Germany is set to pass a law next week that will require kindergartens to inform authorities if parents have failed to consult a doctor about vaccinating their children, with those who refuse advice subject to fines worth up to $2,800.more
Bavaria's state interior minister has said that Germany should allow minors who may be involved in Islamist groups to be placed under surveillance. "We have to be able to monitor them, too," he said.more
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said he had not been contacted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and dismissed a report that he was a "person of interest" in an FBI probe into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign.more
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) was commissioned to investigate the movements of the iconic birds of prey after a spate of disappearances. It found that 41 of 131 tracked birds disappeared between 2004 and 2016.more
Dublin's 30km/h speed limit is to be further extended to local roads in nine more zones in the city from midnight tonight. The city had already extended the "slow zone" to cover most areas between the canals at the end of March this year.more
Animal activists have put up a €4,000 reward for anyone with information on the identities of the men filmed dancing around student accommodation with what appears to be a dead dolphin.more
Concerns have been raised that the government is attempting to introduce a national identity card "by stealth".
This comes after it was confirmed that anyone applying for a passport or driving licence in the future will need to have a public services card.more
Pippa Middleton has called in lawyers after menus from her star-studded country wedding were put on eBay for £500. A seller using the name "guarko84na" advertised two tasteful cards - one marked "Pippa Matthews" and one "James Matthews".more
Tesco has become the first major supermarket to try phasing out 5p single-use carrier bags, meaning shoppers who don't take their own to store will have to buy bags for life. The retailer has launched the 10-week trial in its Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich stores and if successful, it could scrap single-use bags.more
Due to the death of Igor Stachowiak, the administrative procedure for the dismissal of 5 police officers from Wroclaw-Stare Miasto has been initiated.more
The Polish Seym passed a health care law yesterday that provides provisions to facilitate access to non-standard health and life-threatening treatments, and also provides that "day after" pills will be sold on prescription.more
A TD is calling for tougher anti-hate laws after racist graffiti was scrawled on a children's playground. Slogans including "Black C***s Out" and "N***ers" were painted on a playground in the Mac Uilliam estate in Tallaght - and posters promoting Africa Day in the Phoenix Park were also defaced.more
A woman has been awarded €40,000 after she slipped on a chip in the food court area of the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Dublin. Mother-of-four Lina Misiunaite said her ankle went over and she injured her knee as she walked through the food court.
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Cars, taxis and lorries are now banned from using the junction at Bank station between 7am-7pm on weekdays. Only select vehicles and cyclists will be allowed to travel through a busy London junction in an effort to reduce cyclist casualties.more
Police are working closely with the Polish community following a string of alleged hate crimes. Earlier this month, BoS reported members of Bedford's community felt they had experienced a rise in hate crime since Britain voted to leave the European Union.
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President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani is of the opinion that countries that do not accept refugees should be subject to infringement proceedings.more
Julian Assange has declared that "the proper war is just commencing" after Swedish prosecutors unexpectedly dropped their investigation into an allegation of rape against him, ending a torturous seven-year extradition battle that nevertheless leaves significant question marks over his future.more
The European Parliament has given its approval to the EC's new regulations on limiting the use of geoblocking, meaning subscribers to streaming services such as Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, Spotify and Deezer will be able to access their digital content while travelling elsewhere in the EU starting in the first half of 2018.more
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will not forgive and forget attempts to arrest him over rape allegations which led him to seek asylum in Ecuador's London embassy.more