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More than 100 dangerous dogs a month on average have been destroyed since XL bullies were banned nearly a year ago, the BBC has learned. Police forces in England and Wales say the costs of kennelling thousands of seized dogs, often for months at a time, have risen sixfold to £25m a year and many facilities were at capacity.more

Fewer foreigners are committing crimes, and a significant decrease – by as much as one third – concerns citizens of Georgia, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today. The newspaper asks why such a big change and explains that those who break the law are more often deported from Poland.more

The government and regulators have broken the law by being too lenient on water companies that spill sewage, the UK's environment watchdog has found. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said sewage releases should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances, such as during unusually heavy rainfall, but that "this has not always been the case".more

European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling €251 million on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts. more

The European Commission is taking the British government to court over alleged violations of the rights of EU citizens in the UK, a decision that ​casts a cloud over Keir Starmer’s attempted post-Brexit reset.more

A London court today sentenced to 33 and 40 years in prison the father and stepmother of slain 2023. 10-year-old Sarah Sharif. Last week, a jury ruled that the couple were guilty of murdering and cruelly treating the girl from the man's first marriage.more

The UK today imposed sanctions on 20 oil tankers that were illegally carrying Russian petroleum products, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced. He added that his government would provide £35 million (US$44 million) to Ukraine to repair its energy infrastructure, which has been targeted by Russian attacks.more

The European Commission yesterday launched a procedure against Poland for failing to conduct mandatory alcohol testing of pilots and cabin crew at airports.more

A British court yesterday handed down a guilty verdict against a woman who doused the leader of the right-wing populist Reform UK party Nigel Farage with a milkshake during the election campaign. The sentence includes a 13-week suspended prison sentence, community service and payment of £150 in compensation.more

Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK – more than a million a day – leading to an “environmental nightmare”, according to research.more

EU countries have approved changes to EU regulations that are intended to make it harder for drivers who commit road offences in another member state to avoid liability. Countries are to strengthen cooperation in identifying perpetrators and collecting fines.more

EU member states have today approved a new regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). According to it, all packaging must be recyclable by 2030, and the sale of single-use cosmetics or spices packaged in plastic will be banned.more

UK high street retailers have been accused of recruiting young workers as store assistants without basic employment rights over the busy Christmas period.more

A new definition of mobbing, higher compensation for employees, additional obligations for employers and more radical regulations prohibiting discrimination or harassment - we read in Money.pl about the changes being prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy.more

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy yesterday called on Washington authorities to investigate suspicious drone activity detected near important facilities in their states. There are nearly a million registered drones in the US, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official.more

British police arrest environmental protesters at nearly three times the global average rate, research has found, revealing the country as a world leader in the legal crackdown on climate activism.more

Norway's parliament passed a new abortion law yesterday, extending the period in which a woman can decide to terminate her pregnancy from 12 to 18 weeks. The center-left coalition's bill was supported by the People's Party, the Conservatives, and some of the right.more

EU interior ministers decided today in Brussels to abolish travel controls at land borders with Bulgaria and Romania from January 1, 2025. Both countries have been seeking entry into the full Schengen zone since joining the EU in 2007.more

The Northern Ireland assembly has voted to continue with the special Brexit trading arrangements for another four years. It means Northern Ireland will retain some EU trade laws as a means of maintaining an invisible border on the island of Ireland, despite continued opposition in some unionist quarters.more

From 8 January 2025, US citizens travelling to the UK will need to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA). From April, this will also apply to Europeans who are not UK residents.more

More than 200 stalking offenders released from prison will be GPS tagged by March 2026 under a pilot scheme from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. People who have served custodial sentences for stalking offences will be tagged with a tracking device under strict licence conditions, City Hall said, to "protect victims and help prevent reoffending".more

Home Office has postponed transition to digital visas but campaigners fear ongoing technical problems could cause travel chaos, writes 'The Guardian'.more

London and Berlin have signed an agreement allowing German people smugglers organising the transport of migrants across the Channel to the UK to be penalised. So far, German law has not provided for sanctions for smuggling people into non-EU countries, the BBC reported today.more

Marriages between first cousins would be banned in the UK under a proposal to be tabled in Parliament. Conservative former minister Richard Holden said such marriages have been linked to a higher rate of birth defects and can also “reinforce negative structures and control women”.more

Images of arrested people who were innocent of any crimes are still being stored in a police database that may be used for facial recognition purposes, an official report has warned.more