A programme that handed out USD 215 million in compensation to victims of Nazi plunder in World War II has closed in Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Trustees of…
A two-year-old girl has died after eating a poison-laced cookie that was allegedly thrown to the family's noisy dog. Heidy Valeria died after suffering two respiratory arrests in the municipality…
An international team of experts has detected two star clusters colliding in the Milky Way for the first time. The collision between the two star clusters is ongoing and is…
An Israeli council has approved the use of DNA testing on dog poo to track down and punish pet owners who fail to clean up behind their four-legged friends. All…
A woman has lost her top job on a local council and is facing jail together with her husband and landlord after holding a riotous birthday party for her two…
This is the moment a screaming woman spits, assaults and throws traffic cones at council workers trying to tow her illegally-parked car who then change their mind and let her…
A council official who was filmed as he clocked off from work in his underpants in a sting operation against absenteeism has been acquitted of fraud. Alberto Moraglia who was…
Bungling council officials who are said to have killed stray dogs and burned their bodies are accused of starting a blaze that set an entire landfill site alight. These pictures…
Bungling council workers have become a laughing stock after they decided to 'repair' a valuable 19th century statue at the top of n iconic town hall building using sticky tape…
A city council bid to ban Madonna from the Eurovision song contest in 2020 has failed spectacularly as just one person voted in favour of it. A far-right politician tried…