Police say the 17-year-old, along with a companion who has not yet been caught, boarded the empty train just after midnight last Thursday 12 September.

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A former police officer has admitted stealing £2.50 from an arrestee to pay off a paltry debt at the police station tuck shop. James Tillcock would have been sacked for gross misconduct had he not already resigned, Thames Valley Police (TVP) said following a misconduct hearing.

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The last vestiges of 'brat summer' have brought forth a treasure in the form of Professor Nicholas Grier appearing on film to offer us a tour of his institution – in the idiom of Gen Z. The commercial law professor at Abertay University, sorry Aber-slay, formerly of Edinburgh Napier, said "I h

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Solicitor Enda Lavery amused followers on LinkedIn with this photograph of the toilets at Downpatrick courthouse.

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A man has been accused of using generative AI to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in royalties from music streaming services using fake music and fake listeners. New York man Michael Smith, 52, was arrested by the FBI last week in connection with the alleged fraud, which involved hundreds o

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Disney is being sued over its use of CGI to "resurrect" the late Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Mr Cushing played Grand Moff Tarkin in the original 1977 Star Wars, in which he gives the order to destroy Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan using the formidable Death Star.

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Members of an exclusive Disney club have lost a legal bid to be re-admitted after allegations one of them was drunk in public. Scott and Diana Anderson, both 60, visited Disney's two Anaheim theme parks in California 60 to 80 times a year and paid dues of $31,500. The couple were spending close to $

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Hundreds of frogs known for their illegal use as an aphrodisiac have been seized by police in Peru. Some 390 frogs were recovered by police after they pulled over a truck heading from Lake Titicaca to capital Lima, France24 reports.

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A thief has apologised for stealing a 20kg statue of a gorilla and then texting his friend: "LOL I stole a gorilla, so what?" Australian man Matthew Newbould, 33, said he spontaneously made the "very silly" decision to steal the beloved ornament — named Garry — from the garden of a retir

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Convicted fraudster Anna Delvey, whose $200,000 scam was dramatised by Netflix as Inventing Anna, is to be a celebrity contestant on a televised US dancing competition. Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, will wear an ankle monitor during her appearance on Dancing with the Stars, the US version

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Sweden's self-declared "Queen of Trash" is facing the country's biggest-ever environmental crime prosecution. Bella Nilsson, chief executive of now-defunct waste management business NMT Think Pink, is accused along with 11 others of dumping or burying 200,000 tonnes of waste between 2015 and 2020, t

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A local council in South Korea is offering cash incentives to young people who strike up a relationship following a local matchmaking event. Busan's Saha district office is offering 1 million won (around €675 or £570) to any couples that form after a mass blind-dating event to be hosted b

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