Nearly half of respondents cite a higher salary as the most important reason for changing jobs, according to the 54th edition of the Labour Market Monitor survey published on Tuesday. Salesmen and cashiers were the most frequent job changers, it added.more

Broadband and mobile phone bills will rise by an inflation-busting 7.9pc for millions of customers this spring. Most operators – including BT, Three, EE and Vodafone – are bringing in another wave of price rises in April, increasing the average annual bill by £27 per year.more

Chelsea London's players at Stamford Bridge defeated second-tier Middlesbrough 6:1 in the return match of the semi-final of the League Cup in England. The Blues had succumbed 0:1 in the first clash and will face either Liverpool or Fulham London in the final at Wembley, which they will play today.more

“Devastated” family and friends will stage a march across Portsmouth in memory of a “wonderful” Waterlooville Polish woman whose death sparked a police murder probe.more

The first two NHS patients to receive a new type of weight-loss pill have been treated in Somerset. The patients were given a capsule that contains a gastric balloon that is then filled with water.more

Real Sociedad San Sebastian's footballers were the first to advance to the semi-finals of the Spanish (King's) Cup. They beat Celta Vigo 2:1 away yesterday evening. Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona will play Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals away today.more

The UK's Royal Mail could limit letter delivery to five or even three days a week, or slow down delivery to three days or more, telecoms and postal services regulator Ofcom said today.more

"Oppenheimer" by Nolan - with 13 nominations - became the nomination leader for the 96th Oscars. 11 nominations went to Lanthimos' "Poor Creatures" and 10 to Scorsese's "Time of the Blood Moon". Glazer's British-Polish-American co-production 'Zone of Interest' is up for five awards.more

Police have confirmed the names of four people from the same family who were found dead at a house near Norwich. Police said the deceased were Bartlomiej Kuczynski, 45, Kanticha Sukpengpanao, 36, Jasmin Kuczynska, 12 and Natasha Kuczynska, nine.more

Udinese have been punished by playing one match without a spectator for racist behaviour by fans towards AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan during Saturday's Serie A match, the Italian football league's disciplinary committee has decided.more

The current season of flu and other respiratory infections is the most severe in Italy in 15 years, announced the national association of clinical microbiologists. This year, there have been a combination of over 8 million cases of flu and other illnesses, including Covid-19.more

The British government yesterday once again extended - until February 8 - the time that Northern Irish parties have to form a common government. The political stalemate in this province has been going on for almost two years, although the short extension of the deadline suggests that its end may be near.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev 6:7 (4-7), 6:2, 3:6, 7:5, 4:6 in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam Australian Open. The match lasted four hours without a minute.more

Proclaimed King of Denmark in mid-January, Frederick X will travel to Poland on his first foreign trip from 31 January to 2 February, the Danish royal court and foreign ministry announced yesterday.more

Britain does not seek confrontation with Yemen's Houthi rebels, but will strike again if their attacks on ships in the Red Sea continue, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday.more

Putin will not get Alaska back, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stated yesterday. In doing so, he referred to Vladimir Putin's Friday decree regarding properties abroad that belonged to the former Russian Empire and the USSR.more

The famous Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah is to return to England to recover from the injury he suffered during the African Cup of Nations, his agent Ramy Abbas confirmed. The Liverpool striker may not play in this tournament again.more

People in Aberdeen are a total of £45,000 worse off since 2010 after suffering the worst growth performance in the UK over the last decade, according to a report exposing the dangers of dependency on the fossil fuel industry amid the climate crisis.more

From the latest analysis entitled "PRICE INDEX IN RETAIL STORES" shows that in December this year. prices in stores increased by an average of 5.6% y/y. For comparison, in November they went up y/y. by 6.7%, and in October – by 8.1%. Therefore, the pace of price increases is clearly slowing down. This should continue in the coming months, although a decline cannot be expected.more

2023 was a year in which we saw the rise of AI, a continued cost of living crisis, and the King’s coronation. We saw fewer HR changes, with many of the more significant pieces of legislation being moved to 2024. So, if the legislation goes ahead as planned, we are set for a far busier 2024 on the HR front, says Sue Tumelty - the Founder and Executive Director of HR Dept.more

Coco Gauff, the defeater of Magdalena Fręch in the 1/8 final, has advanced to the semi-finals of the Grand Slam Australian Open in Melbourne. The number four seeded American tennis player defeated Ukraine's Marta Kostiuk today. In the men's section of the tournament, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the semi-finals. Today, he defeated American Taylor Fritz, seeded number 12.more

Domestic energy prices will fall by 16% in April, according to a prediction by consultancy Cornwall Insight, bringing some relief to billpayers. It said the annual household bill when using a typical amount of gas and electricity was expected to drop from £1,928 to £1,620.more

The UK's biggest airports are set to miss the deadline for installing new advanced security scanners that will end the 100ml limit on liquids. The government told major airports to have the high-tech equipment in place by 1 June 2024. more

Inter Milan defended the Italian Super Cup by beating Napoli 1:0 in Riyadh, with Argentine Lautaro Martinez scoring the goal in the first minute of added time. Piotr Zielinski and Hubert Idasiak watched the match from the Napoli team's substitutes' bench.more

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared a list of 15 banks and building societies in which benefit claimants' accounts can be monitored under new powers.more