Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

Thousands of motorsport fans and vintage car enthusiasts flock to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, southwest of London, for an event marking almost exactly 100 years since the first British Grand Prix took place on 7th August 1926. "The car is alive, it's fantastic to drive, it's light, nimble, plenty of power, and sounds glorious. It's the closest thing I've got to being a genuine work of art in metal," says Julian Eckersley, owner of a vintage Bugatti car.

In the sweeping shadow of a huge 1960s antenna, staff at the Chilbolton Observatory in southern England track objects orbiting the Earth, such as debris and rocket bodies, providing -- alongside other sites around the country -- the data that underpins the UK’s space monitoring and protection efforts. “Our role is to look at everything that happens and is in space,” says Matthew Archer, deputy director for launch and space domain awareness at the UK Space Agency.

"It's an honour," says Mark van Bommel at his first press conference as Belgium coach. The 48-year-old former Dutch international midfielder has succeeded Frenchman Rudi Garcia, who stepped down having guided Belgium to the World Cup quarter-finals. "Now I have the opportunity to become the coach of the national team from the neighbour land," he adds.

With giant dust clouds emerging from his parched fields in Suffolk, farmer John Pawsey has noted a staggering 30 percent drop in crop yields after the driest July on record. "I am worried about the coming years,” he says. With intensifying droughts affecting Britain’s food security, experts warn that without immediate actions, shortages could soon become the country's new reality.

China has launched its first robot school, a facility training an initial cohort of 30 students for roles across the industrial, service, security and entertainment sectors. The robo-pupils undergo physical assessments, specialised coursework in their fields -- which can include medicine and the arts -- before a final skills certification. The tuition is "tailored to specific requirements of different robot hardware,” but there is "a core curriculum," explains Zhu Tianle, an engineer at the Hangzhou Robot School based at the Zhejiang University Robot Research Institute.