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BBC News
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Mural of Peterborough strongman legend Walter Cornelius unveiled
A mural celebrating a "well-loved" strongman, lifeguard and entertainer has been completed in the city that became his Cornelius, who fled his native Latvia in the 1940s and settled in Peterborough, was known for stunts such as pushing a pea with his nose for a mile (1.6km) and attempting to fly across the River artwork was painted by local artist Nathan Murdoch on the back of the former TK Maxx and Woolworths building on Wentworth said when he found out about Mr Cornelius' story, he wondered: "Why is there not more about him in the city?" Mr Murchoch added he had received a great response on social media from people who knew the strongman, who died aged 60 in 1983. "The tales coming are really interesting and he was a very well-known and well-loved person of the city," he said. Mr Cornelius became a favourite with TV viewers after he first appeared on BBC children's programme Blue Peter in 1967, performing a stunt in which presenters Christopher Trace and John Noakes battered his body with returned to the show several times, but his summer day job was as a lifeguard at the lido in Peterborough, where he taught generations of children to swim. Mr Cornelius made the city his home after rowing 400 miles across the Baltic with a Russian bullet wound in his stomach, according to his friend Chris feats included breaking more than 50 World Records and walking on his hands for 153 miles (246km), said Mr Allen. He became known as the "birdman of Peterborough" after an unsuccessful attempt to fly across the Nene for charity on a pair of homemade wings. Yet, the only acknowledgement of Mr Cornelius's story and achievements in the city was a "birdman" silhouette weathervane at the Lido. So Peterborough Positive, the city's Business Improvement District (BID), decided to commission the mural. Pep Cipriano, its chief operating officer, said: "Walter was a colourful, eccentric character and lots of people have great memories of when he was fulfilling all these feats, including going on Blue Peter."He became a Peterborough celebrity and needed to be honoured - but he was also a lifeguard at the Lido and with its 90th anniversary next year; it's a nod to one of its most famous employees."He hopes the publicity will see more people coming forward to share their stories of Mr Cornelius, whose life he described as "a Hollywood film waiting to happen". Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Reuters
5 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Telia's Q2 core earnings beat expectations
July 18 (Reuters) - Swedish telecom operator Telia ( opens new tab reported second-quarter core earnings above market expectations on Friday, aided by capital gains from the sale of assets in Denmark. In a separate statement, Telia said it would offer to buy Swedish broadband provider Bredband2, after announcing the previous day it would divest its Latvian operations.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
The best Kristaps Porzingis plays with the Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are no longer the team of veteran big man Kristaps Porzingis, but he won a title with the legendary ball club, and banners flu forever. The Latvian center was dealt to the Atlanta Hawks as one of the Celtics moves to cut salary in order to dodge the considerable second apron status penalties of the NBA's current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) early in the 2025 offseason after a rough 2024-25 campaign with Boston marked by injury and illness. But he had plenty of amazing plays with the Celtics in the two seasons he suited up with the team after having been dealt there from the Washington Wizards in the 2023 NBA offseason. To honor the time he put in wearing green and white (and his help in finally hanging the elusive Banner 18), the man behind the eponymous "Tomasz Kordylewski (Timi)" YouTube channel put together a clip of his best plays while suting up for Boston. Check it out below! This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: The best Kristaps Porzingis plays with the Celtics
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
BFC Daugavpils v Vllaznia Shkodër
Update: Date: 90'+7 Title: Post Content: Match ends, BFC Daugavpils 2, Vllaznia Shkodër 4. Update: Date: 90'+7 Title: Full Time Content: Second Half ends, BFC Daugavpils 2, Vllaznia Shkodër 4. Update: Date: 90'+5 Title: Booking Content: Bekim Balaj (Vllaznia Shkodër) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 90'+5 Title: Booking Content: Andrey Yago (Vllaznia Shkodër) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 90' Title: Post Content: Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. Update: Date: 90' Title: Booking Content: Glebs Mihalcovs (BFC Daugavpils) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 89' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, BFC Daugavpils. Raivis Skrebels replaces Aleksejs Kudelkins. Update: Date: 89' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, BFC Daugavpils. Wally Fofana replaces Davis Cucurs. Update: Date: 87' Title: Goal! Content: Goal! BFC Daugavpils 2, Vllaznia Shkodër 4. Esat Mala (Vllaznia Shkodër) right footed shot. Assisted by Kevin Dodaj. Update: Date: 79' Title: Booking Content: Eslit Sala (Vllaznia Shkodër) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 77' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, BFC Daugavpils. Victor Promise replaces Valerijs Lizunovs. Update: Date: 77' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, BFC Daugavpils. Modou Saidy replaces Jevgenijs Minins. Update: Date: 74' Title: Goal! Content: Goal! BFC Daugavpils 2, Vllaznia Shkodër 3. Kevin Dodaj (Vllaznia Shkodër) right footed shot. Assisted by Geralb Kubazi. Update: Date: 71' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Vllaznia Shkodër. Geralb Kubazi replaces Alfred Mensah. Update: Date: 71' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Vllaznia Shkodër. Ensar Tafili replaces Ardit Krymi. Update: Date: 62' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, BFC Daugavpils. Faycal Konate replaces Boubou Diallo. Update: Date: 56' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Vllaznia Shkodër. Esat Mala replaces Melos Bajrami. Update: Date: 55' Title: Booking Content: Erdenis Gurishta (Vllaznia Shkodër) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 51' Title: Booking Content: Melos Bajrami (Vllaznia Shkodër) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Update: Date: 46' Title: Substitution Content: Substitution, Vllaznia Shkodër. Elmando Gjini replaces Alexandros Kouros.
Russia Today
6 days ago
- Business
- Russia Today
NATO state urges Trump to sanction Russia immediately
US President Donald Trump should make good on his threat to impose secondary sanctions on Russia without waiting 50 days, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze has said. On Monday, Trump said that he was 'very unhappy' with Moscow and warned that he would impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue to trade with Russia if a deal to end the Ukraine conflict is not reached before the deadline. 'It should be earlier,' Braze said of the US secondary sanctions during her interview with Politico on Wednesday. It makes no sense to give Russia more time as its forces continue to push forward, she argued. 'The intel and overall assessment have been aligned among the allies, including the Americans, that there is no indication that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants peace,' the foreign minister claimed. The US and its allies must put pressure on Moscow now to return to the negotiating table, she insisted. The secondary sanctions are aimed at 'weakening Russia's ability to conduct warfare. It is not about the Russian people. It's about the Russian war fighting capacity and what they are doing on the battlefield, that all needs to be weakened,' Braze said. Moscow has repeatedly stressed its readiness to achieve a diplomatic solution with Kiev, but insists that the settlement of the conflict should be legally binding and address its root causes. It has also expressed regret over not seeing Ukraine and its Western backers make a genuine effort to achieve peace. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov reacted to Trump's warning by saying that 'any attempts to make demands, let alone issue ultimatums, are unacceptable [to Moscow].' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has called upon Washington to instead put pressure on Kiev, arguing that 'the Ukrainian side takes all statements of support [from the West] as signals to continue war, not as signals for peace.' The Economist reported on Wednesday that international investors do not believe that Trump is going to fulfill his threat, as it would cause an 'inflation shock' and increase tension between the US and China, which the president wants to avoid.
