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London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership

28 August 2026 at 19:57

Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm

The London Science Museum has ended its decades-long partnership with the oil and gas company BP in what has been described as a “seismic shift” for the museum.

The Science Museum Group academy, which was established in 2018 to provide training and resources, announced on Friday that it would be ending its partnership with BP. In a statement, the director and chief executive of the Science Museum Group, Sir Ian Blatchford, said the partnership had “drawn to a close at the end of the current contract term”.

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© Photograph: Anna Vickerstaff

© Photograph: Anna Vickerstaff

© Photograph: Anna Vickerstaff

Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid

28 August 2026 at 17:46

Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hours

Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.

Authorities in the capital released pictures of the suspects captured by security cameras during the heist at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), amid a rash of spectacular smash-and-grab thefts from European cultural institutions.

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© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid

Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hours

Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.

Authorities in the capital released pictures of the suspects captured by security cameras during the heist at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), amid a rash of spectacular smash-and-grab thefts from European cultural institutions.

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© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

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