Yang Guang and Tian Tian - the only two giant pandas in the UK - returned to China on Monday after spending 12 years on loan at a zoo in Scotland.more

Britain's new Home Secretary James Cleverly yesterday set out a five-point plan to significantly restrict legal immigration to the UK. His key points include raising the minimum wage required for a work visa and abolishing the ability of care workers to draw family members.more

Jeremy Hunt’s decision to increase the national living wage by 10pc could lead to employers making redundancies or scaling back hours, the boss of recruitment giant Reed has warned. more

Dani Carvajal has joined the ranks of the many Real Madrid players currently injured. The experienced Spanish national team defender has suffered a calf muscle injury and is unlikely to play until at least the end of the year.more

The Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing plant in north-west England was already hacked in 2015 by cybercrime groups with close links to Russia and China. It is still unclear whether the malware was removed from the system, 'The Guardian' daily revealed yesterday.more

In the town of Oymyakon in the Siberian republic of Yakutia, the temperature has dropped to minus 58 degrees Celsius, Reuters reported today. The perceived temperature is forecast to be even lower - minus 63 degrees - due to humidity and wind.more

British workers are missing out on £10,700 a year after more than a decade of weak economic growth and high inequality, according to a major report warning that UK living standards are falling behind comparable rich nations.more

Barcelona's primary goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is complaining of chronic lower back pain. According to Spanish media reports, doctors are offering the 31-year-old German national team goalkeeper two treatment options.more

The Russian special services believed that inciting anti-Turkish demonstrations in major European cities could contribute to stopping the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, according to investigative material from the Finnish Yle television.more

More than 60 flood warnings are in place across England as snow gave way to heavy rain. more

UEFA's Control, Ethics and Discipline Committee cancelled part of the fines imposed on Legia Warsaw after the first match against Aston Villa in the Conference League, won 3:2 by the Polish vice-champions at home on 21 September. The capital club only has to pay for blocking passes - €16,000.more

Barcelona City Hall has approved the renaming of streets in the Catalan capital, removing the names of saints: Raphael, Magdalena, Agata and Rosa. Their place will be taken by the names of feminist activists, the Spanish city authorities reported.more

The UK's ruling Conservative Party is primarily losing voters not to Labour, but to Reform UK - the party founded by leading Brexit advocate Nigel Farage. The reason is that the Conservatives are seen as too soft on stopping immigration.more

"We are out of money for Ukraine and almost out of time," - wrote White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) chief Shalanda Young in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday. She warned that if Congress does not pass a new appropriations package for Ukraine by the end of December, the administration will not be able to deliver aid to Ukraine.more

Real Madrid's Englishman Jude Bellingham was awarded yesterday for his triumph in the Golden Boy poll for the world's best under-21 footballer, organised since 2003 by Italian magazine Tuttosport. Past winners include Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.more

As part of a new agreement being finalised between the UK and Rwanda to return illegal migrants to the African country, British government lawyers could sit in Rwandan courts, the BBC and the 'Daily Telegraph' reported yesterday.more

The inhabitants of Cappadocia, located in central Turkey, have been living underground for thousands of years and will cope best with the colonization of Mars - says Prof. Osman Ozsoy.more

Britain will lose 23,000 free-to-use cash machines in less than 10 years as credit and debit cards become the default payment method, the boss of the UK’s ATM network has warned.more

The winner of next year's European Championship in Germany could be up to €28.25 million richer, the European Football Union (UEFA) announced after the Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg. This is the amount the champion will receive if it wins all three group stage matches.more

After weekend transport chaos in Bavaria caused by heavy snowfall, the EVG railway workers' union and the Pro Bahn passenger association criticized the railways' susceptibility to disruptions. "The slogan 'We ride in any weather' no longer has any credibility," said EVG chairman Martin Burkert to the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper.more

Airline easyJet is installing special post boxes at airports across the UK to fly children’s Christmas letters to Santa. The service was launched as easyJet expects to fly around 200,000 families during the festive season.more

The UCE RESEARCH study shows that in the three quarters of this year. 38.4% of respondents received dental treatment only in private medical care centers, and just over 18% visited a dentist only under the Fund. Commenting on the survey results, experts predict that the hybrid model will be increasingly chosen because patients have clearly started saving on private care.more

Ryanair has been criticised for a "ridiculous" and "disgraceful" add-on charge where some customers are reportedly having to pay a fee to access their digital boarding pass. The budget airline already charges for add-ons such as checked baggage and booking a seat in advance.more

Barcelona, in whose colours Robert Lewandowski played the entire match, defeated Atletico Madrid 1:0 at home in the 15th round of the Spanish football league. This moved them up to third place in the table.more

Royal family members who “trash” the institution could be stripped of their titles under a new law proposed by a Conservative MP. Bob Seely took aim at Harry and Meghan as he outlined his hopes to bring forward legislation in the House of Commons.more