27 July 1694. Bank of England was founded by a Royal Charter. It was set up to act as the English government’s banker and is still the bankers for the British government. It was privately owned by stockholders from its foundation in 1694 until it was nationalised in 1946.

27 July 1929. Geneva Convention of 1929 dealing with the treatment of prisoners of war was signed by 53 nations. It was consistently flouted, especially by Nazi Germany and its allies during the Second World War and by many other autocratic regimes.

Let’s go girls!! 💪🦁⚽️ Wishing the very best of luck to the Lionesses in the Women’s Euro Final this evening.

How long before "Arise Dame Sarina Wiegman"? How to nominate for an honour: nominate-uk-honour.service.gov.uk

Congratulations to our valiant Lionesses! 🦁🦁🦁 A message from The King following the team’s victory at the Women’s Euros 2025. #WEURO2025

28 July 1750. Johann Sebastian Bach died (aged 64). He’s one of the greatest classical composers of all time. His best known works include the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations.

28 July 1858. Fingerprints were first used as a means of identification to solve crime by Sir William Herschel, a British civil servant. No 2 fingerprints have ever been found alike in many billions of human and automated computer comparisons.

28 July 1914. The European crisis escalated as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. It was a key moment in the “July Crisis”, which would trigger all the European alliances and lead to the outbreak of the “Great War” of 1914-1918.

A series of knitted scenes depicting scenes from the Bible has gone on display at a church in Sturry. Tap below to read more: bbc.in/4mbSOyb

29 July 1921. Adolf Hitler became the undisputed leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), based in Munich. The party was an outgrowth of the German Workers’ Party (DAP) founded in 1919, and led by by railway engineer Anton Drexler.

29 July 1945. BBC Radio Light Programme was launched. It replaced the General Forces Programme which had run during the Second World War. The new radio station promised a diet of entertaining radio for the civilian listener. Below is the 1st day programme schedule.

29 July 1987. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand signed an agreement to build the Channel Tunnel.

29 July 2024. 3 children (left to right: Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King) were stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This incident led to various riots across the UK.

How are you going to stop the Online Safety Act age verification requirements from being undermined by the use of virtual private networks Peter Kyle?

UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire and other conditions Live updates: bbc.in/3U3zIhS

Bowen: UK move to recognise Palestinian state is a diplomatic crowbar to revive peace process bbc.in/41appwk

30 July 1935. 1st Penguin paperback books were published in London by Allen Lane with the aim of making quality books available to all at low prices. The books cost 6-pence and were colour-coded: orange for fiction, blue for biography and green for crime.

30 July 2006. Top of the Pops, the world’s longest running pop chart show, was broadcast for the last time on BBC 2. It had aired weekly since 1 January 1964. The show consisted of performances of that week’s best-selling pop records, excluding any tracks moving down the chart.