Colchester has about 120,000 residents and it's one of eight towns that were awarded city status during the Queen 's Platinum Jubilee. It was also the capital of England from the fifth to eighth centuries during the Roman occupation of what would become England - and there's plenty to do in the soon-to-be city. more

Robert Lewandowski did not score a goal, but his Barcelona beat the New York Red Bulls 2:0 in their last friendly match during the American training camp. The Polish footballer played until the 73rd minute. It was his third consecutive appearance for the 'Pride of Catalonia' - he is still waiting for his first goal.more

Friday's US Mega Millions lottery draw saw the jackpot fall when $1.28 billion was in the pot. The winning ticket was purchased in Illinois.more

On Thursday, July 28, Ashley Ness gave birth to quadruplets at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. This alone is quite unique, but even more unique is the fact that the four toddlers were two pairs of identical twins - two girls and two boys. This is the case every 10 million pregnancies.more

In order to reduce the population of gray squirrels, which, as an invasive species, threaten the native red squirrels, British scientists intend to give them a contraceptive specially created for this purpose.more

Paul Stratton has been recognised for his work on behalf of refugees from Ukraine. In the football 'Match for Peace' between Everton and Dynamo Kyiv, a supporter of the English team took a penalty kick in the second half.more

Prehistoric Europeans consumed dairy products thousands of years before the adult lactose digestibility was developed, scientists report in the weekly "Nature".more

Hungary's Wizz Air will launch a service from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira from 30 October, the carrier announced. The flights will be operated on Wednesdays and Sundays.more

The government is refusing to name the councils excluding some households from receiving a vital support payment to help with the cost-of-living crisis.more

Robert Lewandowski criticized Bayern Munich activists in an interview with the American television ESPN. The Barcelona forward said, inter alia, about the circumstances of his departure from the German club. "A lot has been said about me," he admitted.more

A legal challenge calling for greater media scrutiny of the decision to keep Prince Philip's will private has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.more

Hospitals in the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have one of the longest patient wait times for surgery in England, according to a Daily Mail investigation. The Trust placed at number eight on the list of hospitals with patients waiting more than the NHS recommended waiting time of 18 weeks. more

There is a strong relationship between the scale of extinction of organisms and the global change in temperature, the researchers report in the journal Biogeosciences.more

Barcelona and Sevilla have agreed to transfer Jules Kounde. The French defender will sign a five-year contract with the Catalan club on Monday. According to the media, the contract value is EUR 50 million. As Barcelona informed, the breakaway clause will amount to as much as one billion euros.more

Greggs faces a battle with police over the late night sale of sausage rolls at its flagship Leicester Square shop.more

Bhutan will introduce the highest tourist tax in the world from September, informs the local daily "Kuensel". Tourists in the "last kingdom in the Himalayas" will have to pay $ 200 a day per person "for sustainable development."more

The NHS is to close the UK's only dedicated gender identity clinic for children and young people.more

Iga Świątek was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament on clay courts in Warsaw. The Polish tennis player, seeded with number one, lost yesterday to French Caroline Garcia (No. 5) 1: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6. The match lasted two hours and 19 minutes.more

The Republican and Democrat group starts a new party in the US called Forward. The party is expected to attract a centrist, moderate electorate disappointed by the deep divisions on the American political scene, reports CNN.more

Covid infections are on the way down in the UK, dropping by more than half a million in a week, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. more

The UEFA Control, Ethics and Discipline Committee fined Lech Poznań with a fine of EUR 48,000 for incidents during the first match of the 1st round of the Champions League qualifying round with Azerbaijani Karabakh Agdam.more

Spanish prosecutors said they would seek the sentence of Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison if found guilty in a trial of her alleged tax fraud.more

At the moment, inflation may just be reaching its peak, assessed Goldman Sachs analysts. However, they added that the current inflation data and pressure on currency depreciation will require further monetary policy tightening, and interest rates will reach 8%.more

With inflation soaring to a new 40-year high last month, campaigners fear next year’s hike in regulated fares for regular rail users could be the biggest since the railways were privatised in 1996. more

Soaring inflation has made life harder for most of the world — but some people are still smoking expensive cigarettes, and doing shots of fancy tequila. more