The mayor of London has cautiously welcomed reports that he is to impose a tourist levy on visitors staying overnight in the capital. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to give Sir Sadiq Khan and other civic chiefs the authority to do so through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.more

Londoners are set to be faced with more bad weather after a recent drop in temperatures has left us feeling frozen. Right after London and other parts of the UK felt the wrath of Storm Claudia, the elements aren’t going to improve any time soon.more

Rachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud at the same time as lifting the two-child limit for universal credit at a cost of £3bn, as ministers seek to head off criticism over rising welfare spending in the budget.more

Real Madrid drew 2-2 away at Elche in the 13th round of the Spanish top flight. The "Royal" defended their top spot, but now trail Barcelona by just one point. Robert Lewandowski's club defeated Athletic Bilbao 4-0 on Saturday.more

Changes to the driving test come into place on Monday (24 November), including requiring candidates to spend longer on faster roads. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said it is making the change to better represent the conditions many motorists experience after passing their test, such as driving on rural roads.more

Two Russian warships were intercepted in the English Channel by the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. In the latest incident involving Russia's ships entering waters around the UK, HMS Severn headed off the RFN Stoikiy, a corvette and Yelnya, a tanker, as they sailed west through the Dover Strait into the English Channel in the past fortnight. more

The French daily Le Figaro commented on the acts of sabotage targeting rail infrastructure in Poland, emphasizing that over the past two years, Poland has increasingly experienced the consequences of Russia's hybrid warfare. According to the newspaper, there is a lack of coordination between Ukrainian services and their EU partners.more

Rail fares in England are to be frozen next year for the first time in 30 years, the government has announced. The freeze until March 2027 will apply to regulated fares, which includes season tickets and off-peak returns.more

Aston Villa, with Matty Cash in the squad, won 2-1 in Leeds, and Arsenal defeated Tottenham 4-1 in the London derby in the 12th round of the English Premier League. The Gunners strengthened their leading position, collecting 29 points.more

Groundbreaking DNA analysis of Adolf Hitler's blood has uncovered some extraordinary findings about the dictator's ancestry and possible health conditions.more

New Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the ambition to produce 10% of UK’s mineral needs domestically and 20% through recycling by 2035. At least 50,000 tonnes of lithium to be produced in the UK by 2035 – more than the weight of the Titanic. more

Russia has been engaged in the jamming of civilian aircraft communications and GPS signals since the start of its invasion of Ukraine.more

The Government has announced plans to create thousands of new jobs through artificial intelligence-linked investment. Areas including Wales, Bristol and London will benefit, with ministers promising new opportunities for AI firms to grow.more

From November 25 to January 10, over 8.5 million households in the Netherlands will receive the government's guide "Prepare for an emergency." Minister Foort van Oosten emphasized that the aim of the campaign is to prepare residents for the first 72 hours after a serious failure, cyberattack or extreme weather event.more

Four-time Dutch world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, round 22 of the series. It was his 69th career F1 victory and his sixth of the 2025 season. Meanwhile, both McLaren drivers, Briton Lando Norris and Australian Oscar Piastri, were disqualified by the stewards.more

Zoopla said Scotland and the North East of England dominate the most affordable towns list, highlighting “a significant geographical divide in housing value for home buyers”.more

The BBC is now losing more than £1bn a year from households either evading the licence fee or deciding they do not need one, according to a cross-party group of MPs who warned the corporation is under “severe pressure”.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into Reform UK's links to Russia after a court on Friday sentenced the party's former Welsh leader to 10.5 years in prison for accepting bribes and pro-Russian activities. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski addressed the matter yesterday.more

In their first appearance at the modernized Camp Nou stadium after a two-and-a-half-year break, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in a league match, with Robert Lewandowski scoring the first goal after their return.more

US officials have warned NATO allies that they want to force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a peace plan in the coming days, threatening that if he does not do so, he will have to agree to much worse terms in the future, The Guardian reported yesterday.more

A billion-dollar money laundering network operating across the UK purchased a bank in Kyrgyzstan to channel funds towards the Ukraine war, British police have said. The network used criminal cash earned in the UK to help Russia evade Western sanctions.more

The consular section of the Polish Embassy in Italy reported that Polish tourists in Italy are increasingly being robbed. Consul General Bartosz Skwarczyński urged caution.more

Kamil Stoch finished 13th in Saturday's Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Lillehammer, Norway. Kacper Tomasiak was 18th, Piotr Żyła 19th, Dawid Kubacki 22nd, and Paweł Wąsek 28th. Three Austrians finished on the podium. Daniel Tschofenig won ahead of Jan Hoerl and Stefan Kraft.more

Przemysław Kozłowski, creator of extraordinary structures made of matches from Słupowo in the municipality of Sicienko, has prepared another impressive work. His latest nativity scene, made of over 142,000 matches, was presented to Queen Camilla on Thursday during an audience at Buckingham Palace.more

The Liberal Democrats are forcing a vote in parliament on creating a new customs union to put pressure on Labour MPs to take a more pro-EU stance. Ed Davey’s party is writing to all Labour MPs urging them to back a new bill in favour of a customs union with the EU, believing this is the best way to boost growth and raise revenue, rather than tax rises.more