An Australian art gallery is facing growing pressure to remove a controversial portrait - with some of the country's elite swimmers unexpectedly getting involved in the row.
Lars Emil Bruun said in his will that a 20,000-piece collection he built throughout his life must be safeguarded for 100 years. A century later, some of the stashed coins could fetch up to £800,000 alone.
He said he had been having memory loss and mental fogginess and so contacted neurologists who spotted a dark spot on his brain scans. They said he had a tumour but another doctor believed he had a dead parasite in his head, The New York Times ...
Users of the Facebook page belonging to police in south Buckinghamshire are happy to see the funny side after officers post the results of their investigation into reports of the reptile's head poking above the surface of waters near Cholesbury.
The cost of kebabs has become something of a running joke in German politics, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz remarking that everywhere he goes he is asked about it.
An hour-long session of hugs could pay for a bale of hay, but officials are warning against the practice after an outbreak among dairy herds in nine US states.
Massachusetts State Lottery says Christine Wilson bought a car with some of her winnings from her first prize and plans to put her latest windfall into savings.
Distraught Joie Henney said his 1.7m-long pet had helped relieve his depression for nearly a decade. The bond between the pair has earned them tens of thousands of followers on social media.
Marilyn Birch, 76, lost the ring while feeding hay to cattle on the family farm in 1970. But when a detectorist discovered the item of jewellery she was lost for words.