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Inflation held steady at 2.2% in the year to August, despite a jump in the cost of flights. The rise in air fares was offset by lower fuel prices and prices in restaurants increasing more slowly, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Europeans will become less and less prosperous if the EU does not change its economic course. The Community must invest more in innovation by companies and people and reduce energy prices. This will require public investment, argued former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi during a debate in the EP in Strasbourg.more

For the third year in a row, Switzerland has taken first place in the US News and World Report's list of the world's best countries. The ranking takes into account dozens of different factors. The Alpine country has overtaken Japan and the United States in the list. Poland has placed 37th.more

There is expected to be another drop of around 52,000 primary school-aged children in the city by 2028, writes 'Evening Standard'.more

New poll shows support for taking a fresh look at Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Voters believe nearly everything has got worse as a result of Brexit, from the economy and cost of living to the NHS.more

Black universal credit claimants 58% more likely to get sanctions than white people, while mixed ethnic groups are 72% more likely, writes "The Guardian".more

Situation potentially fuelled by people unable to access mental health services self-medicating, clinic founder says.more

The number of transgender people living in the UK may have been overestimated by the 2021 census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed. Following the survey in England and Wales, it was reported that around one in 200 people aged over 16 self-identified as a different gender to their sex at birth.more

Poll of 2,000 adults found two fifths have only eaten fish in batter or breadcrumbs and some confuse fish with dogs.more

The percentage of supporters of the right to marry by same-sex couples has risen to 44 per cent in Poland. Almost one in four respondents supports the adoption of children by these unions, according to the CBOS survey.more

Homelessness and the housing crisis are having a “devastating impact” on Londoners and “wreaking havoc” on boroughs’ finances, councils have warned.more

A ban on junk food adverts being shown on TV before 21:00 will come into force on 1 October 2025, the government has confirmed. Labour said the watershed on junk food advertising would be enforced alongside a total ban on paid-for online adverts, both aimed at tackling childhood obesity.more

Plymouth is the highest performing city in the annual Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, with Bristol rising to second place and Southampton remaining in third place. Cities across the South West region lead the Index, with Plymouth, Bristol, Swindon and Exeter all being among the best performing cities, consistently scoring above the UK average for health & safety and skills.more

The number of people in Scotland whose death was caused by alcohol remains at a high level, with the largest number of deaths in 15 years. The latest figures from National Records of Scotland, (NRS) show 1,277 people died from conditions caused by alcohol in 2023.more

Campaigners have called on the Government to make Afro hair a protected characteristic to prevent race discrimination in schools and the workplace.more

One in three employees has been ridiculed in front of colleagues or faced psychological violence, according to the report "Bullying in the workplace" published in yesterday's issue of "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

Almost 10 million UK pensioners will lose their entitlement to state-funded winter heating subsidies. Keir Starmer's Labour government yesterday pushed through a drastic reduction in the number of people entitled to this benefit.more

Online platforms have overtaken TV channels as the most popular sources for news in the UK, according to figures described as a “generational shift” in viewing habits.more

Insider Monkey has created a ranking of countries that are the most desirable places to live, taking into account criteria such as quality of life, level of safety and satisfaction of residents. The list may surprise you, because the United States is in the last 30th place, and Poland is not there at all.more

Hundreds of survivors of crime are unaware that their perpetrators will be freed on Tuesday despite requests that this would not happen, the victims’ commissioner has claimed.more

Poland, next to France, is our most important neighbour, but Germans' knowledge of this country is still marked by prejudice and resentment, the German daily "Die Welt" said yesterday.more

Health Equity North shows that women in the north live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be an unpaid carer and to live in poverty than women in other regions of England. more

Over 300 bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in Oldham, with the unmarked site containing the remains of 145 stillborn children, 128 young babies and kids, and 29 adults. The grim finding in Greater Manchester emerged after a Royton woman conducted a hunt for her twin brothers' final resting place; they sadly passed away shortly after their birth in 1962.more

The Treasury expects the new full state pension to be boosted above inflation by more than £400 a year in cash terms.more

People in England are walking record distances, official figures show – but charities have said more needs to be done to get individuals on their feet. According to government data, the average walking journey increased in length last year, even as most other forms of day-to-day travel continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels.more