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The use of animal fat in the new £5 note has been branded “disrespectful” as a petition against the inclusion of tallow reaches 5,000 signatures.

European Christmas traditions such as German and Italian cakes stollen and panettone are enjoying a boost in popularity this year despite Britain’s decision to leave Europe in June.

IT’S the renowned Capital pub that’s developed a reputation for having a unique approach to hospitality.

An English council has asked the public to help name a new road gritter - with predictable results.

Oldham Council had originally asked primary school children in the region to help name its new gritter after previously enlisting the pupils to name previous vehicles, including Gritney Spears and Freddie Salted.

A Massachusetts woman reportedly slapped a nightclub bouncer after he refused to accept a slice of pizza as her form of identification.

A Heinz advert teaching viewers how to use tin cans to drum out a song has been banned for encouraging behaviour that risks health and safety.

Brendan Rodgers laughed off a rather bizarre comparison between Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi and Scottish folklore legend the Loch Ness Monster, as the Celtic boss answered questions from the press prior to his side’s meeting with the Catalan giants tomorrow evening.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is leading a poll to find Time magazine’s person of the year.

A striker in the fourth tier of Serbian football has blown all previous nominations out of the water with what is surely the worst football miss of all time.

Irn-Bru sales in Parliament have soared in the wake of the SNP’s sweeping gains in the 2015 general election, new figures show.

A crew of firefighters have answered one of their strangest ever calls - helping vets treat a two-tonne rhinoceros with toothache.

Sir David Attenborough has been targeted with death threats and faces a possible FBI investigation after suggesting that Donald Trump could be shot.

ALZHEIMER Scotland has launched its 2016 Christmas advertising campaign featuring the world’s first Alzheimer’s inspired tartan to help raise vital funds for people living with dementia.

SNP MSP Colin Beattie has tabled a Holyrood motion lamenting the Toblerone chocolate bar’s change of shape claiming it is ”emblematic” of the devastating consequences of Brexit.

Using the internet has overtaken television as the top media pastime for the UK’s children - with even pre-schoolers racking up more than eight hours a week of screen time.

FORRES’ inaugural light and sound spectacular, Colours of Cluny, is on track to attract well over 10,000 visitors in its first year.

THE SIMPSONS is to be used to teach students philosophy in a new course at a Scots university.

OVER 500 sleeping bags are being sought by a Scots homelessness charity, as part of a wider appeal urging the general public to donate rucksacks and handbags full of essential items, such as food, clothes and toiletries.

Scottish islanders claim to have found the badly-decomposed remains of three polar bears washed up on a beach.