Chelsea drew 1-1 at home with Arsenal in the London derby in the 11th round of the English Premier League. Although the Blues moved up to third and the Gunners to fourth in the table, their gap to leaders Liverpool increased to nine points.more

Despite being relatively unknown, the quiet 'village' in North London is very well linked by the Underground...more

The archaeological site of Pompeii in southern Italy will be limited to 20,000 visitors per day, its management announced. The rules will apply from November 15, and were decided after a record summer when the number of tourists reached 36,000 per day.more

Yesterday, the annual general meeting of members of this Polish institution was held at the Polish Social and Cultural Centre in London. During the many hours of the meeting, a new president was elected, a representative of the "new Polonia" - Marcin Kalinowski, who for two years held the position of director of building management at POSK.more

NatWest's mobile banking app has crashed, leaving customers locked out of their accounts during the weekend. More than 1,000 customers have reported problems on outage tracker Down Detector as they scramble to access their money. more

A man was left in the sea for 19 hours after falling from a cargo ship before he was rescued by two fisherman. The man was treated at hospital after he was taken to shore.more

The Princess of Wales has taken a significant step in her gradual return to public royal duties by attending the Festival of Remembrance. Joined by the Prince of Wales and the King, her presence at the Royal British Legion event comes after William spoke candidly of how 2024 has been “brutal” and “probably been the hardest year in my life”, with his wife and his father both diagnosed with cancer.more

Coco Gauff showed supreme determination to come back from a set and a break down against Zheng Qinwen to win the season-ending WTA Finals. In an enthralling encounter that lasted just over three hours, the American beat the Olympic champion 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2) in Saudi Arabia.more

The European Commission has informed Chinese platform Temu that an EU investigation has uncovered practices on the site that violate EU consumer law, such as fake discounts and false product reviews. Temu has a month to inform the Commission how it intends to remedy the irregularities.more

Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland. The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway.more

A former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine rather than enabling the country to gain back territory occupied by Russia. Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, told the BBC the incoming administration would ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his version of a realistic vision for peace.more

Real Madrid players at the Estadio Stantiago Bernabeu, thanks in part to a hat-trick by Brazilian Vinicius Junior, won 4-0 against Osasuna Pamplona in the 13th round of the Spanish top league. However, the "royal" paid for it with injuries to his compatriots - winger Rodrygo and defender Eder Militao.more

A "very rare" slice of wedding cake from the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has sold at auction for £2,200. The fruit cake was found under a bed in a suitcase, 77 years after the original 9ft (2.7m) cake was dished out to 2,000 guests.more

Monuments that the tourist will not see in Rome now - a list of such sites is circulating on social media in the wake of record-scale works in preparation for the Holy Year. Photographs of ‘wrapped monuments’, as the symbols of the Eternal City fenced off and covered up due to the works, are being published.more

A new weather map shows a blob of snow getting closer and closer to London. The forecast from WX Charts shows snow on parts of South and West London, while the bulk of it is on Berkshire and Hampshire. Meanwhile, more snow can be spotted on the weather map towards parts of the North, mostly Yorkshire. The forecast is for Tuesday, November 19, meaning it is still quite uncertain. more

World tennis rankings leader Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka fell in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals tournament in Riyadh after losing to Coco Gauff 6:7 (4-7), 3:6. In today's final, the American's opponent will be China's Qinwen Zheng, who defeated Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6:3, 7:5.more

Millionaires sympathetic to the Democratic Party are ‘lining up’ to leave the US after Donald Trump's presidential election victory, the UK's ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported yesterday, quoting data from a firm that advises wealthy investors.more

A court found that conspiracy theorist Richard Hall had harassed a father and daughter seriously injured in the Manchester terrorist attack and sentenced him to pay £45,000. Hall claimed that there was no bombing, the authorities had carried out a hoax and the harassment of the victims was a journalistic investigation.more

Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating the "harm" social media was inflicting on Australian children.more

The foreign secretary has dismissed his previous criticism of Donald Trump as "old news" and insisted he would be able to find "common ground" with the president-elect. When he was a backbench MP in 2018, David Lammy described Trump as a "tyrant" and "a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath".more

Injured Portuguese players Ruben Dias and Diogo Jota were not included in the list of those called up to the squad for the 5th and 6th round of the Nations League group stage matches against Poland in Porto on 15th November and against Croatia in Split three days later. However, the famous Cristiano Ronaldo was not absent.more

Devotees in the Indian town of Vrindavan lined up to drink water flowing down a small elephant sculpture, convinced it was holy water straight from the feet of the god Krishna. In reality, it was liquid flowing from the temple's air conditioning system, contaminated with bacteria and fungi.more

The average UK house price reached a record high last month, according to Halifax. The UK's largest mortgage lender said the average price hit £293,999 in October, surpassing a peak of £293,507 that was reached in June 2022.more

Portuguese national football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo has purchased the Lisboa Racket Centre sports complex in the country's capital. The facility includes a dozen courts for playing tennis, squash and padel.more

After Donald Trump's election as president, Great Britain must find a new link to the White House who will get in the good graces of the new leader of the free world, Politico wrote yesterday. The portal noted that despite the bad relations with Trump, Keir Starmer's government must find some solution.more