Hollywood under the hammer: The prized possessions of actress and singer Doris Day – including a golden globe and red piano – have sold for $3million in an online auction Proceeds of $3 million far outpaced original estimates, Julien’s Auctions said Top items in the live online auction included a classic 1930 Ford convertible All … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A 30-year-old Volvo HGV covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold at auction for £1.5MILLION next month The 1988 Volvo FL6 was painted by Banksy during a millennium party in 2000 It is understood to be the anonymous artist’s biggest piece of work ever, created before the height of his fame The HGV – … Read more
Deadly snakes including King cobras, rattlesnakes and pit vipers are being sold openly at pet shops, posing a risk to public safety, vets and experts warn. Current laws in the UK mean no licence is needed to buy snakes that’s capable of killing with just a single bite. King cobras, gaboon vipers, pit vipers and … Read more
New video footage shows two Tennessee brothers donating boxes of hand sanitizer after they were ordered to cease trying to sell 17,700 bottles online because of suspected price gouging by the state’s attorney general. Matt and Noah Colvin of Hixson, who bought the bottles of hand sanitizer and sold some of them for as much … Read more
An online steroid dealer who sold toxic ‘Russian Roulette’ slimming pills to a bulimic student was jailed for seven years today. Eloise Parry, 21, bought pills containing lethal DNP from Bernard Rebelo, 32, before collapsing dead on 12 April 2015. DNP was first used to manufacture explosives in the First World War and is not … Read more
Online market place sellers looking to cash in on the coronavirus outbreak in the UK are selling hand sanitiser products for more than 5000 per cent their recommended retail price. Own brand products from retailers such as Lidl and Asda are being listed for a huge mark up on eBay. It comes as the competition … Read more
New bill would hold Amazon and eBay liable for counterfeit items sold by third-party retailers, with a special focus on items that threaten public safety, including baby formula, batteries, car seats, and makeup A new bill introduced in the US House aims to combat counterfeit products The bill, called The Shop Safe Act of 2020, … Read more
Rising numbers of Britons will still be renting in retirement — but for some, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Statistics released this month show that over a decade, the number of those renting ahead of retirement has gone from one in 20 to nearly one in ten. Yet we have spoken to older tenants … Read more