A drunk British man has been arrested at a Spanish airport after trying to open a plane door mid-flight. Spanish police were waiting when the plane touched down at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport and arrested the 28-year-old man.more

Rent prices have increased more in Brent than anywhere else in the UK over the last year. It costs £2,028 a month to rent the average home in Brent, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics which cover the year to April 2024.more

Poles living in Great Britain can register for the elections to the European Parliament, which will take place on Sunday, June 9, both in Poland and in the UK until tomorrow (June 4). Registration is possible via the e-Wybory electronic platform.more

The Conservatives have promised to rewrite the Equality Act so that protections it enshrines on the basis of a person’s sex apply only to their biological sex. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the "safety of women and girls" meant the "current confusion around definitions of sex and gender" cannot be allowed to continue. more

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin appears very confident the Kremlin is not looking for direct confrontation with members of the NATO alliance - and that Ukraine will prevail in the ongoing war.more

European retailers are rushing to place their Christmas orders early as soaring shipping costs and trade route disruption threaten holiday deliveries, experts say. For the last few months, vessels belonging to Western firms have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels backing Hamas in its war with Israel, driving shipping prices up.more

Hackers are attempting to sell what they say is confidential information belonging to millions of Santander staff and customers. They belong to the same gang which this week claimed to have hacked Ticketmaster. The bank — which employs 200,000 people worldwide, including around 20,000 in the UK — has confirmed data has been stolen.more

The ITAKA Foundation - Center for Searching for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is searching for Wojciech Lepicki.more

Moving out of London has been very attractive to people for several years now as living in the capital gets more and more expensive. There are many lovely commuter villages around but one 33 minutes from a major London station has just been named one of the best places to live in 2024.more

A new law that is being introduced means that every cat owner in England must do one thing before Monday, June 10 or face a £500 fine. The new law being introduced means that all pet cats in England must be microchipped by June 10.more

UK house prices have risen for the first time in three months, with the housing market showing signs of "resilience" against high mortgage rates. Nationwide said house prices were up 0.4% in May, compared to April, putting the average cost of a home at £264,249. Compared with May last year, prices were 1.3% higher.more

A British squadron of vintage aircraft will not take part in Wednesday's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, the Royal Air Force (RAF) said on Friday. This follows the crash of a Spitfire fighter jet in eastern England on Saturday.more

Hot air balloons will soar above London’s skyline later this year for the first time since 2019. The Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta will see up to fifty hot air balloons take flight across central London. Organisers of the event have earmarked July 7, July 21 and July 28 as possible flying dates. more

Living standards have been in the doldrums, a new report has suggested, with calls for any new government to help boost productivity. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), an independent think tank, said income growth had been slow for rich, poor, old and young. While events such as the pandemic and energy price rises had influenced the situation, the UK had fallen behind some other countries,more

A UK supermarket will use lasers to draw barcodes onto some of its avocados instead of using stickers, in a trial designed to help the environment. High-powered lasers will remove a tiny section of the top layer of the skin of extra large avocados sold at Tesco.more

More than 600 households in a Surrey village have been warned not to drink tap water after tests carried out by Thames Water following a previous fuel leak. The water company said it was issuing the advice as a precautionary measure for properties in Bramley, where there has been concerns over several months about the spill from a petrol station. more

A gang of Bulgarian fraudsters who “systematically plundered” the benefit system out of £54 million and enjoyed lavish lifestyles were jailed for between three and eight years on Thursday.more

Until next April people under new system can fill gaps in their NI records going back to 2006-07more

King Charles III of Great Britain will take part in Trooping the Color, a military parade combined with an army review scheduled for June 15 to celebrate the monarch's official birthday, Buckingham Palace announced.more

The trial of three men accused of murdering journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, Northern Ireland in 2019 has begun at Belfast Crown Court.more

The European Parliament elections are getting closer. Poles living in the UK can register and elect an electoral commission until June 4. The Polish Union in Great Britain encourages all compatriots in the UK to vote and reminds us that thanks to this we have an influence on the policy of the European Union.more

New supermarket "challenges" that reward shoppers with extra loyalty points for buying more could lead to overspending, consumer groups have warned. Four of the UK's biggest supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons - are now offering members of their loyalty schemes bonus points if they hit spending targets.more

The Covid pet boom is over and trading is “subdued” at leading player Pets At Home. It saw profits for the year down 14% to £106m in a “pivotal year” as its digital platform was launched to customers. But it thinks this year will be easier and appears unconcerned by a watchdog review into competition in the sector.more

New City Hall analysis shows that the number of no-fault evictions claims against private renters in London has jumped 52 per cent in the last year – more than five times the figure for the rest of England and Wales.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised yesterday that if his Conservative Party wins the July election to the House of Commons, he would scrap ‘rip-off’ degree courses, i.e. those with few career prospects, and spend the money saved on funding high-quality apprenticeships.more