In Pictures: Gun salutes and flowers honour Duke of Edinburgh
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Gun salutes have been fired across the UK, in Gibraltar and at sea to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, as wellwishers continued to leave floral tributes at royal houses including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Saluting batteries began firing 41 rounds at one round every minute at midday on Saturday in cities including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, as well from Royal Navy warships.
Meanwhile, members of the Queen’s family have visited her at Windsor Castle, where dozens of people have been laying flowers despite calls for them to stay away due to coronavirus concerns.
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Francis Ford Coppola took to Instagram today and posted the first teaser from his eagerly awaited film, Megalopolis. Along with the teaser, he posted a tribute to his late wife in the captions. “Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor,” he wrote. “I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday …
Sadiq Khan has won the race to be the city’s next mayor after the last results in the mayoral race was declared. With all the results in he has defeated his nearest challenger Susan Hall, securing just over 1,088,000 votes, a majority of some 275,000 over his Conservative rival.Counting has also been going on for the seats on the London Assembly. Voting figures for each of the 14 London Assembly constituencies are being announced as soon as each count is completed.
Kai Havertz was accused of “trying to find” contact to win Arsenal’s controversial penalty, with Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola suggesting that it would encourage coaches and players to go looking for fouls.
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, will fight all lawsuits brought against its utility business due to wildfires as the cases are "unfounded," a top executive said on Saturday. Greg Abel, who is widely recognised as Buffett's successor and the future Berkshire chief executive, said at Berkshire's annual shareholding meeting that "all the litigation will be challenged" in relation to PacifiCorp [PPWLO.PK].
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LONDON (AP) — Ivan Toney’s goal drought stretched to 10 matches as Brentford fought out a 0-0 draw with west London neighbor Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday. The England striker found the net against Belgium in March but has not scored for Brentford since the middle of February and is now on his longest run without a club goal since playing for Peterborough in the lower leagues in 2019. Not that there was much riding on a distinctly low-key derby between two teams safe from relegation a