The Bank of England (BoE) raised the main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point. percentage, to 5.25 per cent, which means that the cost of credit in the UK is now at its highest in 15 years. The bank has signaled that it will maintain the policy of raising rates until inflation is lowered to the set target of 2%.more

The local government of Catalonia (Generalitat) recalled that the current Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination Law does not allow access to public pools to be restricted to topless women or those wearing full-body covering burkinis.more

Rents in London may soar to more than £2,700 a month on average next year, new figures have revealed.more

One of American soccer's most prominent players, seven-time NFL League champion Tom Brady has become a new shareholder in Birmingham City FC. The 46-year-old announced his decision on social media.more

Four Nigerians attempted to reach Europe as stowaways - instead, to their surprise, they made it to Brazil, the BBC news portal reported on Wednesday. They traveled at the helm of a merchant ship and in a cramped space above it.more

British sculptor Hywel Brân Pratley has made public his design for a monument to Elizabeth II. It will be the first official monument to the queen erected in Britain after her death. It is unusual in that the monarch will have a corgi dog at her feet, a breed of which she was a fan. The sculpture is nearing completion and will stand in the town of Oakham in central England.more

Energetics have taken off in recent years. Their sales during the pandemic increased by as much as a billion zlotys. The ban on the sale to children does not please the trade, reports "Rzeczpospolita."more

There’s a horrible imbalance in the rental market right now. Landlords have been persuaded out of the business in droves, by rising mortgage costs, increased legislation and punitive tax rules.more

Murders in London have become increasingly more “ferocious”, Scotland Yard’s top homicide detective has said.more

Greenpeace activists climbed onto the roof of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house today and covered it with an "oil-black" kirem from the chimneys to the sill in protest of the decision to grant new licenses for North Sea oil and gas extraction, the organization announced on its channel on platform X (Twitter).more

Argentine Lionel Messi is not slowing down. He scored two goals for Inter Miami, and his team defeated Orlando City 3:1 and advanced to the 1/8 finals of the Leagues Cup, which involves clubs from the US and Mexico. In total, the famous soccer player has already scored five hits in three games.more

Austria refuses to take a tougher stance toward the Kremlin, citing its neutrality. Today, almost as much Russian natural gas enters Austria as before the war. Since the invasion began, €7 billion has flowed from Austria to Moscow for gas alone. And Raiffeisen Bank already handles nearly half of international payment transactions from Russia, the German portal RND reveals.more

One in 50 Londoners are now homeless and the capital’s housing crisis is becoming “unmanageable”, it was warned on Thursday.more

The Russian Navy began exercises in the Baltic Sea yesterday with the participation of, among others, 30 ships and 30 aircraft, Reuters reported after the Russian Defense Ministry. Some 6,000 troops are taking part in the maneuvers.more

Traditional TV viewing in the UK has seen its sharpest ever decline over the past year, according to Ofcom. more

KI Klaksvik's players eliminated Sweden's BK Haecken Goeteborg in the second round of Champions League qualification. The first match ended in a goalless draw. In the rematch, two goals were scored by Arni Frederiksberg. After overtime it was 3:3, and the Faroese champions won after penalty kicks 4-3.more

11 female residents of India, employed to collect garbage and earning the equivalent of $3 a day, smashed a lottery jackpot reaching $1.2 million, the BBC news website reported.more

A new interactive map shows the London boroughs with the most takeaways, and two London areas top the list. Westminister and Camden have the most fast food outlets compared to the population, the data shows. more

The Greek government, in cooperation with local authorities, will offer a week's free stay in Rhodes next spring or fall for tourists who had to flee the island in July because of the fires, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Micotakis said in a statement to British ITV.more

Hubert Hurkacz and American Frances Tiafoe lost to Britain's Lloyd Glasspool and Finland's Harri Heliovaara 3:6, 6:7 (5-7) in the second round of doubles (quarterfinals) of the ATP tournament in Washington. Earlier, the Polish tennis player fell in the singles competition.more

Dr Chris Papadopoulos, the Principal Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bedfordshire, spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk after a reported rise in Covid cases in the UK.more

Meta will launch a group of chatbots, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and possessing different "personalities" with which the company's 4 billion platform users will be able to have conversations. For example, the company is considering creating a chatbot that will mimic President Abraham Lincoln, the "Financial Times" reported.more

Westminster Council said it had received more than five thousand complaints between April 2021 and May 2023, most of which were noise related. more

Rakov Częstochowa's players advanced to the 3rd round of the Champions League qualifiers, where they will face Cyprus' Aris Limassol. In the return match of the second round, they tied 1:1 (0:0) away against Azerbaijan's Karabakh Agdam. In the first meeting, Rakov won 3:2.more

A grand jury in Washington yesterday filed four charges against former President Donald Trump, accusing him of illegally acting to reverse the outcome of his election loss.more