The government is planning a crackdown on people who continue to claim child benefit after leaving the UK, in a move it expects to save £350m over the next five years.more

Colombian tennis player Emiliana Arango will be Iga Świątek's opponent in the first round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. Magdalena Fręch will play against Australian Talia Gibson, Magda Linette against American McCartney Kessler, and Kamil Majchrzak against Bolivian Hugo Dellien.more

The London police announced today that they had arrested 100 people as part of an operation to ensure safety during the Notting Hill Carnival. An estimated two million people are expected to attend the event, which begins tomorrow and runs until Monday.more

A new survey reveals almost a quarter of Britons (23 per cent) have witnessed a minor crime, such as shoplifting, but did not report it.more

The British Ministry of Defence announced today that it will purchase six Land Ceptor missile launchers for £118 million. With this purchase, the British Army will have twice as many mobile launchers as part of its Sky Sabre air defence system.more

US President Donald Trump said that ‘within two weeks’ it will be clear what will happen next with peace in Ukraine. He added that if there is no progress, ‘different tactics’ may be needed.more

There will be rolling strike action across the London Underground (LU) beginning on Friday 5 September for seven days, the RMT union has announced.more

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has agreed to allow Barcelona to play away in the first round of the Champions League group stage. The request from Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczesny's club was due to the fact that the Camp Nou stadium is still not ready for use.more

Stanisław Soyka, singer, pianist, violinist, composer and arranger, one of the most important artists on the Polish music scene in recent decades, died yesterday at the age of 66, according to Polish Radio.more

Baby food manufacturers must cut levels of salt and sugar in their products and stop promoting snacks for babies under the age of one, the government has said. The new guidance would also restrict the use of marketing claims that suggest health benefits without scientific evidence.more

Donald Trump intends to leave Russia and Ukraine to organize a meeting between their leaders without directly playing a role for now, according to administration officials familiar with the situation, taking a step back from the negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.more

Energy bills are now expected to rise in autumn, a reversal from the previously anticipated price drop, a prominent forecaster has said. Households will be charged £17 more for a typical annual bill from October as the energy price cap is due to rise, according to consultants Cornwall Insight.more

Many Western cities are facing a growing rat problem, with the animals reproducing faster than ever in a favourable climate, according to research published in Science Advances. Amsterdam, Toronto and New York, among others, are seeing an increase in the number of rodents, and experts warn that the phenomenon may worsen with global warming and growing mountains of waste in cities.more

Darren Cahill, coach of tennis leader Jannik Sinner, assured that the Italian is recovering and will be ready to defend his title in the US Open Grand Slam, which begins on Sunday.more

Notting Hill Carnival is set to take over the streets of London this weekend in a colourful celebration of Caribbean culture. Each year over a million people head to West London to take part in parades, listen to music and eat delicious food.more

Average renters in England are spending more than a third of their income on a home — with cities like London, Bristol and Brighton becoming less affordable, new figures show. People earning a median salary could expect to spend 36.3 per cent of their income on an average-priced rented home in England in 2024, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Barcelona player Robert Lewandowski, who turns 37 today, trained full-time with the team for the first time since August 8th, when he suffered a hamstring injury. The Catalan club will face Levante in Valencia on Saturday in the second round of the Spanish top flight.more

Misinformation about benefits, money and government policy has likely been seen by hundreds of thousands of people as fake news has been allowed to feature amongst Google’s top-ranking search results.more

A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but the government is processing cases faster, new Home Office figures show. This is an increase of 14% from the previous year, and it is higher than the peak of 103,000 in 2002.more

The UK Space Agency will cease to exist as an independent entity to cut the cost of bureaucracy, the government said on Wednesday. It will be absorbed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in April 2026.more

Russia announced yesterday that it has imposed an entry ban on 21 people whom it accuses of collaborating with "destructive British media" to spread – as Moscow claims – an anti-Russian narrative.more

The world's oldest living person is celebrating turning 116. Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Lightwater, Surrey, became the oldest living person in April following the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas aged 116.more

Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud lost to Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori 3-6, 7-5, 6-10 in the mixed doubles final of the US Open. The Italian pair were defending the title they won last year in New York.more

Violent political extremism is on the rise in Ireland, Irish police have warned after anti-migrant riots and arson attacks on asylum centres. The Gardai, which is responsible for both policing and state security, said it was maintaining vigilance against the threat, which has been fuelled by the far-Right on social media.more

Britain is in the middle of a wasp boom. Not only have they arrived earlier than expected, but there are more of them than in recent summers. Experts say 2025 is an excellent year for them.more

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced yesterday that the drone that crashed and exploded near Osiny in the Lublin region was a Russian provocation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will protest against the perpetrator, announced Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. The Lublin prosecutor's office is also investigating the explosion.more

London transport is undeniably iconic, but it's not all show, according to a new ranking of global cities' respective public transport infrastructures - it's go, as well. London ranked fifth place overall, in the ranking done by Conde Nast Traveller.more

From Sunday until the end of August, two Polish police officers will be serving alongside the Carabinieri on patrol in Venice and the surrounding area. Both officers are fluent in Italian, and their duties include supporting the Carabinieri in their dealings with Polish tourists, thousands of whom visit the city every year.more

Frenchman Adrien Rabiot and Englishman Jonathan Rowe have been put up for sale by Olympique Marseille following an altercation in the team's dressing room after the first round of the French football league. Their behaviour was described as ‘unacceptable’ in a statement.more

Locals in one of Britain's prettiest market towns say they are “lucky” and “grateful” to have such a thriving high street. Marlborough is a picturesque country town in north-east Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the historic road from London to Bath, and the River Kennet.more

The bank holiday weather looks full of uncertainty, with Hurricane Erin potentially bringing unsettled conditions from the Caribbean. But it's not all bad news, writes Sky News.more

American Jessica Pegula and Briton Jack Draper will face Iga Swiatek and Norwegian Casper Ruud in the mixed doubles semi-finals of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on Wednesday night (Polish time).more

Prices in the UK rose by 3.8% in the year to July, driven mainly by a jump in the price of air fares coinciding with the school summer holidays. That means inflation is at its highest level since January 2024 and still far above the Bank of England's target of 2%.more

New figures suggest that London's council taxpayers are contributing more than ever to fund local policing. more

The last batch of £1 coins bearing the face of the late Queen Elizabeth II is entering circulation, with more than 23 million of them destined for tills and people's pockets. The Royal Mint said the release of the final Elizabeth II coins, dated 2021 and 2022, marks "a pivotal moment in British coinage history".more

Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel, the only person in the world to have skied down all four eight-thousanders in Karakorum, including K2, is setting off for Mt. Everest for the third time and wants to make a historic ski descent from the world's highest mountain without the aid of bottled oxygen.more

From September 1st, Lidl employees in the UK will earn more. Thanks to the fifth pay rise in two years, Lidl will invest over £70 million in wages, according to industry magazine Grocery Trader. The new rates will apply across the UK and exceed both the real minimum wage and the London minimum wage.more

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that when assessing applications from people wishing to live in the US, it will check them for ‘anti-American views’ expressed, for example, on social media, according to today's “Wall Street Journal”.more

The town council in Epping, eastern England, received an order from the High Court yesterday stating that asylum seekers arriving at The Bell hotel must leave by 12 September, according to the BBC. Anti-immigration protests and counter-demonstrations have been taking place outside the building for weeks.more

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been named the Premier League Player of the Season for 2024/25 by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The Egyptian won the award for the third time, a feat no one has ever achieved before. He also triumphed in 2018 and 2022.more