'Mini heatwave' to hit London as temperatures to rise to 26C

A mini heatwave is set to return to London just days after heavy showers brought an end to a record-breaking dry spring. London could be hotter than a number of Mediterranean holiday destinations this weekend as temperatures could reach 26C.more

Spanish international Lamine Yamal, currently considered one of the best footballers in the world, has extended his contract with Barcelona until June 2031, the club announced. The players of the "Pride of Catalonia" are Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny.more

Tens of thousands of energy customers are set to receive payouts of up to £1,000 each, and could see debts written off, in response to the scandal over the forced fitting of prepayment meters. Energy companies are paying out more than £70m in compensation and financial support to customers.more

British author Lesley-Ann Jones has revealed that Queen frontman Freddie Mercury had a daughter with whom he maintained a relationship until his death in 1991, the Daily Mail reported. Her biography, Love, Freddie, will be released in September.more

Tesco's introduction of AI technology to some self-checkouts has led to customers joking that it bears a striking resemblance to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football.more

Contrary to media reports, Cristiano Ronaldo will not extend his contract with Saudi club Al-Nassr, which expires on June 30. The Portuguese football star, however, has no intention of ending his career.more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship completed its ninth test flight Tuesday, suffering a third consecutive mid-air explosion. The rocket flew farther than previous attempts but failed to complete a number of other mission milestones.more

Brits have been told to “stay home” for 48 hours after experiencing certain symptoms. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that you could still spread an “incredibly infectious” illness in the first two days.more

King Charles III delivered the Speech from the Throne, the government's exposé presented in connection with the beginning of a new parliamentary term after the election, in the Canadian parliament yesterday. The king emphasized his admiration for the Canadian identity.more

Eleven people remain in hospital after a car ploughed into a crowd of fans celebrating Liverpool FC's Premier League title in Liverpool on Monday. Doctors say they are in a stable condition and expect to recover.more

Chelsea London - one of the most successful football clubs of the last quarter-century - will fight for the triumph in the Conference League in Wrocław today. The English team already has eight European trophies to its name.more

Bulgaria says it is on track to join the eurozone in 2026, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Sofia expects the European Commission to confirm next week that the country meets the criteria required to adopt the euro, following a drop in inflation to 3.5 percent in April.more

Ministers are to delay introducing a ban on junk food adverts targeting children until 2026, sparking outrage among health campaigners. Labour made new rules prohibiting unhealthy food ads online and before 9pm on television a key election manifesto pledge, and after winning power it promised the ban would come into force across the UK on 1 October.more

The train journey time from Warsaw to Vilnius will be shorter by one hour from December, and it will be possible to get from Poland to the capital of Lithuania by three train connections a day - provides a letter of intent signed by PKP Intercity and the Lithuanian railways LTG Link.more

Hubert Hurkacz, seeded 30th, lost to Brazilian tennis player Joao Fonseca 2-6, 4-6, 2-6 in the first round of the French Open in Paris. The match lasted 100 minutes.more

When you think of London’s happiest places to live, boroughs like Richmond and Kensington and Chelsea might first spring to mind. But a new list of the UK’s happiest areas has named five slightly less obvious London postcodes amongst its ranks.more

Spaniard Xabi Alonso, who replaces Carlo Ancelotti, has signed a three-year deal and will be presented as manager at an event in Madrid on Monday; Alonso, 43, announced his Bayer Leverkusen departure earlier this month after a successful two-and-a-half-year spell at the German club.more

Food inflation rose for the fourth consecutive month in May, with wholesale meat prices increasing the cost of steak on supermarket shelves, latest figures show. Shop prices overall remained in deflation, at 0.1% cheaper than a year ago and unchanged from April, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Index.more

Full-time workers are claiming thousands of pounds in benefits by exploiting a legal loophole, The Telegraph can reveal.more

Far-right and nationalist forces are "knocking on the door of power" in Europe, and Sunday's presidential elections in Poland will be one of the tests for the pro-European mainstream, the British daily Financial Times said in a commentary on Monday.more

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed it will be restructuring routes of some of its bus services in central London after "careful consideration". These affect the 30, 205 and 27 routes and follows a public consultation held earlier this year which was held in a bid to make the services more efficient.more

In the final round of the Premier League, Manchester City, Chelsea London and Newcastle United secured their place in the Champions League, while Aston Villa will play in the Europa League and Nottingham Forest in the Conference League qualifiers.more

Poland ranks fourth in Europe in terms of toy production value. They are mainly sold to other EU markets, but in the last year their export to China has definitely increased the most - reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Parking in London can be tricky enough - make sure you don't break this rule. In cities like London, where narrow, old roads weren't built for the motor age, finding a parking spot can be a real pain. Motorists who regularly park by the roadside often struggle to squeeze their cars into tight spots.more

The EU is planning to introduce a new entry fee of up to €30 for non-EU citizens entering the Schengen area for short stays. The initiative is part of a wider effort to strengthen border controls and security.more

From a haven on the M3 to ‘depressing’ services on the M5,'The Telegraph' ranked motorway services across the land.more

Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid triumphed in the Golden Boot classification - an award for the best scorer in the European leagues during the season. The Frenchman scored 31 goals. Fourth place was taken by Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona - 27 goals.more

Yesterday, the fifth edition of the O’Czytani Literary Festival officially opened at BIBLARY – the Polish Community Centre and Library in Dublin. The event was organised in partnership with Dublin City Council as part of the official programme of Inclusion and Integration Week 2025.more

