Record rain in the UK is leading to a rise in last-minute holiday bookings, travel agencies report. Bookings in July for travel in August more than quadrupled, according to Advantage Travel Partnership, which represents about 20% of travel agents.more

A 64-year-old Texas resident was injured after a hawk tried to retrieve a snake it had dropped on her, the BBC television website reported yesterday.more

Andres Iniesta, the former world football champion, has joined Emirates Club. The UAE-based club announced the transfer on social media. The Spanish midfielder had previously been linked with Inter Miami.more

As we all know, London is full of fantastic parks. As one of the greenest cities in Europe (in terms of number of park spaces, anyway), there are apparently over 3,000 leafy R&R zones in the capital. But did you know that one of them is apparently the best in the entire UK? more

After a temporary attack of autumn aura, weather forecasts are kinder to tourists who are considering a trip for a long August weekend. The sun and holiday temperatures will return. No wonder that the list of towns with the largest number of inquiries sent to facilities includes primarily seaside towns.more

You have to look at restaurant bills carefully because there can be surprises on them - this is the comment in Italy on an incident at a restaurant in Liguria, where €2 was added for an extra plate requested by a mother for a small child to give him some of her portion of pasta.more

Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian onslaught in Ukraine mean the UK is likely to experience five years of lost economic growth, leading economic think-tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) warned yesterday. more

The waiting list for hospital treatment has topped 7.5 million people in England for the first time. It means nearly one in seven of the population is on an NHS waiting list for routine treatment, including hip and knee operations.more

The accidental disclosure of the personal details of all members of the Northern Ireland Police Service (PSNI) raises great concern that they may be targeted by republican militias. Some police officers have already announced that they will not be able to continue their service.more

The Faroe Islands, rivals of the Polish national football team in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, are in a particularly combative mood after local Klaksvik won again in a Champions League qualifier, this time 2:1 against Norway's Molde FK. Both goals were scored by Arni Frederiksberg, hailed as a national hero.more

Many countries, including the UK, are considering legislation to protect social media users from the psychological damage they can cause. The censored one was especially the Meta concern, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. However, scientists from the Oxford Internet Institute have not found any evidence of the harmful effects of social media.more

The woman began to serve as a rabbi in the city of York, located in the north-east of England. The local Jewish community has not had a spiritual guide for 823 years, jewishnews.co.uk reported.more

Spain's population reached a record high of 48.3 million people in the second quarter of 2023, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) in Madrid, indicating that 135,100 people arrived between April and June this year.more

Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland has donated 1,000 special football parcels to the youngest male and female footballers living and training in his home municipality Time.more

The Prince and Princess of Wales will take the lead on tributes to Queen Elizabeth II on the anniversary of her death, it is thought.more

The President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Muhammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan proposed that his country could host a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported for the French-language daily L'Orient-Le Jour published in Lebanon. .more

Remote work has grown faster in Ireland than anywhere else in the EU, new statistics show. more

West Ham United have accepted terms on a deal with Premier League football rivals Manchester United for English defender Harry Maguire. The transfer fee is expected to be around £30 million, the media reported.more

British authorities have confiscated three luxury properties worth more than £20m, belonging to imprisoned Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the late Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, Radio Swoboda reported.more

For the first time in history, a mother and daughter will be on the same spacecraft. Anastatia Mayers and her mother Keisha Schahaff won the competition on Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight. The Galactic 02 mission will launch from New Mexico today.more

Britain has reached an agreement with Turkey to combat illegal immigration and break up gangs involved in people smuggling, the British government announced. However, the agreement does not include the sending back to Turkey of illegal immigrants from this country, whose number is increasing.more

Iga Swiatek defeated Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova 7:6 (8-6), 6:2 in the second round and advanced to the 1/8 final of the WTA 1000 hard court tournament in Montreal. Hubert Hurkacz defeated Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 5:7, 6:3, 6:0 and advanced to the third round (1/8 final) of the ATP 1000 hard court tennis tournament in Toronto.more

Kobieta doznała poważnych obrażeń, gdy zaatakował ją rekin przy plaży w Nowym Jorku – poinformowały władze nowojorskie.more

Hillingdon Council has expanded banning orders on 'anti-social' behaviours which now includes using speakers being played in town centres and placing tables, stands and signage in certain areas. Doing so could land offenders with a £1,000 fine if prosecuted. more

Zoom, the video communications company whose name became synonymous with remote work during the pandemic, has ordered staff back to the office.more