No new 1p and 2p coins were produced by the Royal Mint last year. It is the first time in decades that it stopped making the coins, as the Treasury said there were already enough in circulation.more
"Save Rome, the Romans are escaping from the city", the daily "L'Osservatore Romano" warns today. The Vatican newspaper writes about the degradation of the Italian capital and warns that it has turned into a touristic "amusement park".more
EU citizens on the scheme have no documentary evidence to provide border agents, landlords and prospective employers their right to reside in the UK other than a website. Provide a physical document/ID to prove settled status.more
The rights of homosexual Poles do not find understanding over the Vistula - according to the latest IBRiS survey for "Rzeczpospolita". On the scale of the whole of Europe, Poland was at the bottom of the list, taking the 21st place.more
Britons living abroad who rely on ongoing healthcare could be faced with huge bills or be forced to return to the UK for treatment in the event of a no-deal Brexit. more
According to the survey's findings, British men find French the sexiest accent, with 31 per cent of the male participants expressing a preference for it.more
Legislation is to be brought forward to ban the sale of tobacco products from from self-service vending machines and at locations intended for children and events organised for children.more
Mobile phone group Giffgaff has been fined £1.4m by regulator Ofcom for "unacceptable" billing mistakes that saw 2.6 million customers overcharged.more
The leaders of the German minority in Poland are outraged by the inclusion of information on national and ethnic minorities in the government document entitled "National assessment of the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing".more
More than 4 million people in the UK are living more than 50% below the official poverty line, while seven million have been trapped in poverty for at least two of the previous three years, research shows. more
Prime minister Boris Johnson's government is planning a reported £100m public-information advertising splurge to prepare the UK for the increasingly likely prospect of a no-deal Brexit, according to The Sunday Telegraph.more