Most dog owners are unaware that flea and tick repellents are harmful to water-dwelling organisms, suggesting that greater awareness could alleviate the problem, reports the journal ‘Science of The Total Environment’.more

Wimbledon is breaking with a 147-year-old tradition and line judges will be replaced by an electronic autocall system from next year, organisers of tennis' oldest tournament confirmed yesterday.more

The risk of heart attack, stroke and death is doubled for three years after Covid-19, a study just published showed. Such a prolonged relationship has not been observed in other infections such as influenza.more

Everyday shopping became more expensive in September by an average of 4.9 per cent compared to last September; the most expensive, by more than 10 per cent, were vegetables and fruit, according to the UCE Research report published yesterday. Bulk products - including sugar, salt and flour - are cheaper.more

Sixty of the wealthiest people in the UK collectively contributed more than £3bn a year in income tax, the BBC has learned. Each of the 60 individuals had an income of at least £50m a year in 2021/22, but many will have earned far more and probably pay large amounts in other taxes too.more

German Juergen Klopp will be in charge of football development at clubs owned by Red Bull, the Austrian conglomerate has confirmed. The 57-year-old coach parted company with Liverpool earlier this year after nine years and remained unemployed.more

UK travellers risk being stuck on planes after arriving at European Union (EU) airports once enhanced border checks are introduced, the boss of easyJet said.more

It is not so much the researchers of chemical processes as the developers of new computational tools to study them who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper gave science computational methods to design and predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins.more

A British auction house has withdrawn from sale human and ancestral remains, including shrunken heads and skulls, from communities across the globe after criticism from native groups and museums, the BBC reported today.more

Although the US services have deconfirmed a Kremlin-linked network of accounts designed to interfere in the US election, the Russians need not worry. No one does as much to promote disinformation as the owner of Platform X, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

Magdalena Fręch advanced to the 1/8 final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan, China, today. After a hard-fought battle of just over two hours, the Polish tennis player defeated eighth-ranked American Emma Navarro 6:4, 3:6, 6:3 in the second round. Earlier, Magda Linette also advanced to the 1/8 final after a cross from Ukrainian Lesia Curenko at 5:2 for the Pole in the first set.more

Former Foreign and then Home Secretary James Cleverly unexpectedly came to the fore yesterday in the election for the new leader of the Conservative Party, which lost power in the UK at the beginning of July after 14 years in government.more

The European Commission yesterday adopted proposed legislation for the digitisation of travel documents, namely identity cards and passports, for people travelling to and from the Schengen area.more

The UK yesterday imposed sanctions on the radiological, chemical and biological defence units of the Russian armed forces, their commander, Igor Kirillov, and two Russian defence ministry laboratories where chemical warfare agents are developed and produced.more

More than 5 million households in Sweden will receive a guide on how to prepare for war in November, Minister of Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin announced yesterday. The booklet - a version of the 2018 publication updated with Ukraine's experience.more

Volunteers are searching for an invasive species of bug which poses a threat to plane trees lining streets and parks in London and other cities. The Woodland Trust says a team of "Observatree" volunteers are supporting official survey activities to track the appearance of the plane lace bug, native to North America and now widespread in Europe.more

Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has announced that he will be out of action for several weeks. The defender suffered the injury in Sunday's Premier League match against Aston Villa (0:0).more

80 per cent of adolescents aged 15-16 years have already drunk alcohol, 78 per cent of whom are using beer. With each year of delayed alcohol initiation, the likelihood of alcohol dependence decreases by 14 per cent and the risk of abuse by 8 per cent. - according to a report prepared by the Institute for Aware People. At the same time, the percentage of adolescents convinced of the health risks omore

Europe's Copernicus Observatory reported yesterday that September 2024 was the second hottest September ever measured, after last year. Scientists estimate that the entire year 2024 will break the world record for heat.more

Magda Linette defeated number 11 seeded Russian Lyudmila Samsonova 6:2, 6:2 in the first round of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Wuhan, China. Her next opponent will be Ukrainian Lesia Curenko.more

Water companies have been ordered to return £158m to customers via lower bills next year after missing key targets on pollution and leaks. But most customers will only see their bills fall by less than £10. This is the fourth year in a row that firms have had to refund customers, prompting questions over the effectiveness of the regulator.more

Russia's intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate "sustained mayhem on British and European streets", the head of MI5 has said. Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions" in Britain as the UK continues to support Ukraine in its war with Russia.more

A record increase in the UK population has been driven by immigration, new figures suggest. The number of people resident in the country is estimated to have increased by 1.0 per cent in the year to June 2023 - the largest annual percentage since comparable data began in 1971.more

The scientists whose discoveries made machine learning and the development of artificial intelligence possible - American John J. Hopfield and Canadian Geoffrey E. Hinton - have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.more

The Palace of Westminster in London, which is the seat of the British Parliament, on Monday evening saw the opening of an exhibition prepared by the Institute of National Remembrance as part of the project ‘Trails of Hope. Odyssey of Freedom'.more