Summer McIntosh, a 16-year-old Canadian swimmer, broke the world record in the 400-meter freestyle in Toronto with a time of 3.56.08. The previous best result belonged to Australian Ariarne Titmus from last year at 3.56.40.more

The government is expected to announce today that two RAF bases - RAF Wethersfield in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire - will be used to house asylum seekers. Dominic Raab says "nothing is off the table" as boats and barges also considered.more

Travel providers in the Netherlands commonly mislead their customers, according to consumer association Consumentenbond. The organization's research shows that more than 8 out of 10 vacation trips cannot be booked at the price that is presented in the offer.more

Scotland's national team players at Hampden Park in Glasgow defeated Spain 2:0, with Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay scoring two goals. Seven European Championship qualifying matches were played yesterday in Groups A, D and I.more

Public satisfaction with the NHS has slumped to its lowest level ever recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. more

For Ukraine, there is no other way to end the war than to regain all occupied territories, but this is unlikely to happen this year, according to participants in the conference "The Russian invasion of Ukraine: journalists, war, refugees" held last night in London.more

The final coin in a collection celebrating 25 years since the first publication of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone has been launched by the Royal Mint.more

Magda Linette and American Bernarda Pera defeated Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and advanced to the doubles semi-final of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament on hard courts in Miami (prize pool of USD 8.8 million).more

Experts claim Ireland could become a cashless society within five years after contactless payments soared by almost a third in a year. A study conducted by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland found almost €18bn in contactless payments were made last year - the highest level recorded since 2016 and a jump of almost 32% on 2021.more

Humanity will reach its peak earlier than previously expected, but it will be lower than predicted, the Guardian newspaper reported, citing the latest Club of Rome report.more

The International Olympic Committee has restored the possibility for Russians and Belarusians to compete in individual sports under a neutral flag, provided that they did not actively support the war in Ukraine and are not associated with the army and military clubs.more

A new super-fast bus service has been announced creating a travel ‘superloop’ around London. Six new routes will be created and four incorporated into the network, complete with fresh branding.more

Young Japanese fathers are afraid of the reaction of employers and do not apply for parental leave, CNN reports, reminding that last year the number of births fell below 800,000 for the first time since the 19th century.more

144 connections, including nine new ones, are included in the summer flight schedule of Kraków Airport, which will come into effect from Sunday. From the capital of Małopolska, you will be able to fly to 106 cities. New carriers will appear: Turkish Airlines and Air Serbia.more

The cost of living crisis should start to ease within weeks, the Governor of the Bank of England said last night.more

Poland, France, Switzerland and jointly Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are applying for the right to host the Euro 2025 Women's European Football Championship, UEFA confirmed today. The choice of the host will take place during the meeting of the Executive Committee of this organization on April 4 in Lisbon.more

A CARLISLE area motorist annoyed by being given a ticket by a Polish traffic warden “slapped it” on to the woman’s shoulder and told her: “Go to Specsavers – and back to your own country.” more

Water firms have been encouraged to be more “creative” in how they charge customers to help them cut bills and save supplies. Under new Ofwat rules, Affinity Water, which supplies households across south-east England, will charge around 1,500 pre-selected households a cheaper rate for using a lower amount of water.more

The Eiffel Tower was closed this afternoon due to the strike against the pension reform, announced the management of the Paris tourist attraction ahead of the main demonstration starting today in Paris.more

The UK government has received 334 claims for Covid jab deaths, according to new data from the NHS Business Services Authority. Overall, most claims for harm caused by jabs were for AstraZeneca, then Pfizer, then Moderna.more

The International Soccer Federation will pay clubs $355 million to release players for the 2026 World Cup. A similar amount will be paid in 2030, according to the agreement between FIFA and the European Club Association (ECA).more

Four policemen were injured during an operation against drug traffickers near Alicante in eastern Spain. Six people were arrested, including one of Polish nationality, the interior ministry in Madrid announced on Tuesday.more

The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised. The move, based on a Security Service (MI5) intelligence assessment, follows a rise in dissident republican activity, including a gun attack last month on a senior police officer.more

Poles, Czechs and Slovaks prefer full-time employment, but Croatians and Hungarians want to work on their own, notes "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna", referring to a Eurostat survey that asked young Europeans what they think about setting up companies.more

Denmark's footballers in the qualifiers for the European Championship 2024 won 3: 1 in Copenhagen in Copenhagen, and on Sunday they lost 2: 3 in Kazakhstan. All five goals were scored by 20-year-old Rasmus Hoejlund, who has already been compared to Norwegian Erling Haaland.more