endeavour thing, but stay on the ground. the japanese olympic committee has revealed their mascots, in costume form, for the tokyo olympics in 2020. the characters were originally chosen in february — miratowa on the left and someta on the right. the mascots were chosen by japanese school children. miratowa will represent events for the olympics and someta will be the symbol for the paralympics. organisors say the olympic mascot "embodies both old tradition and new innovation" and they say the paralympic mascot is a "cool character" with cherry blossom ears and supernatural powers. william and kate will be celebrating prince george's fifth birthday today. this new official picture of the prince has been released, showing him looking rather happy. the photo was taken after the christening of his brother prince louis in the garden of clarence house, the official residence of the duke and duchess of cambridge. to mark prince george's birthday, a new £5 coin has been issued by the royal...