Tens of thousands of parents had their child benefit halted by HMRC after travelling outside of the UK. Some 23,489 claimants were sent letters from HMRC questioning their residency after spending time out of the country, an investigation by The Guardian found.more

Hundreds of women who served in the British Army have come forward and alleged they were sexually abused while undergoing medical examinations during recruitment. Wiltshire Police is carrying out a nationwide investigation relating to medical checks carried out between the 1970s and 2016, which the Ministry of Defence says it is supporting fully.more

Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said today on RTL radio, adding that the stolen items have still not been found.more

Virgin Trains has had its application to share Eurostar’s east London train depot approved by the Office of Rail and Road, paving the way for it to launch international services through the Channel Tunnel. The regulator has granted access to Sir Richard Branson's company to use the Temple Mills site for maintaining and storing trains.more

Yesterday afternoon, users of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform experienced problems accessing key services, including Office 365, OneDrive and Minecraft. The outage was global and affected thousands of people. more

An asylum seeker convicted of sexual assault, who was mistakenly released from prison last week and detained two days later, has been deported to Ethiopia, the British Home Office announced yesterday. According to media reports, he was given £500 to ensure he did not obstruct his deportation.more

Jan Ziółkowski's AS Roma defeated Adrian Benedyczak's Parma 2-1 to move into second place in the Italian top flight. Other victories in Matchday 9 included Juventus Turin – their first after eight matches without a win – and Piotr Zieliński's Inter Milan.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that tests had been carried out on the Poseidon nuclear torpedo. He also commented on the design of the Burevestnik missile.more

An east London borough has been crowned the littering capital of Britain, according to a damning new study. Newham boasts more litter bugs than anywhere in the country, with residents receiving nearly 50,000 fines for dumping rubbish in the last three years.more

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Wednesday it has arrested a foreign military instructor who tried to spy on behalf of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The SBU said the accused is a European national without specifying his nationality.more

A new breath test could “revolutionise” care for pancreatic cancer patients, experts have said. In what is a world-first initiative, the breath test is being trialled for the disease which is notoriously hard to spot in its early stages. more

LOT Polish Airlines will begin flights from Warsaw to Bologna on March 31, 2026. This is the fourth Italian destination in the national carrier's network, after Rome, Venice, and Milan, the carrier announced.more

Bartosz Białek scored for SV Darmstadt in their 4-0 victory over Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen in the German Cup Round of 32. Bayern Munich also claimed their 14th consecutive victory since the start of the season. The national champions defeated FC Köln 4-1, with Jakub Kamiński playing until the 79th minute.more

Scientists have used Met Office radar data to track the trillions of insects flying above the UK for the first time, revealing a concerning decline in nocturnal species. The team repurposed data from the UK’s network of 15 weather surveillance radars, which scan the sky hundreds of times a day.more

Arrests of illegal workers have reached their highest level since records began after London barbershops, delivery drivers and restaurants were targeted in raids. More than 8,000 migrants were detained in 11,000 immigration enforcement visits across the UK between October 2024 and September 2025, according to Home Office figures. more

Atalanta Bergamo drew 1-1 at home with AC Milan in the ninth round of the Italian top flight. Polish international Nicola Zalewski spent the entire match on the bench for the hosts. Earlier, leader Napoli had won 1-0 away to Lecce.more

London’s robbery hotspots are revealed in a new interactive map as it is revealed an average of nearly 100 crimes are happening every day in the capital.more

Prince William threatened to remove the titles of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie unless they pressured their father Prince Andrew to move out of Royal Lodge, it has been claimed. BBC broadcaster Emily Maitlis, who carried out the infamous 2019 Newsnight interview with Andrew, claimed the Prince of Wales may have met with the princesses last week.more

Criticism from drivers over the dazzle from oncoming headlights has prompted the government to take a closer look at the design of cars and headlamps on UK roads. Drivers say LED headlamps, which are increasingly common in new vehicles, are causing them problems and making it harder to drive at night.more

Powerful Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica yesterday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. Winds gusting to nearly 300 km/h (180 mph) downed trees and downed power lines, but there are no reports of casualties. According to the NHC, it is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic.more

Millions of Britons will be able to check their risk of broken bones caused by osteoporosis online within minutes as part of a new campaign supported by the Queen.more

The world leader in tennis rankings, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, unexpectedly lost to Briton Cameron Norrie 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris.more

Poland ranked 32nd in this year's Rule of Law Index, compiled by the Washington-based World Justice Project. Poland was among the minority of countries whose scores improved. Russia saw the largest decline.more

Around 900 men seeking asylum in the United Kingdom will be transferred to two military bases, the British Home Office announced yesterday. In this way, the government wants to reduce the use of hotels for asylum seekers.more

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday that since President Donald Trump took office in January, 527,000 immigrants who were staying in the US illegally have been deported. In turn, 1.6 million foreigners have volunteered for so-called voluntary deportation.more