The police have detained the son of the wife of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Berg Hoeiby, who violated a court order prohibiting him from approaching the women he had wronged.more

Erling Haaland might have fallen just short of more history on Saturday, but he is well on his way to making more. The 24-year-old sensation scored two first-half goals in Manchester City's 2-1 win over Brentford on Saturday. With the brace, Haaland has now racked up nine goals this season — after just four games.more

Poll of 2,000 adults found two fifths have only eaten fish in batter or breadcrumbs and some confuse fish with dogs.more

The percentage of supporters of the right to marry by same-sex couples has risen to 44 per cent in Poland. Almost one in four respondents supports the adoption of children by these unions, according to the CBOS survey.more

Homelessness and the housing crisis are having a “devastating impact” on Londoners and “wreaking havoc” on boroughs’ finances, councils have warned.more

The West is afraid to talk about shooting down Russian missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a conference in Kiev on Friday. During his speech, he declared, among other things, that he would meet with US President Joe Biden in September and present him with his plan to end the war.more

A ban on junk food adverts being shown on TV before 21:00 will come into force on 1 October 2025, the government has confirmed. Labour said the watershed on junk food advertising would be enforced alongside a total ban on paid-for online adverts, both aimed at tackling childhood obesity.more

Fifth-seeded Magdalena Fręch defeated Canadian Marina Stakusic 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals of the WTA 500 tennis tournament on hard courts in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her next opponent will be the higher-ranked French Caroline Garcia.more

Illegal migration to Europe via the central Mediterranean route has fallen by 35 per cent this year compared to 2023. - AP reported on Friday citing UN data. At the same time, more people are trying to reach the Canary Islands and the route across the eastern Mediterranean to Greece.more

Plans include £450m worth of improvements, including more lifts and a new upper concourse.more

The popularity of Polish fruit abroad is growing. Last year we were their seventh largest supplier in Europe, reported the ‘Puls Biznesu’ yesterday.more

The cost of the bearskin caps worn by Royal Guardsmen guarding Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace in London has risen by 30 per cent in a year and now exceeds £2,000 apiece, the UK Ministry of Defence admitted on Thursday.more

Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the WTA tournament in Seoul, which starts on Monday. ‘My physical condition has not yet recovered from the US Open,’ she - conveyed the leader of the women's tennis ranking, as quoted on Tennis Korea.more

They tested how to separate drunken worms from sober worms, spooked cows to check milk leaks from their udders, and unmasked fake centenarians - the authors of the bizarre and hilarious research received statuettes and $100 trillion at the 34th Ig Nobel ceremony.more

UK national debt is on course to treble over the next half a century due to several pressures, according to the government’s official forecaster. Those pressures include an ageing population, climate change, and rising geopolitical tensions, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said in a report.more

A shop workers' union has won a Supreme Court battle against Tesco over so-called "fire and rehire" plans put forward by the supermarket giant. The row erupted in 2021 after Tesco proposed firing staff at some distribution centres and rehiring them on lower pay.more

After the break for national team matches, and before the Champions League starts in its new format, there is a quiet round in the football leagues in Europe. There will be no shortage of blockbusters this weekend, with the London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal seeming the most interesting.more

Palestine Action claims responsibility as windows smashed and graffiti daubed in red paint at 11 branches of high street bank.more

Vodafone and Three have rejected claims by the UK's competition watchdog that their proposed merger would lead to higher prices for millions of mobile users. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has "provisionally concluded" the deal would weaken competition between mobile networks.more

The UK Foreign Office said today that Russia's withdrawal of the accreditation of six British diplomats is the result of action taken in relation to Russian activity and that the accusations made by the Federal Security Service are completely unfounded.more

Around 600 members of gangs operating in Sweden are hiding in 57 countries, including Poland, from where they carry out their criminal activities, according to a report by the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish police.more

The Irish Data Protection Commission announced yesterday that it has launched an investigation to determine whether Google complied with European Union privacy laws when developing one of its artificial intelligence models.more

Fifth-seeded Magdalena Fręch defeated US tennis player Ashlyn Krueger 3:6, 6:3, 6:1 and advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 hard-court tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her next opponent will be Canada's Marina Stakusic.more

The hack is understood to have potentially exposed the bank account details of about 5,000 passengers.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that if the West allows Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles, it will mean that ‘NATO countries are at war with Russia’.more