Four children were among dozens injured after a car was driven into a crowd of pedestrians who had watched Liverpool FC's open-top bus Premier League trophy parade. The people carrier struck a dense crowd on Water Street in the city centre at shortly before 18:00 BST - an attack not being treated as a terrorist incident by police.more

At the end of June, PKP Intercity will start running to Croatia, specifically to Rijeka, located in the northwestern part of the country. Although the port city located on hills has not been particularly popular among Polish tourists so far, thanks to the new rail connection, this will probably change soon.more

Iga Swiatek began her fight for a fourth consecutive and fifth career triumph at the French Open with a victory over Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova. In the first round of the tournament in Paris, the Polish tennis player, seeded fifth, won 6-3, 6-3.more

Britain has been named Europe’s work from home capital, with employees spending more days away from the office than in any other nation on the Continent. Workers in the UK spend an average of 1.8 days working from home each week, according to a new report from King’s College London, which was more time than all nations bar Canada – at 1.9 days – among the 40 nations studied.more

Robert Lewandowski scored two goals for a certain Barcelona title in a 3-0 won match against Athletic Bilbao in the 38th round of the Spanish Premier League. He finished the season with 27 goals. In total, he has 101 hits in this club, counting all games.more

London is expected to reach a high of 28C during 10 consecutive days of sunshine as a fresh heatwave hits the capital, according to BBC Weather and experts at Netweather. After a rainy last few days, a heatwave is set in from Friday, May 30 and run until at least Sunday, June 8 according to the latest forecasts.more

Russia has stepped up its airstrikes, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a single day, the Economist reported, warning that it threatened to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses. "Putin has absolutely lost his mind, and if he wants all of Ukraine, he will bring down Russia," Trump said.more

Officials have been probing whether the three Ukrainian-born men charged with arson or conspiring to commit arson were recruited by the Kremlin, reports claim.more

VfB Stuttgart players won the German Cup for the fourth time in history. In the final played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, a representative of the national league won with the third league Arminia Bielefeld 4: 2.more

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that after a conversation with the chairwoman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, he decided to stop applying 50 percent. customs duties on goods from the EU on June 1. Trade talks between the two parties are to resume soon.more

More than a third of UK consumers now use AI to shop, a 39% increase on last year, according to a survey. The annual Retail Report by financial technology platform Adyen found that some 35% of consumers say they have used AI to help them with their shopping.more

Poland has applied to join the multilateral Treaty on Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications. It was initiated several years ago by the Benelux and Baltic countries, the science ministry said on Thursday.more

Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 at home in the last round of the Spanish top division. It was already known that the hosts would finish the season in second place. Barcelona was the champion. Leganes will also be relegated to a lower league, alongside Real Valladolid and Las Palmas.more

Manchester Museum in Great Britain has been named the best European museum of 2025, it was announced during the annual European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) ceremony held in Białystok. There were 42 nominated museums from 18 countries.more

French tennis player Caroline Garcia has announced that she will soon end her career. She intends to still appear in the French Open Grand Slam tournament in Paris, which starts today, as well as several other events.more

South Western Railway (SWR) has been renationalised, making it the first train company to transfer to public ownership under Labour. The first nationalised service, from Woking to Surbiton, departed on time at 05:36.more

Temperatures in the seas around the UK and Ireland have soared in the past week with some areas now 4C warmer than normal, with potential implications for marine life and people going swimming.more

Some 21.2 million people with a history of migration lived in Germany last year, according to figures released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office. This is more than a quarter of Germany's population.more

Sunderland have ended their eight-year wait to return to the Premier League after beating Sheffield United 2-1 with an injury-time winner in the Championship play-off final.more

Sunny spring weather sent shoppers flocking to supermarkets and specialists such as butchers, bakers and alcohol outlets last month, fuelling the strongest quarterly increase in retail sales in Great Britain in almost four years.more

Travelers using the airport in Osaka, Japan, can rest assured about their luggage. Although tens of millions of passengers pass through it every year, not a single piece of luggage has been lost there for over 30 years due to the fault of the airport operator, employees of Kansai International Airport boast. It's all thanks to the baggage sorting system.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Novak Djokovic 7:5, 6:7 (2-7), 6:7 (2-7) in the final of the ATP tournament in Geneva. It was the eighth meeting of these tennis players and the eighth victory of the Serb, who yesterday won the 100th title in his career.more

For coupled up Londoners, the old adage of “first comes love, then comes marriage” has been turned on its head thanks to rising rents, stricter mortgage affordability tests and the financial pressures of saving for a home.more

The UK government is reportedly considering selling a post-Brexit border check facility in Kent that could fall out of use as a result of this week’s trade pact with the EU.more

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, a period that coincided with the start of US President Donald Trump's second term, CNN reported yesterday, quoting figures from the Home Office in London.more

The Danish Parliament decided on Thursday to extend the retirement age from the current 67 years to 70 in 2040. The country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has promised that this limit will not be raised again, despite further expected increases in life expectancy.more

Napoli's footballers have won the Italian championship for the fourth time. They secured the title in the last round, beating Cagliari 2:0 at home. In the table, the team from Naples were one point ahead of Inter Milan, who also won 2:0 away against Como.more

Cyclists and e-bike riders have been hit with criminal convictions and penalties of more than £400 each for flouting London’s traffic laws. City of London Police officers are deployed on bikes and the Met Police has a dedicated Cycle Safety team, with the aim of tackling the scourge of bikes whistling through pedestrian crossings and past red lights. more

Among the professions analyzed, the most respected by society are firefighters, nurses, skilled workers and miners. The least respected professions are: stockbroker, politician and influencer - according to a survey by the Public Opinion Research Center.more