Russia is attempting to have the UK embassy in Moscow closed, the British Foreign Office said yesterday. The diplomatic ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to London and revoked the accreditation of one Russian diplomat and his wife.more

Facebook is constantly experimenting on consumers and even its creators don't quite know how it works. Relying on highly accurate knowledge of the preferences of small groups could also have adverse consequences for advertisers, reports the International Journal of Research in Marketing.more

Sunday will see the first of 24 races in the Formula One world championship, the Australian Grand Prix. The favourite, although much less obvious than in previous seasons, is defending champion Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull). Ferrari fans are looking forward to the performance of Briton Lewis Hamilton.more

Boys in England have opened a wide gap over girls in maths and science, based on analysis by researchers using an authoritative international assessment, overturning recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school.more

A latest weather forecast is showing there is a possibility of snow falling in London very soon, which really makes the glorious sunshine we had at the weekend already feel like a lifetime away. According to WX Charts we could be hit by a flurry of snow between 6am and 9am tomorrow (Thursday, March 13).more

Jagiellonia and Legia, who will fight tomorrow to advance to the quarter-finals of the Conference Football League, can count on substantial profits from the UEFA bonuses. The club from Warsaw have already earned almost €7.5 million, or more than PLN 31.5 million, while the Białystok club have earned slightly less.more

More than 12 million customers of Nationwide will each receive a payment of £50 following the takeover of Virgin Money. The Nationwide, the UK's largest building society, described the money as a "thank you" to its members, at a cost of £600m.more

Undercover footage from a dairy farm providing milk to the UK’s largest producer has revealed staff abusing cows, slapping new-born calves and allegedly denying the animals veterinary care.more

‘The guarantees to Kyiv that US President Donald Trump is talking about will be of no value in terms of Ukraine's security,’ assessed British retired general Sir Richard Shirreff, NATO deputy supreme commander in Europe from 2011-14 and author of the book ‘2017: War with Russia'.more

55 per cent of respondents believe that in the current international situation in Poland, compulsory compulsory military service should be reinstated. 35.8 per cent of respondents are against it, according to an IBRiS poll for ‘Rzeczpospolita’.more

Online fashion retailer Boohoo is renaming itself Debenhams in a major revival of one of Britain’s oldest and best known retail names. Boohoo bought the 247 year old former department store chain out of administration for £55 million in 2021 after it collapsed during the pandemic and kept it trading as an online only retailer. more

Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Barcelona advanced to the quarter-finals of the football Champions League without any problems. It was only after a penalty shootout, however, that Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Liverpool.more

Eleven passengers on a TAP flight from Lisbon to London yesterday needed medical attention after suffering smoke poisoning on board the machine just minutes after take-off.more

The UK will not impose its own tariffs in response to US tariffs on steel and aluminium from Canada, which are due to take effect on Wednesday, a British government official announced on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters. He assured that the two countries continue to cooperate on economic issues.more

Ukraine has expressed its readiness to accept the US proposal to implement an immediate, temporary 30-day ceasefire, and the US will immediately restore information and intelligence sharing and military support to Ukraine, according to the text of a joint US-Ukraine statement following yesterday's talks in Saudi Arabia.more

A 59-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a collision between two vessels that occurred in the North Sea on Monday, the BBC reported yesterday, citing Humberside police, who are investigating. Both vessels are still on fire.more

More than 20 years after the terrorist attacks in Madrid, which killed more than 190 people, including four Poles, the threat of attacks has not disappeared. Police in Spain regularly report the arrest of potential jihadist-linked attackers.more

Second seed Iga Świątek defeated Czech Karolina Muchova 6:1, 6:1 in the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament on hard courts in Indian Wells. In the three matches in California so far, the Pole has allowed her opponents to win a total of... six games.more

With over 50,000 plants to be found across the grounds, Kew Gardens in Richmond is well worth a visit. But the UNESCO World Heritage site is not the most affordable.more

The Ministry of Defence has revealed its blueprint for censoring official documents under legislation to make government records more transparent.more

Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time within two years, sooner than expected. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods. Such products are grown from cells in small chemical plants.more

Manchester United plans to build the largest football stadium in the world, alongside the existing Old Trafford, the club's co-owner Jim Ratcliffe announced today. The facility is expected to hold 100,000 spectators.more

An easyJet pilot has been grounded for flying his passenger aircraft too close to a mountain in Egypt, according to reports. Captain Paul Elsworth’s Airbus A320 came within 770ft of disaster when it descending towards the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, The Sun said.more

Tesco has issued an apology to its customers as it confirms the discontinuation of one of its fridge essentials in all UK stores, following enquires from shoppers about the missing product on social media.more

People living near power cables could receive £250 a year off their energy bills as the UK government hopes to speed up construction of infrastructure vital to the transition away from fossil fuels.more