Energy bills will fall in April by nearly £300 a year for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity, a leading forecaster says. Consultancy Cornwall Insight has predicted a 15% drop, taking the typical annual bill to £1,635 - the lowest in more than two years.more

Iga Swiatek advanced to the final of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Doha without stepping on court. The Pole's semi-final opponent, former world number one Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic, withdrew today.more

Health officials have launched an investigation to determine why cases of tuberculosis have increased in England. The largest increases have been seen in London, as well as urban centres of the West Midlands and North West, officials said.more

The new names of London's six Overground lines have been revealed, significantly changing the look of the famous Tube map. Last August, Transport for London (TfL) announced it wanted to give the routes distinct identities to make it easier for passengers to navigate the network.more

According to Spanish media, Real Madrid will not extend Luka Modric's contract expiring at the end of the season. This means that the Croatian footballer will, after 12 years, leave the 'Königsberg' team, with which he has won the Champions League five times and won many other trophies.more

Every police force in England and Wales is being handed a share of £66 million to ramp up patrols in areas plagued by anti-social behaviour. The Government funding is expected to allow each of the 43 forces to launch uniformed patrols for up to an estimated 20,000 hours a year in so-called “hotspot” areas where there are high levels of violence and disorder.more

The board of Russia's prison service announced today that Alexei Navalny, the leader of the anti-Kremlin opposition and considered the most important opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in a gulag.more

The UK's ruling Conservative Party suffered two successive heavy defeats in yesterday's House of Commons by-elections. The losses will intensify the pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and show that there are virtually no safe constituencies left for the Conservatives.more

World ranking leader Iga Swiatek advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. The defending Polish tennis player defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6:4, 6:0.more

The principle of "one for all, all for one" contained in the North Atlantic Treaty fully applies to us, assured the head of British diplomacy, former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who was in Poland yesterday in an interview for TVN24.more

Much to Brussels' disappointment regarding immigration, the new pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk does not intend to change much in relation to the policy pursued by the Law and Justice government - said the British newspaper "Daily Express" yesterday in a commentary.more

As prosecutors this week charged two teenagers with murdering the mother of one of the leaders of a criminal group, Swedish police expect a new wave of gang violence.more

Reports of antisemitic incidents in the UK reached a record high last year, according to figures from a Jewish security charity. The Community Security Trust (CST) recorded reports of 4,103 anti-Jewish hate incidents in 2023, up from 1,662 in 2022 and almost double the previous record of 2,255 hit in 2021.more

The Polish national football team has moved up from 31st to 30th place in the latest FIFA ranking. World champions Argentina remain the leader, ahead of France and England. There was no change in the top 10.more

The Residential Tenancies Board has said it will resume charging late fees to landlords who fail to register a tenancy on time — more than a year after suspending the penalties due to significant delays and backlogs. The regulator said the move comes after it had “worked continuously to address the issues and concerns raised by users of the platform”.more

The number of sick leaves issued for mental and behavioural disorders is increasing, these include depression, neurosis and reactions to severe stress, according to data from the Social Insurance Institution. In 2023, the Social Insurance Institution received 8.7 per cent more such exemptions than in 2022.more

In the decades spent waiting to ascend to the throne, King Charles has always ensured he maintained a strict diet and rigid daily exercise routine. The 75-year-old monarch was diagnosed with a form of cancer on Monday, after a check up last month found an unrelated, enlarged prostate that proved to be benign.more

In the north-western Spanish city of Vigo, there are more dogs and cats than children and adolescents, according to regional government statistics published by Atlantica TV.more

Poland's national football team will play in a two-legged qualifying round for Euro 2024 in Germany in March, but the Polish Football Association (PZPN) must already be preparing for possible participation in the tournament. Three potential bases have been selected - near Bremen, in Berlin and Dortmund.more

The UK fell into recession during the final three months of last year, official figures show, after the economy shrank by more than expected. Gross domestic product - a key measure of economic activity - dropped by 0.3%.more

A mother-of-three has warned “the right to fall in love with a foreigner is something that only rich people can have” as incoming Home Office visa changes threaten to split her family up. Families which face uncertainty over the “draconian” measures are presenting petitions, which have garnered more than 250,000 signatures, to Downing Street on Valentine’s Day.more

Tube insiders on Wednesday raised alarming new concerns about the state of the Central line — and warned that passengers faced years of chaos due to “inexcusable” delays in upgrading the clapped-out trains. Whistle-blowers contacted the Evening Standard to reveal a multitude of “foreseeable” problems on the line caused by years of under-investment.more

Bayern Munich's players unexpectedly lost to Lazio 0:1 in Rome in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain won confidently, beating Real Sociedad 2:0 at home. The replays in these pairs will be played on 5 March.more

The Conservative Party, which has been ruling in Great Britain for 14 years, is in danger of falling into political irrelevance after this year's elections to the House of Commons. According to a poll published yesterday by the Daily Mirror, it would only have 80 of the 365 seats won in 2019.more

We cannot show the same weakness towards Vladimir Putin as we did towards Hitler in the 1930s, because the same will come for more, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote yesterday, calling on American congressmen to adopt the aid package for Ukraine.more