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.

Non-essential stores reopen on Edinburgh's main shopping street after being forced to shut for more than three months during the coronavirus lockdown.

Milan residents enjoy an urban 'beach', at the foot of some of the city's highest skyscrapers. Lido Bam offers an alternative to holidays for locals who will spend the summer in the city.

Musicians are among the many freelancers who won’t be covered by the UK government’s coronavirus wage guarantee, while many of them will be renters not helped by the mortgage holiday either.

It is the world's largest seed, and with a shape suggestive of a woman's hips and myths of love-making powers, the coco de mer is an icon of the Seychelles.

Thousands of pelicans arrive to Lake Chapala every year to gorge on the fish remains left behind by the Petatan fishing community, turning the central Mexican town into a tourist attraction.