Police have arrested two suspected migrants who were stowed away in the back of a Polish lorry. The men were detained at Oxford Services on the M40 motorway today in Oxfordshire. more
Driverless cars will be hitting Irish roads within a decade and will save lives on Irish roads according to the Road Safety Authority. The RSA is holding a conference in Dublin Castle today to look at what needs to be done to maximise the opportunities offered by the new technology.more
Online adverts have attracted more complaints that television ads for the first time, the industry watchdog has said. Internet adverts attracted 10,932 complaints last year compared to 9,466 for TV.more
British citizens heading to Thailand stand a greater chance of being arrested while there than in any other country, according to official UK government data.more
President Andrzej Duda will attend celebrations of May 3 Constitution - the Europe's first document of this sort, that predated the famous French Consitution and followed American one by only 4 years.more
The UK parliament could issue a formal summons forcing Mark Zuckerberg to speak to MPs if he continues to refuse to do so willingly. Damian Collins, the MP who chairs the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said that he hopes Mr Zuckerberg will choose to come to London and speak to them.more
Mr Verhofstadt wrote to Home Secretary the list of concerns. Discussing the Home Office visit to Brussels, Mr Verhofstadt said: "The Home Office began by making reference to the Windrush affair. This was welcome. As you can imagine this issue has generated a great deal of concern and anxiety both here in the Parliament but more importantly among EU citizens living in the UK".more
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have agreed on new rules for audio-visual media services that will mean that 30% of content on video-on-demand platforms' catalogues must be European.more
The modernization of the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki has an annual delay due to the change in Finnish alcohol regulations allowing the sale of beer during sporting events.more
Unfortunately, Polish law does not create the possibility of granting Polish citizenship to Alfie Evans - said President Andrzej Duda. He added that the boy's case moved him very much.more
Margaret O'Brien, 69, moved from Canada to Wolverhampton in 1971, got married, had three children and worked for the local council for more than 25 years as a dinner lady, meals on wheels driver, lollipop lady and cleaner.more
US comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, each of which carries a potential 10 years in prison. The actor, 80, has been on trial for drugging and assaulting ex-basketball player Andrea Constand in 2004.more
The father of seriously ill toddler Alfie Evans says he wants to "build his relationship" with the hospital he has been locked in a legal battle with.
Tom Evans, who has been fighting to take his 23-month-old son out of Alder Hey Children's Hospital, said he now wanted to be "left alone" to do so.more
Alfie Evans responds to her father's voice and touch; he has emotional contact with his parents - says Polish doctor, who in January examined a two-year-oldmore
The largest labour union at Poland's national airline LOT will begin a strike on May 1 that could lead to delays at Warsaw Chopin airport, the head of the ZZPPiL union said.more
Justice Secretary David Gauke has signalled the Government could support creating a specific offence to deal with upskirting. He told MPs he was "sympathetic" to calls for further action against the practice and his officials were reviewing the current law to "make sure it is fit for purpose".more
In the hopes of making advertising more transparent for users, Facebook will vet political adverts in time for England and Northern Ireland's May 2019 local elections. Facebook's CTO, Mike Schroepfer, is expected to reveal details to the UK parliament today, according to the BBC .more
A BRITISH professor is being held for unknown charges in Tehran by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, according to a human rights group. Anti-war activist Abbas Edalat was arrested on April 15, the Centre for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said.more
Popular messaging service WhatsApp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations in May.more
