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Iceland's foreign affairs ministry is considering legal action against frozen food retailer Iceland over its trademark on the country's name. The Icelandic government and other parties are looking to file a "cancellation action" against the Europe-wide trademark on "Iceland".

A pagan from the Scottish Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god,

A madam who was jailed for five years for brothel keeping, living off the earnings of prostitution and money laundering faces a £1 million confiscation order as her affairs are wound up. At Stirling Sheriff Court, Margaret Paterson, 63, was ordered to pay back profits from her illicit business.

A worker at the Royal Canadian Mint accused of smuggling $180,000 worth of gold in his rectum has appeared before a judge – named Justice Doody. Leston Lawrence, 35, was alleged to have taken nugget-sized pieces of gold, known as “pucks”, to a gold buyer in Ottawa on multiple occasions, the Ot

A drug dealer sentenced to seven years in prison was caught after sharing brazen photos of his ill-gotten gains on Instagram. Levi Watson, 29, shared pictures of him posing with cash, jewellery and sports cars, despite telling police he had no regular income.

A man has told a Saudi court he joined a training camp for the so-called Islamic State terror group because he mistook it for a weight-loss group. The man appeared in Riyadh Erie court in Saudi Arabia accused of joining Islamic State in Afghanistan, where it controls small amounts of territory in th

A banned drink-driver in Northern Ireland is appealing his conviction claiming he is a puffer not a boozer and that he was over the limit as a consequence of vaping an e-cigarette. Thirty-five year old Aaron Galbraith was found to be twice over the limit when breathalysed but is now seeking to overt

A fan of Back to the Future was caught speeding at 88mph – the speed at which Marty McFly breaks the spacetime continuum and travels back in time in the 1985 hit film. Essex-man Nigel Mills, 55, who bought his DeLorean for £22,000, denied he was attempting something similar when he hit 88mph on t

A pair of frilly knickers have caused a row in a sleepy English village, the Exeter Express and Echo reports. Grandmother Rozamund Perrin, 65, found herself at the centre of what locals in Stokeinteignhead have dubbed “knicker-gate” after she hung her underwear out to dry on a washing line — o

A Vietnamese couple having sex for the first time were left injured after the boy used a plastic bag instead of a condom. The couple ended up in a hospital in Hanoi with scratches after the young man attached the bag to himself.

Scottish prisoners have begun converting to Judaism – in order to receive better meals. Between 2013-14 there were only nine Jewish prisoners in Scotland but there are now 130 and all are entitled to kosher meals, which cost the double the ordinary fare.

North Korea has banned sarcastic comments about the country’s leader Kim Jong-un. Officials have said sarcastic quips like “This is all America’s fault” would be treated as unacceptable criticism of the government.

The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that public masturbation is not a crime – even if it is done so with the aim of being seen by others. La Corte di Cassazione made the ruling in a case involving a 69-year-old-man who was performing an autoerotic act in the city of Catania.

Police looking for a suspect in a battery case found that he was using his wanted poster from a separate case as his Facebook profile picture, ABC Newsreports. Corporal Brian Bossio, investigating the case in Stuart, Florida, said: "If you are wanted by the police, it's probably not a good idea to u

Inmates at an Australian jail have gone on strike – demanding better pay. The prisoners claim the absence of inflation-indexed pay is disrespectful. They currently earn between Aus$6.50 and Aus$8.95, but are after more.