An increase in babies born to fathers over 60 helped trigger the first increase in the number of births in England and Wales since 2021. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed there were 594,677 live births in 2024, up 0.6% from 2023.more

Almost 2,200 dog attacks were recorded on Royal Mail staff in the UK last year, the organisation has said. The highest number of incidents occurred in the Sheffield and Portsmouth post codes, with 66 and 60 attacks respectively.more

This June in Spain was the hottest in the country's history, and the first heatwave of the season will last longer than expected, the state meteorological agency AEMET reported. France is struggling with 40-degree heat, while Portugal recorded as much as 46.6 degrees Celsius.more

The UK will be the first country in the world to use an AI system to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the Government has announced. The technology can identify patterns of abuse, serious injuries, deaths or other incidents that can slip through the net.more

Arsenal have signed goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from Chelsea for a fee of £5million ($6.9m). The 30-year-old Spaniard has signed a three-year deal at the Emirates and will be back-up to No 1 David Raya.more

According to an analysis conducted by experts from Personnel Service, production workers, forklift operators or warehouse workers who decide to work for a seasonal job in the Czech Republic, Norway or Germany can earn 80 to 100 percent more than in Poland. For example, forklift operators in Scandinavia can earn up to 3.1 thousand euros per month.more

Issues at an electrical substation which caused a fire that resulted in Heathrow Airport closing were first detected seven years ago but not fixed, a report has found. The investigation found that National Grid, which owns the substation, had been aware of a fault since 2018. more

Denmark on Tuesday expanded its military service to include women, as the Nordic country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defences amid heightened security concerns across Europe. Under a law passed by Denmark's parliament in June 2023, Denmark will require women turning 18 after July 1, 2025, to register for assessment days for potential military conscription, aligning with measmore

The European Union is blocking Britain's attempts to join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), which would ease supply chain problems for UK exporters, the Financial Times reported today, citing sources from both sides.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, President-elect Karol Nawrocki and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski found themselves on the podium in the trust survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of Onet. Fourth place went to outgoing President Andrzej Duda, and fifth to Confederation politician Sławomir Mentzen.more

Iga Świątek has advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The eighth-seeded Polish tennis player defeated Russian Polina Kudiermietova 7:5, 6:1 yesterday. Magdalena Fręch and Magda Linette have already said goodbye to the London tournament.more

England has had its warmest June on record, while the UK has experienced its second warmest since the series began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office statistics.more

Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields, as the latest UK heatwave pushes temperatures close to record levels.more

Kamil Majchrzak defeated Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the first round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The Pole advanced to the second round of this event for the first time in his career. The match lasted three hours and seven minutes.more

The royal train is going to be taken out of service by 2027, in a cost-saving measure announced by Buckingham Palace. There have been dedicated trains for monarchs since Queen Victoria's reign, but as part of a "drive to ensure we deliver value for money" it's been decided to decommission the historic rolling stock.more

Three former senior staff at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill seven others have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.more

Egyptians have begun tracking sharks in the Red Sea from space, Egypt Independent reported. Monitoring shark movements in real time will help understand the behavior of specific species, and could potentially reduce the risk of shark attacks.more

Local bus services in England have continued to decline despite attempts by successive governments to bolster investment in services, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report.more

Cezary Kulesza, who has been the president of the Polish Football Association for four years, was elected yesterday for another term. He was the only candidate during the General Assembly of Reporting and Elections of PZPN Delegates in Warsaw.more

Members of the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan had their visas revoked by the United States and are under investigation by local police after leading a crowd to chant “death” to Israel’s military at a UK music festival this past weekend.more

A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on 28 June 1967.more

Without additional help from the West, Ukraine could find itself in a critical war situation with Russia in the autumn, Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the British daily Financial Times, warned yesterday.more

British border police have seized 2.4 tons of cocaine with a value of almost £100 million ($137 million) in one of the biggest drug busts in years. The enormous haul was found under containers on a ship arriving into London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said.more

The surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea was 26.01 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the highest in June, the meteorological office Meteo France reported yesterday, citing data from the Copernicus programme, the EU's Earth observation programme.more

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The second-seeded Spanish tennis player, who was also the best in London in 2023, defeated Italian Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.more