International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned over the prime minister's cuts to the aid budget. In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer,, external Dodds said the cuts to international aid, announced earlier this week to fund an increase in defence spending, would "remove food and healthcare from desperate people - deeply harming the UK's reputation".more

Shorter journey with PKP Intercity from Warsaw to Rzeszów and to Wrocław. New connection between the Tricity and the capital. Changes in train services to Slupsk and in the Silesian Voivodeship. The timetable of some trains has been changed since Sunday 9 March. The adjustment will be in force until mid-June.more

Football referee David Coote has been suspended by UEFA until 2026 following an investigation into his cocaine use during the 2024 European Championship. The Englishman was filmed the day after the quarter-final between France and Portugal, which ended in a penalty shootout, was Coote's final match of the tournament.more

Tube fares are going up across the London Underground this weekend, with prices set to jump by 4.6%, while tram and bus fares remain frozen in the capital.more

Millions of households across London face growing financial pressure as annual price rises are rolled out in April. Energy and water bills, council tax, train fares, broadband, mobile, and even alcohol duties are set to increase on or around the first of that month, with billpayers urged to shop around for the best deals and investigate whether they are entitled to any discounts. more

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer invited over a dozen European leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, to a summit on Ukraine and security on March 2 in London, AFP reported on Feb. 28, citing Starmer's office.more

The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player's three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.more

Experts say the UK faces a youth jobs crisis after a rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (neets) to almost a million, the highest level in more than a decade. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were about 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were neets in October to December last year, up from 877,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023. more

The agreement between the United States and Ukraine, which is to be signed today during the meeting between Trump and Zelensky, provides for the creation of an Investment Reconstruction Fund, financed, among other things, from the extraction of deposits, including oil and gas, to which Ukraine will transfer 50 percent of the revenues from this, the portal European Truth reported.more

The number of people sleeping rough in England rose by 20 per cent last year as inflation and the housing crisis hit almost no part of the country, official figures released yesterday showed.more

French President Emmanuel Macron, on a two-day visit to Portugal, yesterday called on the people of the European Union to prepare for difficult times ahead, and appealed for EU countries to be guided by the principle of unity.more

On Friday, March 14, the fourteenth edition of the LSE SU Polish Economic Forum will begin in London – the largest and most important conference devoted to Poland organized outside its borders. This unique event will bring together several hundred ambitious Polish students from all over the world and guests from leading industries.more

Iga Świątek and Hubert Hurkacz will play together in the mixed doubles on the courts in Indian Wells. The Polish duo will take part in the charity Eisenhower Cup tournament on Tie Break Tens rules, which will take place on March 5 - informed Polsat Sport.more

I support NATO Article 5, but it will not be needed in Ukraine, said US President Donald Trump yesterday at a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The British Prime Minister declared his readiness to send troops to Ukraine.more

People who have already had norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, could be at risk of catching it again this season, experts from the the UK's Health Security Agency say. Data shows a different strain of the virus is on the rise and having had one strain doesn't necessarily protect you from catching another, they advise.more

A German court sentenced two Afghan men to several years in prison on Thursday for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament and killing lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Quran.more

A second runway at Gatwick Airport has been backed by government, providing measures to reduce noise are put in place. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "minded to approve" the expansion. Some MPs, local authorities and residents are strongly opposed.more

Poland has a 9 percent share in the global export of large household appliances and ranks second after China - according to a report prepared by the Association of Household Appliance Employers Applia.more

Opta's supercomputer predicts Liverpool to win the Premier League pretty comfortably and has them to finish on 87 points, seven clear of Arsenal.more

The oldest bus route to remain unchanged on the Transport for London network has been revealed. The route has not changed since the early 20th century, with it coming into service two years before settling on its permanent course.more

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK in 2024 has exceeded the previous recorded peak in 2002, according to the Home Office. The newly released figures suggest asylum claims were at their highest level since records began in 1979.more

Further details on London Underground lines eventually becoming driverless have been revealed by Transport for London. The updates come after the cost of converting three London Underground lines to a driverless service was shared by Sir Sadiq Khan at the end of last year.more

Real Madrid won in San Sebastian against Real Sociedad 1:0 in the first meeting of the semi-finals of the Spanish football Cup. The rematch in the capital is scheduled for 1 April. The winner of this two-legged match will play for the trophy against either Barcelona or Atletico Madrid.more

A focus on week nights, innovative markets and street food vendors could help London's night time economy, a City Hall report has said. As London's new Nightlife Taskforce begins work, a committee of London Assembly members has made recommendations in a report that it said would be "useful in driving forward our city's success".more

Around 40% of the workforce in Albania has emigrated abroad. This figure comes from the 2024 report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The report estimates that a significant portion of Albania’s workforce is employed in other countries, emphasizing that this massive movement has had a substantial impact on local businesses, which continue to lose workers.more