The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) confirmed that its members will walk out from 12 noon for 24 hours on Tuesday April 21 and Thursday April 23, accusing Transport for London (TfL) of imposing a new four-day working week.more

Norway has only 20 days of strategic fuel reserves left. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that the government is considering widespread remote work to reduce citizen mobility and reduce demand for transport fuels.more

Holiday companies have predicted a surge in bookings for UK summer breaks after a jump in interest from Britons fearful of flight cancellations linked to the Iran war. Summer bookings are expected to rise in the coming weeks amid warnings of possible jet fuel shortages and resulting cancellations by airlines across Europe.more

Second-placed Manchester City beat leaders Arsenal 2-1 in an English Premier League clash to move to within three points, making the title race even more intense as manager Josep Guardiola's side have a game in hand.more

Billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, launched its New Glenn rocket for the first time on Sunday using a previously used propulsion device, a move that will allow it to increase the frequency of future launches and boost its standing against Elon Musk's SpaceX.more

A 17-year-old boy and 19-year-old man have been arrested over an arson attack aimed at a synagogue in north-west London, the Metropolitan Police has said. A bottle containing a type of accelerant was thrown through the window of Kenton United Synagogue on Shaftesbury Avenue, Harrow at about midnight on Sunday, according to the force.more

US President Donald Trump announced that a search he ordered of UFO and unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) materials has yielded "many interesting documents." He announced that they will be released soon.more

Nearly 160,000 uninsured cars were seized on the UK's roads last year - the highest number for 17 years. The cost of cover was one of the main factors for those flouting the law, according to the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB), which estimates about 300,000 cars are being driven every day without insurance.more

PKP Intercity has announced that during the summer holidays, a Pendolino train will run from Bielsko-Biała to Ustka, and a ‘Słoneczny’ train operated by Koleje Mazowieckie will run from Warsaw.more

Defending champions Bayern Munich have won the German championship for the 35th time in their history. They defeated VfB Stuttgart 4-2 at home on Sunday, and with four games remaining in the season, they have a 15-point lead over second-place Borussia Dortmund.more

Government pledges £1m to reintroduce golden eagles; chicks could arrive next summer after consultations.more

Average private rents have stopped rising in Great Britain after almost a decade of increases, as more landlords cut their prices to secure a tenant, data shows.more

Real Sociedad San Sebastian won their fourth Copa del Rey in Spain. They defeated Atletico Madrid 4-3 on penalties in Saturday's final in Seville. The score was tied 2-2 after 90 minutes and extra time.more

They do not wait for a host, but run towards it. This is how Hyalomma ticks, which are found in Poland, behave, according to Prof. Anna Bajer. She added that the most dangerous virus, the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, has not yet been detected in them.more

Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth awarded Pier of the Year after £1.8m refurbishment by National Piers Society.more

Households and businesses could get free or cheaper electricity from their energy company for running appliances during periods of excess supply, such as sunny weekends. Providers already offer incentives, such as cheaper rates, for customers in Britain to shift their electricity use outside of peak times through a scheme by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).more

Third-seeded Iga Świątek lost to sixth-seeded Russian Mirra Andreyeva 6-3, 4-6, 3-6 in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 clay-court tennis tournament in Stuttgart.more

Data belonging to some Booking.com users, such as email addresses, telephone numbers and booking details, has been leaked; however, financial data, such as credit card details, remains secure, the platform’s press office has stated. CERT Polska has confirmed that the data breach affected Polish users, amongst others.more

According to reporting cited by MyLondon and research from The Telegraph, Kensington and Chelsea has the highest life expectancy in the UK — women 87.1 years, men 83.9 years.more

According to ‘The Times’ the UK government is preparing, in a confidential report, for the possibility of food shortages should the war in the Middle East drag on. There could be a shortage of products that use carbon dioxide, which enables food to be stored for longer.more

UK ministers are to start removing post-Brexit residency rights from EU citizens who are no longer “continuously” living in the country. The initiative is legal under the 2020 Brexit withdrawal agreement, but the decision to use travel data to partly determine absences has raised concerns.more

Lionel Messi has taken over UE Cornellà, a Catalan football club competing in the fifth tier of Spanish football. The Argentine has close ties to the region, having spent most of his career playing for Barcelona.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is once again in hot water over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador, given that Mandelson had close ties with Jeffrey Epstein. Amid allegations that Starmer may have misled MPs about what he knew regarding the matter, the entire opposition is calling for his resignation.more

“The Labour government is not taking defence seriously,” said Keir Giles, a Chatham House expert and director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. In his view, the debate on rebuilding the armed forces, which the government had promised, has still not taken place.more

British police announced today that they have charged three people in connection with an attempted arson attack on the offices of Iran International, a television station linked to the opposition in Tehran, in north-west London.more