Liverpool writer Carla Lane is selling original scripts of her TV series on eBay to keep her struggling animal sanctuary open.
The writer, who wrote hit series The Liver Birds and Bread, said the sanctuary would not be able to continue unless she raised more money.
Animal rights activist Mrs Lane, who famously returned her OBE to [...]

Banksy, the mysterious graffiti artist who has gone from underground street phenomenon to darling of collectors including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has been embroiled in an eBay scandal.
According to a whistleblower who passed information to the Art Newspaper, unauthorised prints by the artist have been sold on the online auction site, and their prices [...]

Nine council workers have lost their jobs for spending too long on the internet auction site eBay.
Three were sacked and six resigned after managers at Neath Port Talbot council found some staff were spending up to two hours a day on the website.
Union officials have blamed bosses for “putting temptation in their way” – by [...]

An NHS hard drive that turned up on eBay was found to contain patient data despite having supposedly been wiped.
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust claimed that it was unaware of how the hard drive containing details of cancer patients found its way onto the auction website, as it was supposed to have been [...]

A soldier is in trouble for allegedly selling the Queen’s guards’ famous bearskin hats on eBay.
The staff sergeant is also accused of trying to sell guardsmen’s red tunics and weapon parts, reports The Sun.
An investigation was launched after bearskin hats, worth £650 each, started showing up on the auction website.
The 38-year-old who works in the [...]

eBay have launched a new mobile bidding service, users can respond via SMS text message to “outbid” alerts, delivered to a mobile phone. The service will be offered as an option whenever a bid is placed, and will cost 12 pence plus VAT per message.