Locals are calling for fines to be introduced for anyone caught playing loud music on public transport in London. It follows a recent ruling in Singapore in which bus passengers can now be fined up to $500 Singapore dollars (£293) for putting their feet on seats, playing loud audio, eating, drinking or littering on board.more

World number one Jannik Sinner has announced that he will not play any more matches this season due to a knee injury. The Italian played his last match on 12 July. In the Wimbledon final, he defeated Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who will finish the season at the top of the ATP rankings.more

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced yesterday that it is consulting with the Russian authorities following the death of a laboratory worker at the Institute for the Prevention of Plague in Irkutsk, Siberia. According to the organisation, the risk associated with this incident is low for Russia and very low for Europe.more

The south-east London suburb that grew from a tiny village into one of Bexley's biggest shopping centres. Welling has transformed from a small village into a bustling suburb, with its High Street now stretching almost a mile and housing more than 250 shops and businesses.more

Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Pip awards are overturned in favour of the claimant at this stage, a new report from charity Z2K has revealed. The findings are a “stark sign that the system is failing claimants”, it said.more

Coach operators have said record diesel prices could force cuts to services including school transport, as hauliers warn rising fuel costs are pushing hundreds of firms out of business. The average price of diesel on UK forecourts hit a fresh record of more than £2 a litre last week, as the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt global fuel supplies.more

Novak Djokovic triumphed for the seventh time at the ATP tournament in Beijing, where he has now won 34 matches in a row and has never lost. The 39-year-old Serbian tennis player claimed his 102nd career title today. His opponent in the final — Australian Alex De Minaur — withdrew from the match at the start of the second set.more

King Charles III is said to have told his brother Andrew that he must not use the money he receives annually from the monarch to fund his lawsuit against the police, the "Times" reported today.more

Trains run by a London rail firm have been pulled from service after staff discovered bedbugs crawling in their cabs. Carriages were sealed off after the insects were found crawling in the cabs of at least two trains run by Southeastern and on drivers’ bags.more

Amid rumours of an early election, Andy Burnham’s Labour continues to hold a lead over Reform in the polls as the party sees its highest ratings since its landslide election victory in 2024.more

The British government has warned Israel that it will respond by expelling Israeli diplomats if Israel closes the British consulate in East Jerusalem, ‘The Guardian’ reported today. According to the newspaper, for every diplomat who is forced to return to the UK, London would expel one Israeli representative.more

The Polish national football team lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the first time in history. In the fourth match of Group B4 of the Nations League in Zenica, the hosts won 1–0. In the top division, France and Italy both secured victories.more

The Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, is working on a new strategy to swiftly repel a potential Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank, Bloomberg reported yesterday. The plan is due to be presented on 12 October in Poland.more

After weeks of unusually warm weather, autumn is finally set to make its presence felt on Tuesday as cooler air sweeps across the UK from the north-west. Temperatures will plunge from the low 20s to the mid-teens. Wednesday could be the first day since June when temperatures stay below 20C across the whole of the country.more

A plaque commemorating Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, who helped feed hundreds of thousands of Irish children during the Great Famine in the 19th century, was unveiled yesterday in County Donegal.more

Twelve people were arrested following Sunday’s anti-immigration protests in Gosport, Hampshire, in the south of England, British police said yesterday. The protesters attempted to prevent migrants who had been rescued in the English Channel from being brought ashore.more

Hubert Hurkacz’s run at the ATP 500 hard-court tournament in Beijing ended in the semifinals. The Polish tennis player retired during the second set of his match against Australian Alex de Minaur on Monday, with the score standing at 4–6, 2–3. In the other semifinal, Russian Daniil Medvedev was disqualified during his match against Novak Djokovic.more

Under the new timetable starting this December, PKP Intercity will operate approximately 600 daily connections, up from the current 530, announced PKP Intercity CEO Janusz Malinowski. He noted that the carrier aims to have trains to various destinations depart at regular intervals—for example, every hour.more

London has been named the second best city in the world in Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index. The leading global economic advisory firm assessed the strengths, weaknesses and future potential of the world’s 1,000 largest cities. London was named in second spot in the list for the second year running, with New York named as the best city in the world.more

Facial recognition technology could mean Britons no longer need to show their passports at e-gates when they fly back to the UK. Passengers would still need to travel with their passport in order to check in and board planes but new “contactless borders” are expected to be introduced at Birmingham and East Midlands airports in the coming weeks in an effort to reduce queues, it has been reported. more

The average price of diesel has risen above £2 a litre in the UK for the first time, according to the RAC motoring group. Diesel has now hit an average of 200.01p a litre, the RAC said, and petrol prices are also still rising, reaching 174.71p a litre on average.more

Poland national team captain Robert Lewandowski will not play in today's Nations League match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. "We ask ourselves what will happen after Robert and Piotr Zieliński. It is unknown how much longer they will continue to play," admitted head coach Jan Urban. more

Nearly a fifth of adults in the UK said their household had gone without hygiene products such as toilet roll and deodorant in survey results described by charities as “a wake-up call”. Some 43% of those polled admitted having avoided seeing friends or family because they could not afford essential hygiene items or cleaning products in the past six months.more

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February. The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in the wake of information that emerged from the Epstein files in the United States.more

Martin Jaeger, head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), stated in the Bundestag today that Russian attacks on targets in Germany are a possible scenario. In his view, the country faces the threat of a "violent conflict" with Russia.more