People enjoy the warm weather on Bournemouth beach
People in many parts of England and Wales are making the most of the unseasonably hot weather. In Bournemouth people took to the beach, but not in great numbers. .
People in many parts of England and Wales are making the most of the unseasonably hot weather. In Bournemouth people took to the beach, but not in great numbers. .
EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC WARNING/ CONTAINS NUDITYA semi-nude female protester on Saturday (April 17) interrupted proceedings near the end of a minute of silence in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh outside Windsor Castle.The funeral of Queen Elizabeth's husband of 73 years was taking place within the castle's walls.The protester was shouting slogans against littering, animal abuse and pollution, a Reuters reporter said.
Masahiro Tanaka allowed Sho Nakata’s two-run homer in the first inning of the pitcher’s return to Japanese baseball, a 4-1 loss for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday. Tanaka (0-1) allowed three runs and four hits in five innings with five strikeouts and a walk. The defeat ended Tanaka's 28-game regular-season winning streak in Japan.
The world-renowned billboard at London’s Piccadilly Circus has remembered Prince Philip on the day of his funeral with a special tribute montage.
BetMGM is offering a special promotion for combat sports this week.
Kate has never attended a royal funeral until she accompanied her husband to Prince Philip's.
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich carved out a crucial 3-2 win over VfL Wolfsburg to stay on course for a record-extending ninth consecutive league title on Saturday but their victory was eclipsed by coach Hansi Flick's announcement he will leave at the end of the season. The 56-year-old, who took over in November 2019 and led the Bavarians to a run of six domestic and international titles in the 2019/2020 season, said he had told the club and team of his wish to depart despite a contract running to 2023. Earlier, Bayern teenager Jamal Musiala scored twice in the first half to steer them to a nervous win at third-placed Wolfsburg as they moved seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga standings with five matches left to play.
Pol Lirola scored his first two goals for Marseille and hit an injury-time winner as Jorge Sampaoli's side claimed a 3-2 home victory over Lorient in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Norwich City clinched promotion to the Premier League with five games to spare on Saturday after rivals Brentford and Swansea City failed to win their Championship matches, guaranteeing Daniel Farke's leaders one of the automatic promotion places. Norwich sealed an immediate return to the top flight -- which has been worth at least 160 million pounds ($221.3 million) in previous seasons -- having finished bottom of the Premier League in the 2019-20 campaign. Brentford played out a 0-0 draw with visitors Millwall, while Swansea fought back from two goals down to claim a point in a 2-2 home draw against basement side Wycombe Wanderers.
Queen Elizabeth and her family paid their last respects to Prince Philip at his funeral in Windsor on Saturday (April 17).She stood alone as her husband of 73 years was lowered into the Royal Vault in a service attended by senior royals including heir Prince Charles and his sons Princes William and Harry.Elizabeth and her children, grandchildren and a select group of others - just 30 mourners in total - had to be socially distanced at the toned-down service.Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby prayed for Philip, and praised him for his faith and loyalty, sense of duty and integrity. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died aged 99 on April 9. The queen once called him her "strength and stay". The nation observed a minute's silence in brilliant sunshine, then Harry and William took up their places on opposite sides of the chapel in Windsor Castle.Elizabeth has been widowed just as she grapples with one of the gravest crises to hit the royal family in decades.Much media attention will focus on the royals' behavior towards Harry, who quit royal duties last year and was making his first public appearance since an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey last month.In the interview, he and his wife Meghan accused an unnamed royal of making a racist comment, and said Meghan's pleas for help when she felt suicidal were ignored.Meghan watched the funeral from her home in California because she is pregnant.Philip, was a decorated Royal Navy veteran of World War Two and his funeral had a strong military feel.His naval cap and sword lay on top of the coffin, with a wreath of white roses, lilies and jasmine from the 94-year-old queen.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev will clash in Sunday's Monte Carlo final with both men looking to confirm their top 10 credentials with a maiden Masters crown.
The Queen sat alone, while others had to as well, because of coronavirus restrictions.
Protesters marched through the streets of London, England, on Saturday, April 17, as demonstrations continued in several cities to oppose a proposed UK policing bill.The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill contains major proposals on crime in England and Wales, including giving police more power to handle demonstrations.This footage, captured by Richard Hastie, shows demonstrators chanting beside the Wellington Arch in London. Credit: Richard Hastie via Storyful
The piece of jewelry has been lent to other members of the royal family.
A gun salute at the Tower of London has marked the start and end of a national minute's silence in honour of Prince Philip. It was one of many gun salutes fired across the country on the day of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral.
Russia on Saturday said it would expel a Ukrainian diplomat, prompting an immediate pledge of retaliation from Kiev, further escalating tensions over Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern flank.
Police in cities across Ontario, Canada's most populous province, on Saturday refused to make random stops greenlighted by the provincial government seeking to impose a stay-at-home order amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Toronto, the country's largest city, Ottawa, Hamilton, Windsor and at least 19 other municipal police forces said they would not conduct random vehicle or individual stops though they had been given the power to do so. "The Toronto Police Service will continue to engage, educate and enforce, but we will not be doing random stops of people or cars," the force said on Twitter.
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick said on Saturday he had told the team and club bosses that he wanted to leave the German champions at the end of the season despite his contract running until 2023. The former Germany assistant coach, who initially took over on an interim basis in November 2019, led the club to a spectacular winning run that earned them six domestic and international titles in the following months, including the Champions League and the club World Cup crown. He is the only Bayern coach ever to win six titles in a season and among the world's most successful given his short spell at the club.
An enthusiastic horse let excitement get the better of her and she played with her owner’s ear at a stable in Lansing, Kansas, video shows.Megan Vaughan posted footage of her horse, Angel, affectionately nuzzling and playing with her ear. “Angel likes to play with my ear when I’m standing near her. Not sure what this means, but I’m going to pretend it means she likes me,” Vaughan said. Credit: Megan Vaughan via Storyful
More than 600,000 first and second doses of coronavirus vaccine were administered in Britain in the space of 24 hours, according to data released on Saturday. Official figures showed that 119,306 first doses were given on Friday, and 485,421 second doses.
Captain Ciara Griffin dismissed claims that Ireland’s defeat to France was a ‘one-sided’ affair despite being on the end of a 56-15 scoreline in Dublin.