Hedgehogs are now listed as “near threatened” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list after a decline in numbers of at least 30% over the past decade across much of their range.more

Warming-related human health risk indicators have reached new record highs, according to the latest edition of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report. Among other things, the number of heat-related deaths among people over 65 has increased significantly.more

Minimum wages will rise in April, with hourly rates for over-21s set to go up to £12.21 an hour, the chancellor has confirmed ahead of Wednesday's Budget. Rachel Reeves said the pay boost marked a "significant step" towards achieving Labour’s promise of a "genuine living wage" for workers.more

Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula and Czech Barbora Krejcikova will be Iga Swiatek's group rivals in the season-ending WTA Finals tennis tournament. The event will begin on 2 November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.more

M&S is adding self-checkouts to its changing rooms across 180 clothing stores. The company is hoping to have the new self-service checkouts installed in more than 100 stores by early 2028.more

UK businesses are losing staff working time because of waits for healthcare or caring duties due to underfunded public services, according to a poll of managers before Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget. More than half of 500 UK business leaders polled for the TUC said workers had to take time off in the last year because of problems accessing public services.more

New Brexit border checks are reducing consumer choice and compromising Britain’s food security, according to fresh produce sellers and plant growers.more

800 plus will be paid for every child as long as I am in charge of the work of this government. There will be no criteria, there will be no limits, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared yesterday.more

Table-leading Napoli players defeated eighth-placed AC Milan 2:0 away in the 10th round of the Italian Premier League, claiming their fifth league victory in a row. They already have a seven-point lead over defending champion Inter Milan, who will play against Empoli today.more

Organisers of next year's Oasis concerts have decided to cancel more than 50,000 tickets for the band's UK shows. The tickets in question are those that were resold online at inflated prices. The cancelled tickets will go on sale again.more

Democrat Kamala Harris' lead over Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential race has shrunk to one percentage point at 44 per cent to 43 per cent. - According to a Reuters/Ipsos election poll released yesterday.more

Evri and Yodel are the worst parcel firms at helping their customers, according to an Ofcom report. Two-thirds of people (67%) say they have had an issue in the last two months with a delivery firm, the annual Post Monitoring Report found.more

At least 51 people died as a result of flash floods that swept through the province of Valencia in eastern Spain yesterday, authorities in the region confirmed today. The death toll could rise, as services have not yet managed to reach everywhere.more

VfL Wolfsburg, with Kamil Grabara in goal and Jakub Kaminski playing from the 80th minute, beat Borussia Dortmund 1:0 at home after extra time in the 2nd round (1/16th final) of the German Cup.more

A fire broke out Tuesday night into Wednesday at a shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in northwestern Britain, where nuclear-powered submarines are being built, local police said. Two workers were taken to the hospital with suspected smoke poisoning.more

"Ukraine should exhume and rebury ethnic Poles murdered on its territory, regardless of the ongoing Russian invasion," Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in an interview with the Financial Times published yesterday.more

The bus fare cap in England will be raised to £3 in the upcoming Budget, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced. It is an increase on the current limit of £2 which was introduced under the previous Conservative government to help with the cost of living. The existing cap was due to expire at the end of December.more

AC Milan wants its own stadium in San Donato Milanese, on the outskirts of Milan, not a new San Siro, the president of the famous football club, Paolo Scaroni, said during a general meeting of shareholders.more

Employees of companies from Poland value a good working atmosphere in organizations (46%), as well as a scope of duties that corresponds to their interests (41%). Although, as they emphasize, flexibility of work is very valuable to them, 60% of respondents work entirely from the office - according to the latest Manpower study.more

Food firms should be forced to reveal how healthy or unhealthy their products are, to help people consume a better diet, an industry boss has said. Ministers should compel companies to publish an annual report so consumers can see how much of their sales is made up of dishes that contain too much fat, salt and sugar, Stéfan Descheemaeker also said.more

Next year, Venice intends not only to maintain the system of one-day admission fees to the city, but also to increase the number of days on which such a fee must be paid from 29 to 54. The tickets will be valid from April 18 and will apply to selected days when a significant increase in the number of tourists is expected.more

Rent in London is consuming between one and two-thirds of tenants incomes, significantly more than the rest of England and Wales.more

The chances of a fresh cut in interest rates from the Bank of England next week have been boosted by a report that shows shop prices falling at their fastest pace in more than three years.more

Manchester United has confirmed manager Erik ten Hag has “left his role” at the club after a poor start to the new season. The Dutchman took charge of the English Premier League giant in April 2022 and won two trophies during his time at the club: the Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024.more

The Budget will embrace the "harsh light of fiscal reality" but "better days are ahead", Sir Keir Starmer has said in a speech ahead of Wednesday's announcement. Speaking in Birmingham, the prime minister said his government would take "tough decisions", opting to raise taxes in order "to prevent austerity and rebuild public services".more