uk

Kandinsky painting sold under Nazi occupation returns to heirs, fetches £31.56m at London auction (Image Credit: Instagram/ @ art__window) A painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, sold under disputed circumstances during Nazi occupation in 1940, has fetched £31.56 million at a London auction, bringing renewed attention to one family’s decades-long struggle to recover its artwork….

Photo credit: Champion News A London homeowner has lost a four-year legal battle over a strip of land measuring just 48 centimetres after a tribunal ruled that her neighbours’ kitchen extension had acquired “squatters’ rights.” Susannah James bought the £600,000 semi-detached house in Surbiton in 2021, but a year later claimed that part of the…

Zac Howells will receive the Child of Courage Award at London’s Pride of Britain Awards, honouring his extraordinary bravery. For most children, a car journey with a parent is an ordinary part of the day. For Zac Howells, one December drive suddenly became a test of instinct, courage and extraordinary composure. At just 12, he…

A rare uncirculated banknote featuring a young Queen Elizabeth II, issued in Malaya and British Borneo. Photo: Noonans A collection of rare banknotes that arrived anonymously at a charity shop in Edinburgh has raised £85,860 at an auction held on Wednesday. The British Heart Foundation (BHF), which received the donation, will use the money to…

Photo credit: www.collectissim.com In 2008, a woman bought a glass vase for just £1 at a car-boot sale in Dumfries, Scotland, because she liked how it looked. She used it as a plant pot without knowing that it was a rare piece by French glass designer René Lalique. Later that year, the vase was identified…

A modest painting purchased for just a few dozen dollars turned out to be a potentially life-changing discovery after spending years forgotten in a cupboard. The artwork, attributed to renowned British landscape painter John Constable, came back into the spotlight during a home renovation, eventually drawing attention from art experts and collectors. The discovery was…

PC Harman Singh charged with attempted rape and sexual assault in UK. An Indian-origin Metropolitan Police officer is due to appear before a London court after being charged with attempted rape, sexual assault and intentional strangulation over alleged offences against a woman earlier this year.Police Constable Harman Singh, attached to the force’s North Area command…

Kiran Kaur and Vickrum Digwa The mother of a Sikh man jailed for murdering an 18-year-old student Henry Nowak could leave prison early under changes to England’s early release rules.Kiran Kaur, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison in July for removing the knife her son, Vickrum Digwa, used to kill Nowak in Southampton…

Rare 1953 James Bond book bought for £1 at car boot sale sells for £10,000 (Image Credit: Wikipedia) A book bought for just £1 at a UK car boot sale turned out to be a rare first edition of Casino Royale, the 1953 novel that introduced readers to James Bond. The copy, which retained its…