Taking to the skies in its unmistakable white and orange aircraft, EasyJet is celebrating 30 years since its first ever flight from Luton Airport to Glasgow. Since 1995, the budget airline has massively grown its business and brand – in part thanks to the TV documentary Airline.more

Catherine Connolly was sworn in yesterday in Dublin as the tenth President of Ireland, following her victory in the general election on 24 October. In her inaugural address, she announced that her first official trip would be to Northern Ireland.more

Famous Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, a Barcelona legend, secretly visited the club's modernised stadium, Camp Nou, where he hopes to play again.more

The Mayor of London is urging people to avoid websites selling fake tickets to the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks display. Sadiq Khan says using anything but official partner Ticketmaster will lead to scams and overinflated prices.more

The rate of UK unemployment has risen to 5% in the three months to September, showing signs the jobs market has weakened, according to new official figures.more

Former FC Barcelona and Spain footballer Andres Iniesta is suspected by the Peruvian public prosecutor's office of large-scale fraud. Investigators suspect that his name and image were used to attract investors for events that did not take place, according to “El Espanol”.more

The British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reported that organised crime groups have begun illegally manufacturing counterfeit weight loss drugs on an industrial scale, according to a report in today's “Guardian”.more

The European Commission is demanding that the UK contribute between €4 billion and €6 billion to the €150 billion SAFE EU armaments programme, according to yesterday's “Telegraph” newspaper, citing EU sources.more

Canadian David Szalay, who lives in Budapest, author of the novel ‘Flesh’, received the 2025 Booker Prize yesterday at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London. Polish readers had the opportunity to get to know him as the author of the books ‘London’, “Turbulence” and ‘What is a Man’.more

From tomorrow (12 November), passengers will have to use a digital boarding pass generated in the app during check-in, Ryanair reminds us. This means that it will no longer be possible to download and print paper boarding passes for this airline.more

A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has woken in hospital and spoken with his wife for the first time. Samir Zitouni, 48, was a member of the catering crew on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on 1 November when an attacker struck as it passed through Cambridgeshire.more

Goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski from Karabakh Agdam and defender Bartosz Bereszyński from second division Italian club Palermo have been additionally called up to the Polish national football team for November's World Cup qualifiers against the Netherlands and Malta, according to the Polish Football Association (PZPN).more

The European Union has begun setting up a new intelligence unit to improve the use of information gathered by EU countries' services; the new body will operate within the European Commission's General Secretariat, the “Financial Times” reported today, citing sources.more

BBC chairman Samir Shah admitted yesterday that the editing of Donald Trump's remarks, published a week before the US presidential election, was an "error of judgment." In a statement sent to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Shah apologized for the error.more

Yesterday evening, footballer Robert Lewandowski became the first Pole in history to symbolically light up the legendary Empire State Building in New York with the Polish national colours. He expressed his pride in being Polish.more

Plans have been unveiled for a new free dental surgery in East London that could treat more than 5,000 patients in one of the UK’s worst-affected areas for oral health. A new, free dentist surgery could open in Barking town centre if council leaders approve funding this week.more

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from jail, three weeks into a five-year prison term for taking part in a criminal conspiracy. He will be subject to strict judicial supervision and barred from leaving France.more

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka finished her second consecutive year at the top of the world tennis rankings. Iga Świątek is second, and American Coco Gauff is third. Meanwhile, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz overtook Italian Jannik Sinner and is once again the world number one.more

As summer's heat gives way to autumn's crisp arrival across the British countryside, many are swapping seaside trips and outdoor dining for forest walks and country strolls. But for those hunting for something truly special this season, an incredible castle just under an hour and a half's drive offers visitors what feels like stepping straight into a fairy tale.more

Whistleblowers of large-scale tax fraud will soon start to receive millions of pounds in exchange for information under a new US-style incentive programme that is the first of its kind in the UK.more

In the first match of the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated Australian Alex de Minaure 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.more

London is in full autumnal season as leaves of every colour transform its royal parks, while cascades of falling leaves have led to disruption on Tube lines. So far in November, temperatures have remained unusually mild for this time of year, staying firmly in the double digits and the trend looks set to continue for another seven days, before the cold ushers in. more

The Home Secretary is set to announce a major shake-up of the immigration and asylum system later this month, the BBC has learned. Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system - seen as one of the toughest in Europe. It is understood officials have been looking at Denmark's tighter rules on family reunion and restricting most refugees to a temporary stay in the country.more

Two prisoners are still at large after being mistakenly freed last year, the BBC understands. Another two, who were set free in error in June 2025, also remain missing. Details of the four erroneously released prisoners are emerging as ministers face growing pressure over a number of high-profile mistaken releases.more

Russia could open a second front in Europe before the war in Ukraine ends, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the British newspaper The Guardian. He believes the lack of real successes by the Russian military may contribute to this.more