Chess piece bought for £5 could go for £1m at auction
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A medieval chess piece bought for £5 is expected to fetch £1m at auction. A family has now been told to their surprise that the chess piece their grandfather bought in 1964 is a missing treasure, one of the long-lost Lewis Chessmen. A Sotheby's expert Alexander Kader said that his “jaw dropped” when he realised what the piece was.
Milk thief stung as victim adds urine to the mix
A man in St Ives got his revenge on a milk thief by urinating into a bottle and leaving it on his doorstep. IT worker Damon Hudson, 25, did not want to involve police when a thief kept swiping the milk from his doorstep. So he added fish oil and his own urine to one bottle, and watched as the milk thief took it. He said: “Hopefully that’s the end. The weirdo deserves it.”
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