Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Kampala Robert Katende For more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriously A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda’s capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions – but faces a daily struggle...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent FOSTER + PARTNERS The winning entry shows a statue of the late Queen to be built in St James’s Park The winning design for the national memorial for Queen Elizabeth II will also feature her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, alongside a traditional statue of the late Queen. Lord...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The Royals watched the RAF flypast from the famous Buckingham Palace balcony The Red Arrows led the flypast, trailing red, white and blue smoke Crowds cheered as King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the Trooping the Colour parade to mark the monarch’s official birthday. The royal couple rode in a carriage...
In the eyes of many seasoned observers, Swiatek was the third favourite for the title behind Sabalenka and American second seed Gauff, who beat French wildcard Lois Boisson in Thursday’s second semi-final. Swiatek has been nowhere near her dominant best over the past year, failing to reach a final since last year’s French Open triumph...
Mary Earps offers a fascinating insight into her journey to the pinnacle of her sport. Read full article at source...
This could be awkward. The New York State Attorney General is bouncing from one hot seat to the next, and darn if that isn’t an unpleasant mental picture. But she brought it all on herself. Already under fire for her creative accounting tricks and faulty memories while juggling paperwork for out-of-state properties while looking as...
Nadine Yousif BBC News Reporting fromOttawa, Canada King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Canada for a visit meant to underscore Canada’s sovereignty in the face of tensions with the US. “The Royal Visit is a reminder of the bond between Canada and the Crown – one forged over generations, shaped by shared...
Tessa Wong and BBC Vietnamese BBC News Miss Grand International Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien won the Miss Grand International pageant in 2021 Vietnamese authorities have arrested a beauty queen and social media influencer for consumer fraud after she promoted a counterfeit fibre supplement. Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien had heavily marketed gummies said to be rich...
Anne Okumu & Brian Khisa BBC News, Gaborone Lesego Chombo/Instagram Lesego Chombo’s enthusiasm for life is as infectious as her achievements are impressive: she has won the Miss Botswana 2022 and Miss World Africa 2024 crowns, is a working lawyer, has set up her own charitable foundation – and made history in November, becoming Botswana’s...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent FOSTER + PARTNERS The winning monument will be built at St James’s Park in London A final shortlist of five proposed designs for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II has been revealed by the government. The memorial, commemorating the life of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch who died in September 2022, will...
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent, reporting from the National Gallery PA Media King Charles and Queen Camilla have unveiled their new state portraits at the National Gallery on the second anniversary of their Coronation day. The paintings will be displayed in the gallery’s Central Hall before moving to Buckingham Palace in June. The portrait of...
Welp. Yesterday was the day, my friends. The oh, so eagerly awaited day that the former Vice President of the United States, Kamala ‘Coconut Queen’ Harris shredded the protective fiber layers of the vegan cocoon she and Dougie had wrapped themselves in since her stunning, spectacular – and ever-so-gratifying – November flameout, and reclaimed her...
A Dutch town hall has admitted that it “most likely” accidentally disposed of 46 artworks, including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen, during renovation works last year. Maashorst municipality said the works, including a 1980s silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix worth about €15,000 (£12,800), disappeared during work on a town hall last...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Getty Images King Charles will host about 50 veterans at a tea party in the Palace gardens King Charles and Queen Camilla will host a tea party at Buckingham Palace for war veterans as part of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The King and Queen will also...
King Charles has said he and Queen Camilla have “heavy hearts” after Pope Francis’s death, as they paid tribute to his “compassion” and “tireless commitment” to people of faith. The King said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace that though “deeply saddened”, their sorrow had been “somewhat eased” by the Pope being able to...