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A tiny company in rural Scotland is gearing up for a trademark battle with cosmetics giant L'Oréal over its use of the word "naked". Gary Lee Rushforth, owner of The Naked Soap Company in Dalgety Bay, Fife, told The Courier: "We can’t afford fancy lawyers to fight it. But it’s unreal that they

Prosecutors investigating the discovery of around €100,000 blocking toilets in Geneva's financial district have said there is no immediate reason to assume the high-denomination banknotes are "dirty money". The first blockage was reported at a UBS, followed days later by three nearby bistros who f

A hunting association has apologised for the "incomprehensible" actions of a hunter who left a tourist company devastated after he shot and killed their trekking donkeys. Arpi’âne, based in the French Alps, took to Facebook on Sunday to announce "the assassination of almost all of our herd of don

Police have urged primary school teachers and pupils to keep an eye out for suspicious plants "as the cannabis-growing season approaches". The police force on South Island, New Zealand ran the appeal in its latest newsletter, just below the results of a recent cross-country race, the Marlborough Exp

Health authorities who distributed safe snorting advice to cocaine users have come under fire for making light of drug use. Authorities in Bilbao handed out colourful credit cards - a popular tool for "cutting lines" - which bore slogans like: "Cut your line properly... If it is not properly cut, yo

Baby names with a tilde, as in the letter Ñ, are illegal in France, a court has ruled, sparking controversy in the distinct cultural region of Brittany. A Breton couple went to court after officials in the town of Quimper refused to record their child's name, Fañch, on his birth certificate.

The theft of a tiny house that later resurfaced over 750 miles away has baffled police officers. Julie Bray built the prototype home, worth around £12,000, for exhibition to investors, but it disappeared from her business premises on Sunday.

A group of bikini-clad baristas and their boss have claimed a local authority ban on revealing work uniforms violates their right to free speech. Seven workers and the owner of coffee chain Hillbilly Hotties are suing over the "quick service restaurant" rules, which they say deprive them of the abil

The former host of TV's Deal Or No Deal has assured Lloyds Banking Group that they "can't beat me on deep pockets" as he continues to seek £300 million from the bank, more than triple his original claim. Noel Edmonds is now in a similar situation to his former contestants, who tried to win as much

A pair of young men have been forced to pay thousands after they were shown doing doughnuts in their cars in a viral Facebook video. Martin Hayden, 25, and Iarfhlaith O'Brien, 21, have agreed to pay €3,500 each to the court poor box to reduce their charge of dangerous driving to one of careless dr

Iceland's official horse register has clamped down on foreign names. The International Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations (FEIF) officially banned non-Icelandic names from WordFengur, the official registrar for purebred Icelandic horses.

A man who told police his car had been stolen later found out he had sold it while drunk so he could continue drinking. The New Zealander went to Rotorua police station to tell police that someone had nicked his car.

A man has been banned from Twitter after he made a death threat — against a mosquito. The threats began on 20 August after the Japanese man was repeatedly bitten while watching TV.

A disbarred lawyer who was convicted of impersonating Dead Sea Scrolls scholars in a series of emails has been jailed for two years. Judges upheld 10 of Raphael Golb’s convictions in New York state court but rejected a further seven.

A joint probe has been launched into a court official who ‘butt-dialled’ a reporter before admitting “I barely show up to work”. David Bookstaver, 58, was fired from his $166,000-a-year role in the Office of Court Administration after the New York Post reported that he revealed the informati