17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, winning the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai, made history as the youngest winner of an event of this rank. The title she won is the fulfillment of the Russian tennis player's dreams. It also allowed her to achieve a goal she had set for herself for... a whole year, after just two months.more

Campaigners have accused short-term let (STL) landlords of “hollowing out our city” after new data found one in 32 London homes were used as one in 2024. Jae Vail, from the London Renters Union, said it was wrong for so many lets to be used as holiday homes while Londoners faced an “unprecedented” housing emergency. more

Electricity and gas suppliers have been warned they will be fined if they continue to send out bills to customers for money they have no right to collect. The energy regulator Ofgem told BBC's Money Box that it is writing to chief executives demanding to know how many people have been sent "back bills". more

Berlin police have arrested a suspect accused of carrying out an attack at a memorial to Holocaust victims - the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the centre of the German capital, investigators announced last night. One person was seriously injured as a result of the attack. The identity of the suspect has been established: he is a 19-year-old Syrian refugee. more

Polish women's footballers defeated Northern Ireland 2:0 (2:0) in Gdansk in their inaugural match of the B division of the League of Nations. In the other Group 1 match, Bosnia and Herzegovina won highly at home against Romania 4:0 (1:0).more

Representatives of the Trump administration threatened Ukraine with immediate cut-off from the Starlink orbital communications network if Kyiv did not agree to a profit-sharing deal on Ukraine's natural resources, Reuters reported. Donald Trump assessed yesterday that Ukraine was likely to agree to US demands soon.more

Senior nurses at a major London hospital have started wearing body cameras in an attempt to cut violence towards them. The Royal Free London NHS Trust has reported a significant increase in violent and aggressive behaviour from patients towards members of staff.more

Trophy defending champions Real Madrid will play a two-legged match against Atletico in the 1/8 finals of the football Champions League. There will also be a clash between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen. Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny's Barcelona will compete against Benfica Lisbon, whom they defeated 5:4 in the league phase.more

From 1 March, the limits on the amount pensioners can earn in addition to their benefits will change, reminds ZUS. Earnings from additional income do not apply to pensioners who have reached the age of 60 and pensioners who have reached the age of 65.more

St Pancras could run new cross-Channel routes to France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland under expansion plans to triple the number of international passengers. Under a planned redesigned terminal, the international departure area could accommodate up to 5,000 passengers an hour.more

Companies have ramped up hiring in recent weeks while consumer confidence has started to rise, research suggests, in a boost for Rachel Reeves as the government looks for signs of economic growth.more

Russia's Mirra Andreeva advanced to the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai after a 6:4, 4:6, 6:3 victory over Jelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. In the previous round, the 17-year-old tennis player eliminated Iga Świątek. She has now become the youngest ever finalist at an event of this stature.more

A Polish woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has been arrested moments after landing in the UK. Julia Wandelt, 23, was held at Bristol Airport on suspicion of stalking Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann, her representative confirmed.more

More and more London boroughs are warning they will face bankruptcy without an huge injection of cash and a long term change in the way they funded. Seven councils in the capital this year applied for emergency Government money to balance the books. This is up from two in 2024.more

Another unidentified object, most likely fragments of a rocket, was found in a forest in the village of Sędziny in the Szamotuły district of Wielkopolska. A member of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket entered the atmosphere in an uncontrolled manner over Poland on Wednesday morning, POLSA confirmed.more

The UK is to offer a youth mobility scheme to EU countries, the website of ‘The Times’ newspaper has reported. If adopted, tens of thousands of young workers and students from the EU would be able to stay and work legally in the UK for two to three years.more

England's poorly performing champion Manchester City will take on table-leading Liverpool in the 26th round of the Premier League on Sunday. This fixture attracts the most attention of any of the matches in Europe's strongest leagues this weekend.more

The United States does not want the joint declaration of the G7 countries to mark the third anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine to include the wording about Russia as an aggressor, the 'Financial Times' reported yesterday.more

Domestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said Jess Phillips as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.more

The value of EU exports of goods to non-EU countries in 2024 reached €2.59 trillion, up 1.1 per cent on 2023, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Imports to the EU amounted to €2.43 trillion, recording a decrease of 3.5 per cent on the previous year.more

Boris Johnson is charging £121 for a handshake and a photograph before a live event in Edinburgh. The former Conservative prime minister will appear at the Usher Hall on 2 September for an event titled An Evening with Boris Johnson, which will also allow guests to take part in a question and answer session.more

The San Francisco Court of Appeals has rejected a request from the US Department of Justice seeking the immediate reinstatement of an executive order issued by President Donald Trump restricting the right to US citizenship.more

Jagiellonia Bialystok defeated Serbian team TSC Backa Topola 3:1 for the second time and advanced to the 1/8 finals of the Football Conference League. In this round, they could end up against Legia Warsaw, who got there directly after the regular phase.more

British Defence Minister John Healey yesterday compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In doing so, he commented on US President Donald Trump's words that the Ukrainian leader is a ‘dictator without elections’.more

London is set to enjoy unseasonably warm weather as other parts of the UK is battered by gusts of up to 70mph. Weather warnings have been issued for wind and rain just as temperatures are increasing after a cold spell earlier this month. more