A special team of guards will begin patrolling the historic center of Venice. As every year, they will ensure that tourists respect the city and its monuments and behave with dignity.more

12 percent of workers know someone who has lost a job in the past year due to automation in the company, according to the "Polish Labor Market Barometer." Accelerating robotization is one impetus for workers to acquire new competencies, it added.more

England, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all had one of their respective top 10 wettest Marches on record since 1981, according to Met Office numbers. more

Corriere dello Sport suggests that Roma coach Jose Mourinho has received a €120m offer to coach for two years in Saudi Arabia.more

The King has not ruled out the possibility of paying reparations for the Royal family’s historical links to the slave trade after he gave his backing to a new research project into the matter.more

Top-secret Pentagon documents with details about the war in Ukraine have been published on at least two social media sites, Twitter and Telegram.more

A teenager accused of killing a 14-year-old boy cannot remember what his movements were during a group attack, a jury heard.more

Ferrari have submitted a petition for review to the FIA of the penalty that dropped Carlos Sainz from fourth to 12th at the end of the Australian Grand Prix, team principal Frederic Vasseur has confirmed.more

The World Health Organization said Friday that it expects to be able to declare an end to the COVID-19 pandemic sometime in 2023 as the illness becomes more like seasonal flu.more

NHS leaders in the South West say they are concerned about meeting patient demand ahead of several days of juniors doctors' strikes and bank holidays.more

Juventus have been ordered to close part of their stadium for their next home Serie A match against Napoli by an Italian sports judge after Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku was racially abused during Tuesday's Coppa Italia semi-final.more

In the province of Girona in Catalonia, adult siblings have been trapped in a small house in the woods all their lives, according to Spanish media. The daily newspaper “El Punt Avui” and television SIC indicate that the parents are under investigation.more

Police in Northern Ireland have said they have "strong" intelligence terror attacks are being planned against their officers on Easter Monday.more

Defending men’s CEV Champions League Volley crown-holders from 2021 and 2022 Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle made it to their third consecutive Super Final after a 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 27-25) away win over Italy’s Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia at the Pala Barton on Thursday.more

The French army fears a scenario in which its soldiers, due to a lack of sufficient security personnel, will be called upon at the last minute to provide security for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.more

London football club Chelsea announced on social media that Frank Lampard will be interim manager until the end of this season. He will replace Graham Potter, who was sacked on Sunday.more

King Charles has handed out Maundy money for the first time as monarch during a service at York Minster. The ancient ritual traditionally takes place on the Thursday before Easter Sunday every year. Last year Charles represented his mother Queen Elizabeth II, who withdrew from the service because of mobility problems. more

In Belgium, supermarket prices rose by a record 20% in March. compared to the previous year. Consumer organizations are demanding that the government freeze prices, reports the Brussels Times.more

Every fifth company does not pay its contractors on time, often because it does not receive payments from customers itself, according to the study "Overdue invoices in Polish enterprises". For 68% of enterprises, payment backlogs are a barrier to running a business.more

A new tax year has now started with calls for people to be "diligent" with their finances due to tax, pension and benefit rules.more

Players from Russia and Belarus should not be allowed to play after the invasion of Ukraine, believes Iga Świątek. "Tennis has missed an opportunity to send a strong signal to Moscow," the world ranking leader told the BBC.more

A siren will go off on nearly every smartphone in the UK on Sunday 23 April, the government has announced. The 10 seconds of sound and vibration at 15:00 BST will test a new emergency alerts system.more

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing today, allowed the possibility of holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Reuters and AFP agencies reported from an anonymous source in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.more

Around 90 officers from the London Metropolitan Police's Serious Crime and Prevention of Terrorism Units have been deployed to purge those who should not be on the force, Commissioner Mark Rowley has announced.more

Spanish rally champion Pepe Lopez lost his driving license due to exceeding the limit of penalty points and had to withdraw from the entire Supercampeonato series, where he was to defend his title.more