University of Winchester a year ago for 24 thousand. pounds ordered a statue of the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. A week before the official unveiling of the monument on campus, however, there were voices of opposition. Many locals point out that Thunberg has nothing to do with the city and it would be better to put up a statue of Kev Collick.more
For the Norwegian media, the superstar of the Bundesliga football is Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Braut Haaland, but they admit that he is overshadowed by Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich. Journalists emphasize that both of them also compete in the field of watches.more
NBA star Scottie Pippen is really eager to sell his Fort Lauderdale mansion. He's so eager, in fact, that he's giving away not one, not two, but three supercars in an effort to sweeten the deal and attract a buyer.more
Ugo Ugochukwu, a 13-year-old go-karting star from the U.S.A., has signed a long-term deal with McLaren to develop his career through the junior categories of motorsport.more
Saturday's elections to the authorities of the Swedish football federation (SvFF) have gone down in history as women represent the majority of the board for the first time in its 117-year history.more
Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report. The UK fell from 13th to 17th place.more
A Taiwanese official has pleaded with people to stop changing their name to “salmon” after dozens made the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.more
Royal Mail is adding bar codes to millions of second class stamps as part of a trial it says is poised to pave the way for innovative customer services and benefits in the future.more
Britain wants to shape a world where democracies can thrive, but needs to be prepared for a world marked by heightened conflicts and divisions, reported today in an integrated review of British security policy. It added that the United Kingdom would therefore not reduce the number of nuclear warheads it had, and even increase the maximum number.more
The conversation that Oprah Winfrey had with the princely couple has been one of the most important topics in the media for the past few days. All its details have been analyzed - from the important confessions that Meghan and Harry made to the details of their outfits. It turns out that many viewers also noticed the armchairs on which Winfrey's guests were sitting.more
A total of 3.2 million households in the UK have acquired a pet since the start of the pandemic, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association.more
Colonsay, an island in the Inner Hebrides, has the longest hours of sunshine in the UK and is famed for its idyllic sandy beaches deemed to be the best in Scotland.more
Derogatory terms for women, such as “bint” and “bitch”, will remain in the Oxford Dictionary of English because to remove them would amount to censorship, the publisher has said.more
The gods appear to be smiling on Andrey Rublev after the Russian reached the semi-finals of the ExxonMobil Open on Thursday without hitting a single ball all week.more
The Czechs, Italians, Slovaks, Americans and Hungarians enjoy the greatest sympathy among Poles; in turn, the greatest reluctance is expressed towards Arabs and Roma, according to a CBOS poll.more
Ski jumping World Cup winner Halvor Egner Granerud admitted that during this difficult time of isolation he received an unexpected gesture of sympathy from Karl Geiger, who offered him home dinners brought to his door.more
A meteorite that fell from the fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and northern Europe last month has been found and identified as a type which has never fallen anywhere in Britain beforemore
Legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is the latest sporting icon to be the subject of a documentary, with Amazon announcing their latest film Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In.more
From May 1, stamps on registered letters will be replaced by barcode labels, which will be placed on the parcel in the postage field when sending such correspondence, informed Poczta Polska.more