Local child poverty rates across the UK correlate very strongly with the percentage of families affected by the two-child benefit cap, research has found, indicating that the controversial policy is a key factor behind children growing up in deprivation.more

Franz Kafka's deep insecurity about his work is the focus of a letter coming to Sotheby's in which he describes his problems with writer's block. In this moving and personal letter, addressed to his friend Austrian poet Albert Ehrenstein, Kafka confesses that he can no longer write.more

There are as many as 49 district electoral commissions in Great Britain where Polish citizens can vote in Sunday's elections to the European Parliament. This is almost one sixth of all foreign district electoral commissions.more

A host of pubs across the capital have put pint prices up by more than 20% since the start of last year, an Evening Standard analysis has found, while it can cost more than £3 more for the same beer in different parts of the capital. If a group of four friends each got a round in, that could add as much as £50 to the total bill.more

A body has been found in the search for TV and radio presenter Dr Michael Mosley on the Greek island of Symi. The 67-year-old went missing on Wednesday after setting off on a walk from Agios Nikolaos beach.more

Oxford University has announced it is to hand back a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint to India. The almost 60cm-tall bronze statue, which depicts Tirumankai Alvar, had been on display at the university’s Ashmolean Museum.more

The Duke of Sussex has been granted permission to appeal against the dismissal of his high court challenge over a change to his level of personal security when he visits the UK.more

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron conducted a video interview with a person impersonating former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the Foreign Office reported yesterday.more

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document.more

Two retirement-age activists from the group Just Stop Oil disrupted Britain's “wedding of the year” yesterday by spraying powder from a powder extinguisher at people gathered outside Chester Cathedral, where the marriage of Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, was being celebrated.more

The best place to live in London has been named by MyLondon readers - and it probably won't come as much of a surprise to most. According to our readers, Richmond Upon Thames in South West London is the best place in the city to live, and with its upmarket style, leafy green spaces and great transport links, it's easy to see why.more

Rents for new lets have increased by 6.6% in the year to April, but this is the slowest annual rise for two-and-a-half years, according to Zoopla. The property portal said the average rent on a new let had risen by £80 a month compared with a year earlier. Although demand had eased, there were still 15 people on average chasing every home for rent.more

The UK construction sector’s recovery gathered pace in May as it grew at the fastest rate for two years, according to new data. Building firms said momentum improved on the back of rising workloads, which drove them to take on more staff and buy more materials.more

Elections to the European Parliament will be held in Poland this Sunday. On the same day, Poles living in Great Britain who registered on the electoral roll by June 4 will be able to cast their votes at 49 polling points designated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.more

Amazon has said it will now offer grocery deliveries to all UK customers, after previously only offering the service to Prime members. The retail technology giant said customers in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK would now be able to get same-day delivery without needing to be a member of its subscription service.more

The Nordic countries are “way ahead” of the UK in telecoms infrastructure and the government should look again at planning laws to help improve poor connectivity, the boss of BT has said.more

Wales has been named the second best country in the world for recycling and is within touching distance of the top spot, new analysis shows. Wales is listed just behind Austria in the global rankings, with both countries managing to recycle 59% of their waste.more

Franciszka Themerson documented the wartime experience in a poignant way and now, with the wars close at hand, her work takes on added significance, says Hilary Floe, curator of the Polish artist's exhibition opening in London.more

Earlier this year, the Guardian quoted Conservative MP Danny Kruger as having said the country was in a worse state than it was in 2010 when the party first came to power. With an election a month away, Rishi Sunak’s re-election chances look very shaky given that the public overwhelmingly agree with Kruger’s assessment.more

Imperial College London has been ranked as the UK’s top university and the second best in the world, beating Oxford and Cambridge for the first time. A new international league table reveals that Imperial has ended years of Oxbridge dominance, and risen from sixth place to second in the world – behind only Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology (MIT) in the United States.more

A cyber-attack thought to have been carried out by a Russian group has forced London NHS hospitals to resurrect long-discarded paper records systems in which porters hand-deliver blood test results because IT networks are disrupted.more

Eight in 10 primary schoolteachers in England are spending their own money to buy items for pupils who are increasingly arriving at school hungry and without adequate clothing, according to new research.more

The First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething lost a vote of no confidence in the local parliament yesterday. Although it was non-binding and Gething has stated that he does not intend to resign, it will be difficult for him to continue in power effectively.more

On Tuesday, Lieutenant Mieczysław Frąckiewicz (John Franklin), radio operator of the 304th Bomb Squadron, the oldest in Great Britain - and perhaps the last - veteran of the Polish Air Force, died.more

Yesterday, King Charles III of Great Britain, paying tribute to the soldiers who took part in the Normandy landings 80 years ago, emphasized that thanks to their sacrifice, "tyranny was replaced by freedom." "We are all their eternal debtors," recalled the British monarch.more