More than half of the UK Home Office's asylum refusals are later overturned by judges, and most of those who fail to successfully appeal remain in the UK anyway, but the authorities do almost nothing to deport them, Sky News revealed.more
The addition of the deadly xylazine in THC oil vaporisers and in counterfeit, illegally distributed tranquillisers like diazepam and codeine is being detected in the UK, researchers from London's King's College University found, the Guardian reported yesterday.more
Robert Kubica, who is competing in the prestigious WEC (World Endurance Championship) this year in the colours of the AF Corse team behind the wheel of a Ferrari, will drive in Barcelona at the first round of the European Le Mans Series in the Orlen Team AO by TF team at the weekend.more
Tesco has said price pressures on grocers have eased as it reported bumper sales and profits for the past year.
The UK's biggest supermarket chain said pre-tax profits hit £2.3bn, up from £882m, while sales rose by 4.4% to £68.2bn in the year to 24 February.more
Aleksandra Bielakowska, an advocacy worker with the international organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in Taipei, was detained at Hong Kong airport and deported six hours later without specific reasons.more
From next year, the UK will hold regular joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region, with the aim of increasing security there, the UK Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.more
The Israeli side agreed to an agreement according to which 150,000 Palestinians would be returned to the north of the Gaza Strip. However, Israel believes that the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas will not agree to such a proposal, Reuters reported, citing Israeli government sources.more
Paris Saint-Germin players lost 2-3 to Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski in the squad, and Atletico Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinals. Rematches between these pairs are scheduled for April 16.more
About 15 Ted Baker stores in the UK will be shut down, including shops in London Bridge and Milton Keynes, leading to nearly 250 job losses, joint administrators of the collapsed British fashion retailer said on Monday.more
Poland was ranked 23rd in the ranking of the most attractive countries for investors in the world - according to the FDI Confidence Index ranking prepared by Kearney experts. Among emerging markets, Poland ranks 7th.more
Sadiq Khan has made a direct plea to the one million EU citizens living in London to support him in May's mayoral election - the last time they could be allowed to vote before new Brexit rules come into force. more
Hubert Hurkacz won against Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 7:5, 7:6 (7-4) in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Monte Carlo. The fight lasted two hours and seven minutes.more
El Salvador is offering citizenship to 5,000 highly skilled foreigners, the president of this small and poor Central American country, Nayib Bukele, known for his successful campaign against organised crime, announced on Saturday.more
A large food market is being planned for Oxford Street as part of the ongoing mission to stamp out American-style candy shops and "tacky" souvenir stores blighting the area. Some 19 restaurants will set up over two floors in a new food court next to Marble Arch if the project wins planning permission next week. more
Poles' assessments of the material situation of their households have improved; 52 per cent say they live at an average level, according to a CBOS survey published yesterday. A modest life was indicated by 14 per cent of respondents, while 1 per cent said they were living very poorly.more
Goncalo Feio has become the new coach of Legia Warsaw's footballers. The 34-year-old Portuguese, who replaced Kosta Runjaic, has signed a contract until the end of the 2024/25 season. "We want to save what we can now. We are fighting for a place in the top three," announced the club's sporting director Jacek Zieliński.more
Starting salaries for permanent staff grew at the slowest rate in over three years last month and spending on temporary workers fell by the most since July 2020, recruiters said on Monday, adding to signs of a slowdown in Britain's job market.more
Assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. more
A Russian disinformation network has made a series of false claims about the British royal family in its ongoing information war with Ukraine. Among the incorrect allegations being made by pro-Kremlin campaigners is the suggestion circulating on fake news sites that King Charles has sold his royal residence Highgrove House to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for £20m.more
Last year, police in Germany recorded the most crimes since 2016. According to statistics, the authorities recorded 5.94 million crimes. This represents an increase of 5.5 percent compared to the previous year.more
Bayer Leverkusen, who are unbeaten this season, versus West Ham United, whose goal is guarded by Lukasz Fabianski - this is the most attractive contest in the quarter-finals of Europa League football. The first matches will take place on Thursday and the rematches on 18 April.more
Scottish police are unable to cope with the deluge of reports of real and imagined hate crimes coming in after a new law on the matter came into force and may have to drop prosecutions for some other crimes, UK media report.more
The French government wants the patient to have to pay a fine of five euros for medical visits that were not due to the patient's fault. The penalty for failing to see a doctor when the appointment was not canceled at least 24 hours in advance would go to the doctor's pocket. The regulations may come into force in 2025.more
People with long Covid have evidence of continuing inflammation in their blood, which could help understanding of the condition and how it may be treated, a UK study suggests. It found the presence of certain proteins increased the risk of specific symptoms, such as fatigue, in people sick enough to need hospital treatment.more
