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A top City of London banker has admitted to systematically dodging rail fares for nearly a year — saving himself a measly £6,000 in the process. Joseph Molloy, a former HSBC executive, avoided a prison sentence after admitting to 740 instances of "doughnutting".

A "two-email limit" has been imposed on lawyers in England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in a bid to encourage younger members of staff to pick up the phone. Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, has ordered a clamp-down on long email chains between CPS staff and police.

An actress who provided the face of Albania's AI government minister is suing over the alleged misuse of her image. Albania made global headlines last year after unveiling an AI chatbot called "Diella" which it said had joined the government as minister of state for artificial intelligence.

A local authority is recruiting a team of professional sniffers to help identify businesses producing bad smells. Brendola, a small town of around 4,000 people in northern Italy, is putting together a team of six "odour evaluators" following complaints from local residents about bad smells, The Guar

A man wanted by Italian police for 16 years has finally been caught after returning to the country to watch the Winter Olympics. The 44-year-old Slovak national, who has not been named, was convicted of a series of thefts in 2010, according to DW.

An athlete who defrauded a teammate and their physiotherapist has won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Julia Simon came first in the women's 15km biathlon — well ahead of her victim and teammate, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, in 80th place.

In a fashion faux pas for the books, a UK government minister turned up to a red squirrel conservation conference wearing a dress decorated with pictures of grey squirrels. Baroness Hayman of Ullock, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for biosecurity, borders and animals, has been widely der

A Russian court has for the first time convicted a person for simply liking videos on YouTube. A fine of 30,000 rubles (around €325 or £285) was imposed on 72-year-old Yasily Yovdy for showing his "approval in the form of likes" under videos related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukra

A fire-juggling unicyclist who performed in the middle of a busy intersection has impressed police, who said his act "was both quite good and quite illegal". Drone footage shared on Facebook by Commerce City Police Department, located in the US state of Colorado, shows the skilled performer entertai

Scientists have been told they cannot describe the sexual reproduction of snails and worms under Russia's "LGBT propaganda" laws. Viktor Kovylin, editor of Russian scientific journal Batrachospermum, said the launch of an upcoming book on the sexual life of animals has been complicated followin

A lawyer tasked with defending the Trump administration in court asked a federal judge to hold her in contempt "so I can get 24 hours of sleep". Julie Le, who also told the judge that her "job sucks", has since been removed from her temporary position at the US Attorney's Office for the District of

A woman in China has been blamed for a series of car accidents after repeatedly removing traffic mirrors outside her home for better feng shui. Police were called to the neighbourhood in Shanghai after the local property management company and neighbours failed to convince the woman to desist, the S

OnlyFans is facing a class action lawsuit led by a disgruntled customer who accuses the adult content platform of misleading with the words "full access". The complaint filed with a California court alleges that the platform pulls a "bait-and-switch" on customers by promising "full access" if they s

A judge has threatened to fine or even jail defendants who appear before him wearing shorts. Sheriff Christopher Shead took a defendant to task at Scotland's Falkirk Sheriff Court after he showed up at a sentencing hearing wearing grey cargo shorts, STV News reports.

A school has been ordered to reinstate a teacher fired for reading a book about butts to his pupils. Mississippi teacher Toby Price was sacked in 2022 after choosing I Need A New Butt! by New Zealand author Dawn McMillan for Read Across America Day.