Train strikes may have hit a brief pause but engineering works are continuing.more

McDonald's is experiencing technical problems with some customers in Japan, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Austria unable to order food. In the UK, one franchise owner confirmed to the BBC that an IT issue had affected some of her 21 branches on Friday morning.more

Iga Swiatek has advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 1000-ranked tournament in California's Indian Wells. The leader of the world tennis ranking defeated Danish player of Polish origin Caroline Wozniacki 6:4, 1:0. Her rival was scratched due to a foot injury. The Pole's next opponent will be Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk.more

A rogue landlord who illegally converted a home into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. Pathfield Estates Ltd is required to pay £163,258 to reflect its financial benefit from breaching the enforcement notice at the property in Bounds Green.more

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to force Chinese owner TikTok to sell the platform in the US or block its operations. Donald Trump lobbied against the bill, while President Joe Biden announced he would sign it.more

Hackney Council has announced the event is going “back to its roots” on Sunday September 22, with a family-focused parade celebrating the borough’s diverse communities and creative talents. The carnival was previously cancelled in 2022 as a mark of respect following the death of her late Majesty the Queen.more

Neither the famous judoka Teddy Riner nor the football star Kylian Mbappe will be able to serve as standard-bearers of the French Olympic team during the opening ceremony of the Games in Paris - according to the criteria presented by the local Olympic committee.more

Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna has announced that prescriptions for free medicines for people 65+ and children and young people up to the age of 18 will soon be able to be issued by doctors without contracts with the National Health Fund.more

A mysterious monolith has suddenly appeared on a hilltop in Powys. The gleaming, silver structure was spotted by walkers on Hay Bluff, near the town of Hay-on-Wye on the weekend.more

Air quality in Europe has improved significantly over the past two decades, but the situation is still not ideal, scientists report in the journal 'Nature Communications'.more

A new briefing report from Hub staff at the Migration Observatory has been released looking at EU migration to and from the UK. It examines how many EU migrants are there in the UK and how the migration of EU citizens has changed since Brexit.more

The coach of the Italian football league team Lazio Rome, Maurizio Sarri, has resigned - officially confirmed by the Serie A team. His duties will be taken over by long-time assistant Giovanni Martusciello.more

Ministers have unveiled a new extremism definition under which certain groups will be blocked from government funding and meeting officials. It will apply to, but not criminalise, groups that promote an ideology based on "violence, hatred or intolerance".more

There was a rise in new outlets opened by UK chains last year, dominated by coffee drive-throughs, bubble tea shops and fast food restaurants, mostly located outside city centres. But they were not enough to outweigh the places where chains shut up shop, new figures show.more

Metro Bank is to end seven-day trading in all its branches and cut about 1,000 jobs after reporting losses. From 29 March, all 76 branches will close on Sundays and Bank Holidays, with more than half of them closing on Saturdays as well.more

Russia is clearly preparing for a long conflict with the West, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced in the European Parliament yesterday. Russia is not invincible, we can overcome this challenge if we pool our resources, he added.more

Borussia Dortmund, after a 2-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid, which eliminated Inter Milan in a penalty shootout, are the last quarter-finalists of the Champions League. The quarter-finals will also feature: Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal London, Bayern Munich and PSG.more

Foreign governments will not be allowed to own British newspapers and magazines, the British government announced yesterday, effectively closing the subject of the takeover of the 'Daily Telegraph', 'Sunday Telegraph' and 'The Spectator' by a consortium involving a company linked to the ruling family from the United Arab Emirates.more

Yesterday the European Parliament in Strasbourg adopted proposals to reduce food and textile waste across the EU. MEPs adopted their position on the proposed waste changes with 514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions.more

The UK government tabled a bill in parliament yesterday that would automatically erase convictions and award compensation to hundreds of postal workers wrongly convicted of financial embezzlement resulting from faulty computer software in postal facilities.more

Roman Polanski has been summoned to appear in court in California over allegations that he raped a minor in 1973. The director rejects the accusations "in the strongest possible terms" - informed the filmmaker's lawyer Delphine Meillet yesterday.more

Dawid Kubacki was 14th, Aleksander Zniszczol - 18th, Kamil Stoch - 19th, Piotr Żyła - 29th, and Maciej Kot - 30th in the Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Trondheim. Austrian Stefan Kraft won his 42nd individual victory in his career.more

The Princess of Wales is the nation’s favourite royal, according to a new poll. The Ipsos survey for The Standard found 38 per cent of Britons naming Kate as the royal they like the most, a finding unchanged on a year ago. She is particularly popular among women, with 44 per cent naming her as a favourite, compared to 32 per cent of men.more

Ukraine plans to conscript approximately 500,000 people into the army this year. recruits, of which 330 thousand The rotation is intended to relieve the burden on soldiers currently serving on the front, but the planned law to enable conscription is causing a lot of controversy, reported the British daily "Financial Times".more

Tory candidate Susan Hall has pledged to appoint a “women’s commissioner” and target sexual harassment on the Tube if she becomes mayor. Ms Hall, in a major policy announcement on Tuesday ahead of the May 2 election, outlined her determination to respond to the fears of many women walking home at night or while using public transport.more