The government is investing more than £55m in expanding facial recognition systems – including vans that will scan crowded high streets – as part of a renewed crackdown on shoplifting.more
An unprecedented decision was made in a divorce case by a court in Vigo, Spain. He resolved a couple's dispute over a dog, granting custody to the woman and ordering the man to pay EUR 40 a month in maintenance for the animal, local media reported.more
The German Bundestag voted in favour of the Self-Determination Act by a majority yesterday. For transgender and intersex people, as well as people who identify as neither male nor female, changing their gender registration will now be a simple administrative act.more
Poland will be the second largest bail system country in Europe from 2025. 'We are creating a huge circular economy project for packaging,' stated Marcel Rakowski, president of PolKa - Polska Kaucja, one of the system operators in Poland. The deposit system will force a change in consumer habits, he pointed out.more
The prime minister has said there should be "extreme caution" about gender treatments as a new report said children are being failed by gender services.more
China is flooding the UK with hundreds of thousands of fake postage stamps, the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported. Experts and MPs quoted by them describe this as an "act of economic warfare" similar to counterfeiting money.more
From today (11 April), higher minimum earnings levels apply in the UK to apply for a work visa and to bring family members into the country. This also applies to citizens of European Union countries.more
Almost £54 million from the UK benefits system was defrauded by five Bulgarian nationals over four and a half years. According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), this is the biggest case of its kind ever to come to court in the UK.more
The price of a UK passport will rise on Thursday, for the second time in just over 14 months. The cost of applying online to get a new or renewed adult passport will go up from £82.50 to £88.50 from midnight.
This 7% rise follows a 9% rise in February 2023. Consumer group Which? said travellers due to renew would "likely be shocked" by the hike.more
More than half of the UK Home Office's asylum refusals are later overturned by judges, and most of those who fail to successfully appeal remain in the UK anyway, but the authorities do almost nothing to deport them, Sky News revealed.more
Aleksandra Bielakowska, an advocacy worker with the international organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in Taipei, was detained at Hong Kong airport and deported six hours later without specific reasons.more
El Salvador is offering citizenship to 5,000 highly skilled foreigners, the president of this small and poor Central American country, Nayib Bukele, known for his successful campaign against organised crime, announced on Saturday.more
Assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. more
The French government wants the patient to have to pay a fine of five euros for medical visits that were not due to the patient's fault. The penalty for failing to see a doctor when the appointment was not canceled at least 24 hours in advance would go to the doctor's pocket. The regulations may come into force in 2025.more
Spain is scrapping its ‘golden visa scheme’ that gives residency to foreign property buyers in a blow to wealthy UK expats. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Monday that ending the scheme would help make access to affordable housing "a right instead of a speculative business".more
Strawberries were found to be the worst when it came to presenting residues of PFAs, long-lasting toxins which have been linked to serious health issues.more
From June 17, every driver employed to transport people in Poland will have to have a Polish driving license. The TOR Economic Advisory Team estimates that, as a result, course prices may increase by up to 50%. - reports "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more
Staff at Milan's Bicocca University can take their pets to work with them from Monday. Professors, lecturers, researchers and technical and administrative staff as well as librarians are being allowed to bring their dogs, cats and other pets to work with them.more
Workers will see their National Insurance (NI) payments cut from Saturday but frozen thresholds mean many are paying more in income tax. The NI rate is falling from 10% to 8% for 27 million employees across the UK - the second such cut this year. It is worth about £450 a year to an employee on an average salary of £35,000.more
Cheap foreign labour will no longer be an option for British companies, James Cleverly has said as new salary thresholds for skilled workers come in.
The Home Secretary said it was “time for employers to play their part” in investing in and recruiting British workers as the Government sought to reduce record levels of net migration.more
A planned relaxation of rules around airline passengers carrying liquids in hand luggage has been delayed by a year.
The Government announced it has granted extensions to several large UK airports unable to meet its June 1 deadline to fully install new scanning technology.more
Controlling immigration is more important than “membership of a foreign court”, the Prime Minister has said in his strongest hint yet that he could back leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).more
Homeless people should not be arrested just because they smell, a minister has said. A bill in the Commons could criminalise rough sleepers if they cause a nuisance, including "excessive" smells.more
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