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Shoppers are snapping up electric vehicles as time is running out on a big tax break for going green.

Passengers on a train have been left shell-shocked after a crab snapped up a seat.

Beloved by Disney, who snapped up a similar historic wooden ride to serve as the King Arthur Carrousel at his Anaheim theme park, the Griffith Park merry-go-round took its last twirl in 2022.

However, he noted that "in DR Congo, China has already snapped up many of the minerals so the US is playing catch-up".

A robe worn by the late comedy legend Tommy Cooper in his ill-fated final performance has been snapped up by famed American illusionist David Copperfield.