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The government is considering plans to stage an auction of carbon credits that could raise hundreds of millions or even billions of pounds from industry as part of a shake-up of Britain’s role in the €50bn (£34bn) EU emissions trading scheme.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed that an auction [...]

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SCOTLAND has appointed its first “eBay detective” as levels of fraud at online auction sites continue to soar.
Scott Rennie, a detective constable with Strathclyde Police, deals with dozens of complaints each month from Scots who are scammed on eBay and tracks down stolen items which are sold online.

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An unnamed person has successfully bid £103,000 for two tickets to attend David and Victoria Beckham’s World Cup party at their Hertfordshire mansion.
The celebrity couple will donate proceeds from the online auction to children’s charity the NSPCC.

Sotheby’s is staging its first sale of Irish contemporary art in the autumn. Sotheby’s Frances Christie, a specialist on 20th century British and Irish art, said Ireland’s showing at the Venice Biennale art festival was particularly impressive. She cited artists like Isabel Nolan and Stephen Brandes.

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eBay users have spotted this year’s first Big Brother auction on the site, offering a chance to win one of the ‘golden tickets’ that will let a member of the public into the house.
Although 14 attention seekers have already entered the Big Brother house, another place is being offered to those who find the tickets [...]