Windrush sculpture unveiled in east London
Artist Thomas J Price unveils his new work, a major public sculpture in Hackney entitled 'Warm Shores' which honours the legacy and contributions of the Windrush Generation in the UK.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO makes the alliance “larger, more European, and stronger” during her doorstep remarks at a NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, June 29.In video posted by the European Commission, Von der Leyen said, “Putin tried to divide us, but what he got is an even stronger alignment between the European Union and NATO. And therefore it is a good day for the transatlantic alliance, for the European Union, and for Finland and Sweden.”That day, NATO officially extended an invitation for Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO and agreed to sign the Accession Protocols. In a statement, the alliance said, “The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure.” Credit: European Commission via Storyful
The video recorded in January 2021 surfaced as on YouTube last week before being taken down
Credit Suisse may "temper" some of its key growth initiatives in wealth management as it focuses efforts on a risk turnaround and bolstering technology, executives said in their first update to investors since a new strategy was set out. A series of losses and scandals have hammered Credit Suisse's share price since March 2021, prompting ousters and a strategic overhaul to rein in its investment bank and focus further on managing the fortunes of the world's rich. Those plans were laid out in November - before inflation, rising interest rates, commodity shocks and Russia's war in Ukraine unleashed turmoil on financial markets and caused many investors to retreat from borrowing and perceived risks.
The TV presenter mistook the device for a vitamin tablet
Climate protesters have glued themselves to the frame of a painting in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and spray-painted their logo on the walls and floor of the building.
Judge sets hearing for 12 July, meaning abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume for at least two weeks
‘Thailand pass’ and mandatory health insurance to be scrapped
The council are to evict a group of travellers from Mansel Park.
Three US tourists found dead at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas last month were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, police have said. Tennessee couple Robbie Phillips, 65, and Michael Phillips, 68, and 64-year-old Vincent Chiarella from Florida, were found unresponsive at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort on 6 May. In a statement on Tuesday, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said the tourists had died as a result of asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
New version of the legendary cross-continental train is being launched by Accor hotel group
We round up the key points from Volume 1
By 2024, passengers will be able to book four-hour sessions in flat sleeping pods on ultra-long-haul routes
Transport secretary Grant Shapps 'drives train' in promotional videoSource: Department for Transport
An Iranian appeals court has upheld an eight-year prison sentence against a Frenchman convicted on spying charges, his Paris-based lawyer said Tuesday.
This is the fatal moment a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine on Monday, June 27. According to officials, at least 18 people were killed in the attack, dozens were wounded, and many others were unaccounted for.
Nelson Piquet has apologised "wholeheartedly" to Lewis Hamilton - but "strongly condemns any suggestion" the expression he used when referring to the F1 ace during an interview was intentionally racially offensive. The three-time world champion - who is the father of Max Verstappen's partner, Kelly Piquet - used a racial slur in Portuguese when discussing a collision between Hamilton and Verstappen during the 2021 British GP on a Brazilian podcast last November.
Former US president Donald Trump angrily lunged at his Secret Service driver and grabbed at the steering wheel of his limousine in a bid to join the crowd as it marched on the Capitol on the day of the deadly insurrection, an aide testified Tuesday.
Sir Colin Blakemore, the former Oxford Professor of Physiology and head of the Medical Research Council, who has died aged 78, endured threats, letter bombs and even parcels of HIV-infected hypodermic needles sent to his children, yet he remained Britain’s most outspoken advocate of vivisection and became one of the country’s best-known scientists, campaigning on issues such as drugs policy and libel reform.
More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have now been recorded in the UK with more than half in London. The UK Health Security Agency, in its latest statistics, said 1,076 confirmed cases had now been recorded - a rise of 166 cases from the last reported data on June 24. 1,035 of the cases are in England with 659 confirmed in London though that figure may be higher as addresses are not available for every case.
POLICE in York cordoned off a busy road in the city centre in Tower Street near Clifford’s Tower.