Johan Manzambi has moved from Freiburg to Aston Villa for £50 million, according to the AP news agency. This is the highest fee ever paid for a Swiss footballer and a record transfer for the Birmingham club.more

Yesterday, a court in Southampton sentenced the mother of Henry Nowak’s killer to three years’ imprisonment for aiding her son and removing the murder weapon from the scene of the crime.more

180 reports of hate crimes against Ukrainian citizens in just six months – an increase of over 30 percent. Politicians and "Russian bots" are not the only culprits, reports "Rzeczpospolita."more

The winners of Sunday's World Cup final, in addition to gold medals and the World Cup, will also receive commemorative rings, modeled on those given to the champions of American leagues, including: NBA - FIFA informed. Spain and Argentina will fight for the triumph.more

England is home to countless picturesque villages, each with their own unique charm and history. I love exploring the UK and have visited villages and towns all over the country, including the Cotswolds, Rye, and North Wales. But one hidden gem that I constantly visit is Aynho.more

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is backing calls for a maximum workplace temperature as pressure grows on the government to protect workers from the impact of repeated heatwaves across the UK.more

An eight-year-old girl was among three members of the same family found dead in what is being treated as a double murder and suicide. A murder investigation was launched after the three people - a 41-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and the girl - were found at a house on the Cullybackey Road in Ballymena at 09:00 BST on Monday.more

Slovenian Slavko Vincic will be the referee for Sunday's FIFA World Cup final in East Rutherford, between Argentina and Spain. He will be assisted on the lines by Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic, while Jordanian Adham Makhadmeh has been appointed as the fourth official.more

Andy Burnham was elected the new leader of the Labour Party today at the party's extraordinary conference in London. This is the final step on his path to becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on Monday. He will replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.more

Older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced - though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account settings. It would mean apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being set to be unavailable by default to 16 and 17-year-olds between midnight and 06:00.more

Two men who carried out a cyber-attack which crippled Transport For London (TfL) when they were teenagers have both been sentenced to five years and six months in prison.more

British Steel has been taken into public ownership in a move the government said would protect jobs and safeguard "a vital national capability". The future of the steelworks, which employs roughly 2,700 people in Scunthorpe and supports many other industries in north Lincolnshire, has been dogged by uncertainty over recent years.more

Chicago Fire, Robert Lewandowski's new club, announced that yesterday's MLS match against the Vancouver Whitecaps has been postponed due to poor air quality caused by smoke that has swept over the area due to wildfires in Canada.more

British media regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the social media platform TikTok on Thursday. The regulator is examining whether the platform adequately protects children from harmful content.more

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has announced that US soldiers will be tested for testosterone levels. Service personnel with low levels of the hormone will be able to receive replacement therapy. Some experts have questioned the announced programme, as highlighted yesterday by the 'Washington Post'.more

MPs have urged the Government "stand up" to the food industry to combat England's obesity crisis which is costing the nation tens of billions annually after decades of inaction. The Health and Social Care Committee has called for a comprehensive overhaul, including a ban on all outdoor advertising of junk food and mandatory front-of-pack labelling.more

Craig Gordon, a 43-year-old Scottish goalkeeper and the oldest of the more than 1,250 players selected to take part in this year’s World Cup, announced his retirement yesterday.more

The Job Offer Barometer, which indicates changes in the number of job advertisements, increased by 2.9 points in June compared to May this year, according to the latest expert report.more

Part of Camden High Street could become a permanent pedestrian-only zone, with a six-week consultation now underway. A current trial in Camden, first introduced in May 2025, could be made permanent, with the council seeking views on a potential expansion of the trialled traffic-free area.more

The government has updated its national resilience plans and urged the public to take ‘small but important steps’ to prepare for potential shortages. A new public awareness campaign is set to come out later this year to help people prepare for potential food and water shortages in the event of severe weather or cyber attacks.more

Average asking rents across Britain have surged to an unprecedented high, with a new record being reached in the second quarter of this year, a property website has revealed. Excluding London, the average advertised private rent for homes entering the market now stands at £1,397 per month, according to Rightmove. more

Temperatures are set to drop across the UK this weekend after a spell of intensely hot weather - marking an end to heatwave conditions for some. Fresher northerly winds will cause readings to fall by several degrees in some locations, with a significant cooldown in store for parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.more

Ski jumper Dawid Kubacki admitted that the preparations for the 2026/2027 season are, as he put it, "full of confusion." Earlier this week, he announced that he had become a father again.more

The UK will provide 255 million pounds to help deliver 16 Swedish Gripen E fighter jets to Ukraine and to train pilots and engineers, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today in Kyiv.more

Taller ticket barriers will be installed at a number of railway stations in and around London as part of a government crackdown on fare evasion. The move follows a series of measures introduced over the past year to tackle the growing issue, including increased ticket inspections and higher penalty fares.more