Banksy has unveiled his second animal artwork in 24 hours, showing two elephants reaching towards each other from blocked-out windows. The artist verified his latest work in an Instagram post on Tuesday, with the mural painted on the side of a house in Chelsea, south-west London.more
Barcelona and Poland national team player Robert Lewandowski scored two goals in a friendly match against Milan. The "Pride of Catalonia" drew 2-2 and lost 3-4 on penalties. The game was played at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.more
The police detained a 46-year-old man from Kraśnik (Lubelskie Voivodeship), wanted on a European Arrest Warrant, convicted of, among others, for stolen goods, car thefts and burglaries. The man was hiding in Great Britain, the police said.more
Traditional sombre funerals in religious settings are increasingly being replaced by “celebrations of life” with personal touches held at more unusual locations in the UK, according to a study.more
Kamala Harris, whom delegates to the Democratic Party convention officially elected on Monday as the party's presidential candidate, yesterday introduced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate during a rally in Philadelphia.more
More than 500 new prison places will be made available to ensure those taking part in rioting and disorder on UK streets can be jailed, the government said. It comes after days of violence and unrest across parts of the UK following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport last week.more
Football referees Tomasz Musiał and Bartosz Frankowski, who were removed from work during yesterday's Champions League qualifying match after being sent to a sobering-up room overnight, have issued statements apologizing for their behavior.more
More than $1m (£782k) of cocaine has washed up on a beach in Florida Keys during the recent Storm Debby. US Border Patrol said a "good Samaritan" found the packages containing 32 kg (79 lbs) of the drug and contacted authorities.more
Eluned Morgan has been confirmed as the first female first minister of Wales, following a vote in the Welsh Parliament. The Senedd was recalled from its summer break to nominate her, after Vaughan Gething resigned.more
Esprit is finished: in March, the fashion group had to close its stores in Switzerland. Now the doors are open again, because all remaining stock has to go. Meanwhile, insolvency proceedings are underway in Germany.more
The former head of counter-terrorism policing says some violence during the riots has “crossed the line into terrorism”. Neil Basu, who held the top counter-terror job between 2018 and 2021, said: “I hope my successors are looking at that very closely.”more
Anita Włodarczyk took fourth place in the hammer throw competition during the Olympic Games in Paris. This was most likely the last "Olympic dance" of the world hammer queen, three-time Olympic champion and world record holder. "There was no luck, it's a pity," Włodarczyk commented.more
Maja and Nikodem - these were the names most frequently chosen by parents for their children in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Digitalisation announced yesterday. Among the least frequently given names, however, were Walentyna and Muaz.more
London is home to a number of fantastic museums, from the V&A to the Natural History Museum, and of course the Museum of London.
The latter, which covered the history of England’s capital city from prehistoric times to modern day, shut down its site at London Wall after 45 years and is in the process of relocating to a new space in West Smithfield.more
The original injunction sign appeared in the town of Portici in southern Italy. On the initiative of two councillors, a blue sign was erected in a seaside park with the words: "Portici, a romantic town". Under the white arrow, the injunction reads: "Stop for a kiss".more
Britain’s economy is outstripping Europe’s as France and Germany stumble, according to data on the crucial services sector. Demand for UK services is surging at the fastest pace since May 2023 as companies report an influx of new clients and contracts after Labour’s general election win, according to the S&P Global UK purchasing manager’s index (PMI).more
Polish national team and Inter Milan midfielder Piotr Zielinski is likely to be paused for around two weeks due to a pulled left thigh muscle and it is unclear whether he will be ready for the Serie A first-leg match his new team will play against Genoa on 17 August.more
Nationwide is to open dementia clinics at its high street bank branches amid a surge in cases across the UK.
The bank said on Monday it would begin offering free specialist support at 200 branches, providing specialist health and financial advice.more
Banksy has revealed a new London artwork featuring a goat perched on top of a wall. The street artist, whose identity is not known, posted the new piece featuring the goat silhouette with rocks falling down below it and a CCTV camera pointed at it, on Instagram this afternoon.more
British engineers building nuclear-powered submarines were using software that had been outsourced to Belarus and Russia, in contravention of Ministry of Defence rules, the 'Daily Telegraph' has revealed.more
As head of the National Space Council (NSC), current vice-president Kamala Harris has made herself known as an advocate of sending astronauts to the moon again to build a base there. Like Donald Trump, she sees space as another space of global competition with China, assesses the Politico website.more
German national team player Niclas Fuellkrug has moved from Borussia Dortmund to West Ham United, whose goalkeeper is Lukasz Fabianski, and signed a four-year contract, the English club has announced.more
A stray Thames dolphin that was seen several times in west London on Thursday has not survived. The dead animal was found on the riverbank yesterday. On the same day, the body of another dead dolphin was also spotted in east London.more
More than 120 people died from heatstroke in Tokyo in July, mostly in un-air-conditioned rooms, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported yesterday. In South Korea, extreme heat last weekend alone led to the deaths of five people.more
Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia and Australia have all issued warnings to their citizens travelling to, or already in, the UK following six days of unrest in the country.more
