The Scottish Highlands could become the latest place in the UK to introduce a tourist tax. If implemented, it would allow hotels, B&Bs, campsites and holiday lets in the hugely popular mountainous region to charge overnight guests an additional fee.more

Pizzeria Zielona Górka from Pabianice has been selected as one of the 100 best pizzerias in the world in this year's ‘50 Top Pizza World’ ranking. The Polish establishment was ranked 97th. Pizzerias do not enter the competition. It is the jurors who travel around the world and assess the premises, appearing anonymously.more

Brexit red tape on British businesses has caused goods trade between the UK and EU to slump and the problem is getting worse, a study has warned. Many smaller UK producers have given up exporting small amounts to the EU after facing more rules and regulations, a report by Aston University Business School has found.more

Plans to pedestrianise part of London's Oxford Street have been announced by the capital's mayor. Sadiq Khan said "urgent action" is needed to regenerate the famous high street, which was has been affected by a shift to online shopping and the Covid-19 pandemic. more

Jannik Sinner has hired Novak Djokovic's former fitness coach Marco Panichi in the wake of the world No. 1 being cleared for competition despite testing positive twice for a banned substance.more

A series of seven blue and black plaques have been fixed to properties where women have been murdered by a man, as part of a campaign to highlight “outdated and misogynistic” UK domestic homicide sentencing laws.more

A new, more contagious Covid strain dubbed XEC has begun to spread through Europe, scientists have warned. First detected in Germany in June, this variant has since been found in 13 other countries - including the UK - and could likely soon become the dominant strain as the weather in Europe becomes colder.more

Meta, which owns Facebook, announced yesterday that it would block the Kremlin's RT television and other Russian state media from its apps. Meta claims that these media outlets are trying to influence the results of the American election in various ways.more

A British court sentenced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards to six months in prison, suspended for two years. The journalist admitted to possessing paedophile images.more

Udinese, led by former Legia Warsaw coach Kosta Runjaic, won 3:2 away against Parma and became the leaders of the Italian top league. Two goals for the visitors, including the winner in the 77th minute, were scored by Florian Thauvin.more

At least 16 people have died after severe flooding swept across Europe, leading to widespread evacuations and helicopter rescues. Record rainfall has caused flooding in several central European countries since Thursday, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.more

There is expected to be another drop of around 52,000 primary school-aged children in the city by 2028, writes 'Evening Standard'.more

An explosive device detonated on Monday morning next to a club near the Hohenzollernring in the center of Cologne, in western Germany. According to the daily "Bild," the only person injured in the explosion was a 53-year-old Polish citizen.more

New solutions must be sought to manage the influx of migrants, said the Italian and UK Prime Ministers, Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer, in Rome yesterday. Meloni said that one of the topics of conversation was the Italian agreement with Albania to set up a residence centre for migrants there.more

Milan, Rome and Florence are the least safe cities in Italy. A ranking based on crime rates was published yesterday by the daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The top ten places in this ranking are occupied, the analysis noted, by cities massively visited by tourists.more

The European Football Union (UEFA) has threatened the English Federation (FA) with exclusion from its competitions if the newly formed government goes ahead with plans to set up a special body to oversee the finances of English clubs.more

You can own a property for under £350,000 on average in four areas of London.more

The largest number of new job advertisements in August came in services, according to the latest Job Vacancy Barometer. After seven months of increases, the number of vacancies for blue-collar workers fell and the tourism sector reached a new historic high.more

New poll shows support for taking a fresh look at Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Voters believe nearly everything has got worse as a result of Brexit, from the economy and cost of living to the NHS.more

Iga Swiatek continues to lead the world tennis ranking, ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Magdalena Fręch, who won the tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, moved up to a career-best ranking of 32nd. Hubert Hurkacz is still in eighth place, with Italian Jannik Sinner leading the tennis ranking.more

After a chilly spell London is set fare this week with temperatures hitting 24C, says Met Office.more

Black universal credit claimants 58% more likely to get sanctions than white people, while mixed ethnic groups are 72% more likely, writes "The Guardian".more

Russia is aiming to win a war with Ukraine before 2026, as it expects the economic situation to deteriorate and problems with the recruitment of soldiers next year, writes the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), analysing a speech by the head of Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR), General Kyryla Budanov.more

Robert Lewandowski has had one hundred games for Barcelona. In them he has scored 63 goals and had 19 assists. The Polish footballer played this jubilee match yesterday, when his team smashed Girona 4:1 away in the Catalan derby.more

Situation potentially fuelled by people unable to access mental health services self-medicating, clinic founder says.more