The first beavers to live wild in England for centuries are to be allowed to remain in their new home on the River Otter in east Devon after a five-year reintroduction trial.more
For many the Argos catalogue prompts a feeling of nostalgia – remembering flicking through the pages as a child and circling the items you hope Father Christmas might bring.more
Silverstone and Escapade Living have lifted the lid on a new project that will see 60 apartments built around the famous Maggots and Becketts complex.more
A rescue team had to help St. Bernard descend from England's highest mountain, Reuters reported today, announcing "an unusual reversal of traditional roles." The Bernardines are used in mountain rescue.more
This weekend doesn't happen often. A total of 2,375,490 people will celebrate their name day today and tomorrow; on Saturday, gentlemen - Krzysztof and Jakub, and on Sunday, ladies - Anna, Hanna and Mirosława.more
Archaeologists in Mexico found stone tools and other signs that people were living in North America 30,000 years ago, much earlier than widely believed, according to new research reshaping the debate over the origins of people in the Americas.more
An original drawing of the Olympic rings sketched by Baron Pierre de Coubertin is set to go up for auction in Cannes next Sunday (July 26) and is estimated to sell for as much as €100,000.more
Dozens of consignors auctioned off priceless pieces of space and tech memorabilia this week — including a rocket engine that carried Neil Armstrong to the Moon and an assortment of meteorites recovered from remote locations across the globe.more
A cork box with a set of multi-colored protective masks, a portrait or a bottle of rose oil - such gifts appeared in the lobby of the EU summit in Brussels. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 66 years old today, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa 59.more
The Queen – the nation’s longest serving monarch – will have reigned for 25,000 days on Saturday. Elizabeth II became sovereign on February 6 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI, when she just 25.more
Five million people – roughly the population of Ireland or New Zealand – registered for a chance to buy the limited-edition Air Jordan 1 OG Dior sneakers, Pietro Beccari, president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, told WWD.more
The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow’s daily methane emissions by about 33%.more
The Enigma double is being donated by the Polish Institute in London to the Museum of Polish History, which is currently being built at the Citadel in Warsaw.more
The number of people who have earned over a million Polish zlotys on the capital market has fallen again. But there are more and more prosperous entrepreneurs - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more
Two employees of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations in New York were dismissed from the institution with immediate effect in connection with a telephone provocation aimed at President Andrzej Duda - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today.more
The parliamentary commission in Poland will deal with the act which provides for penalties for saying the words "trick or treat" - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reportsmore
The recording of the conversation between Russian comedians and President Andrzej Duda is authentic, the matter is being dealt with by the services - said the director of the press office of the President's Office Marcin Kędryna. He assured that the interviewees were verified by the Polish branch at the UN.more
