An impatient Ryanair passenger shocked fellow travellers when he forced his way out of the emergency exit when he got fed up of waiting to alight the plane. The man, reportedly a 57-year-old Polish national, ended up perching on the wing of flight FR8164 as it sat on the tarmac at Malaga airport.more
Tech firms are indirectly costing the UK government millions in "human surveillance" of extremist content and should have a windfall tax levied against them to make up for it, according to security minister Ben Wallace.more
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson on Monday called for Iran to engage in meaningful debate about issues raised by protesters which he said were "legitimate and important", as the worst wave of unrest in almost a decade in the Middle Eastern country continued.more
Landlords seeking to rent flats and other smaller properties as house shares face new rules as the Government aims to target "rogue" operators. Ministers are to seek approval from Parliament to widen the criteria for landlords in England who need to secure a licence when renting a house in multiple occupation.more
A British woman has been convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt and jailed for three years. Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested after she was found with the Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, on 9 October.more
Tunisia has suspended all flights by Emirates to and from Tunis after the Dubai-based airline barred Tunisian women from boarding its flights last week.more
The owner of a fishery which displayed a sign banning Polish and "Eastern bloc" anglers says it has been taken down after his family received threats.more
The European Union has taken unprecedented steps toward punishing Poland for a series of laws that have upended the checks and balances of Polish government. Through a never-before-implemented process, Poland could face sanctions, potentially including a loss of voting rights within the EU - although Hungary is expected to block the worst of the repercussions.more
EU citizens can travel without visas to an increasing number of countries, including Canada, the European Commission said yesterday. Poles, Croats, Bulgarians, Romanians and Cypriots still need visas to enter the USA.more
A man who suffered a serious wrist injury when he fell from a step ladder while working as a gardener has been awarded 100,800 euro by the High Court. Slawomir Marek, a Polish national who lives in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, sued his employer, Agatha Mocior, trading as Summitto Garden Architecture and Landscape Design, over the accident in the garden.more
Facebook has been accused of "limitless" collection of its users' data by Germany's competition watchdog, in the first major assessment of the social network's market dominance. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) said Facebook was a "quasi-monopoly" that was abusing its position to force its users to give up data.more
The European Commission took the unprecedented step of triggering Article 7 - the so-called nuclear option - against Poland, following countless warnings, requests for dialogue and demands for clarifications about changes to the country's judicial system.more
Nearly twice as many people in the United Kingdom are applying for Irish passports this year, than before the British voted to leave the European Unionmore
Hundreds of thousands of EU nationals living in Britain could struggle to secure Home Office permission to stay in the UK after Brexit, according to migration experts.more
The EU has launched an "in-depth" investigation into the tax affairs of Ikea after claims the retailer's deals with the Dutch government have saved it around €1bn (£880m).more
The lower house of Poland's parliament has approved a law giving politicians wide-ranging powers over the electoral commission, in a move that has been sharply criticised by the organisation.more
Poland has effectively secured its interests in the European Union's ongoing exit negotiations with Britain, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said.more
The Government is under pressure over the "astronomical" rise in the cost of British citizenship for children, which is now 22 times more expensive than in Germany.more
A worker who was told he should 'go back to Poland' by a colleague was the victim of direct race discrimination, for which his employer was liable, a tribunal has ruled. Mr Nazarczyk, a Polish employee of Liverpool-based retailer TJ Morris, claimed that he was subject to a number of discriminatory behaviours from his colleague, John Cowley.more
The UK now has one of the highest number of recorded acid attacks per person of any country in the world, and the figure is expected to rise further, police have warned.more