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Bansky has confirmed that he is behind a new artwork depicting an old woman violently sneezing as her dentures fly into the air.more

The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale almost two centuries after it sparked a festive scandal.more

Poczta Polska won the first prize in the EUROPA Stamp 2020 philatelic competition, the subject of which was the former postal routes. The winning stamp, designed by Maciej Jędrysiak, shows the most important communication and postal routes functioning in the 16th century.more

Gold coins dating from the 15th and 16th century unearthed in a garden were among 6,251 historical finds registered during the first lockdown.more

Prof. Phil Garnsworthy, who teaches at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nottingham, decided to conduct an unusual study, the results of which appeared in the British press. As an animal and food specialist, he calculated how much methane will be released into the atmosphere by Santa's reindeer when they deliver presents to all homes in Great Britain on Christmas Eve.more

The top search was, of course, coronavirus - and that drove people to flock to Google search to make sense of the changes to their lives and adapt to new ways of living.more

Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK, Met Office analysis suggests.more

The four UK governments have announced their plans to enable families to celebrate Christmas together. So how is the festive period likely to be different this year?more

A teacher from the Indian state of Maharashtra won the international award of the Varkey Foundation for the best educator in the world. In his school, he focused on educating girls and introduced QR codes on textbooks. He shared half of the $ 1 million in prize money with nine finalists.more

The UK’s slowest street for broadband is 5,330 times slower than the country’s fastest street, according to new research for 2020.more

The 'invincible' woman is believed to be the oldest person to survive two bouts of the deadly virus. When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsismore

What do a cucumber, a space invader and a vomiting face have in common?more

The south-west London borough of Richmond upon Thames has been named the happiest place to live in the capital for the sixth consecutive year.more

The domestic airlines have announced resuming mountain view flights from next week after eight months of closure, as economic activities have started to pick-up again and return to normal, including all tourism-related activities.more

101-year-old resident of Lombardy in the north of Italy has already defeated the coronavirus twice and as a child - the Spanish flu; this is one of the few such cases in the world - emphasized the head of the regional government Attilio Fontana, greeting the cured woman.more

But it's 2020 and it may be time to beef up your security game because, according to new research, people are still using easy-to-hack passwords like "123456789," the word "password," and "iloveyou.more

There is a "strong case to be made" that a house excavated in Nazareth, Israel, was the childhood home of Jesus, according to an archaeologist.more

Santa Claus has been deemed an essential worker and will not be subject to Covid-19 travel restrictions when he arrives in Ireland next month.more

After Meghan Markle revealed in an article for the New York Times that she had a miscarriage, the former duchess faced a huge wave of criticism. Consequently, now voices of support from other famous people have also started to appear.more

The Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has been refused permission to appeal after losing his high stakes libel action against the Sun over its description of him as a “wife beater”.more

A new £55m cruise terminal is set to open in the port of Southampton, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the travel industry.more

Christmas cards inspired by the Prime Minister’s “jolly careful” speech have hit the virtual shelves less than 24 hours later.more

New images reveal how the run-down former Whiteleys shopping centre in Bayswater will be reborn as a new £1 billion residential, retail, dining and hotel complex.more

The risk of catching COVID-19 through handling banknotes is low, research by the Bank of England has concluded. It carried out the study after noting a decline in cash use during the pandemic - which the Bank said may partly reflect "concerns about the risk of banknotes transmitting the virus".more

The ski jump in Willingen, Germany, will be used for a unique event this year. On Christmas Eve there will be a ... Holy Mass. In this way, the parish priest wants to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection among the faithful.more