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A city in China has been forced to scrap a scheme that allows members of the public to exchange cigarette butts for tissues due to abuse. Authorities in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province set up the exchange scheme in a bid to encourage people to pick up cigarette butts, offering a pack of tissues for eve

A 40-year-old Frenchman has announced he will go to court to win the right to smile in his passport photo. Named only as "Thierry" in the French media, the man has launched a legal bid after his passport photo was rejected by French authorities.

A senior police officer is facing disciplinary action after allegedly flashing her breasts during a drunken row with a female colleague at a conference intended to improve the perception of policewomen. Rebekah Sutcliffe, assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, faces the sack as inve

A woman has been arrested in the US after smearing thirty cars with smooth peanut butter outside what she believed was a Donald Trump rally - but was actually a meeting of a local conservation club. Christina Ferguson, 32, entered a meeting of Tomorrow River Conservation Club holding a "family-size

James Bond legend Sean Connery’s Spanish lawyers face jail for tax fraud after an investigation sparked by the sale of the actor’s Andalucian home. The actor had himself been questioned over the affair before investigations into him were dropped in 2014.

It could have been the perfect crime - but a man who allegedly tried to steal a venetian blind was forced to ditch his loot to escape arrest.

A young woman accused of robbing a bank duped her dad into being her getaway driver by telling him she was going there for a job interview. Chelsea Wilson, 24, was arrested on Friday morning and later admitted robbing a TD Bank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida the previous afternoon.

Police were forced to break up a brawl in a chicken shop after a customer was told he couldn't pay for chips with cigarette papers. Anthony McLean, 29, attempted to pay for a £1.40 portion of chips with Rizla cigarette papers - claiming they were worth 20p each.

An aggravated judge lost patience with the accused in his courtroom, threw off his robe and helped court officials tackle the man to the ground. Judge John McBain in Jackson County, Michigan, had ordered that the accused be jailed for three days for violating a personal protection order.

Charges against a woman accused of urinating on one of Donald Trump's golf courses have been dropped. Rohan Beyts, 62, was charged under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act for allegedly urinating on Trump's golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland early last year.

Corrupt Russian anti-corruption officials are believed to have been caught by investigators who gifted them a samovar - traditionally used to make tea - equipped with a bug. The Federal Security Service (FSB) planted the bug as part of its investigation into whether senior officials at the Russian I

Corrupt Russian anti-corruption officials are believed to have been caught by investigators who gifted them a samovar - traditionally used to make tea - equipped with a bug. The Federal Security Service (FSB) planted the bug as part of its investigation into whether senior officials at the Russian I

The founders of Scottish brewery BrewDog have changed their first names to Elvis after being threatened by Elvis Presley's estate. The brewery was told it could face legal action from the American musician's estate over the name of its grapefruit and blood orange IPA, Elvis Juice.

A £1.25 million sniffer dog unit at a major British airport has identified nearly 200 kilos of meat but failed to find any class A drugs. Six dogs at Manchester Airport helped customs find 181 kg of meat and 46 kg of cigarettes over a seven-month period, but the dogs did not turn up any of the smug

A man has won his battle with Clare County Council over walking across Donald Trump's luxury golf course to access a local beach. Mr Trump himself was apparently unbothered about the issue, leading the council to give up halfway through a Supreme Court case.