Europe

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron have called for a dedicated bluetongue taskforce as farmers report delays obtaining vaccines during a growing outbreak. Defra’s…

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran for pushing up oil prices and forcing airlines including Virgin Atlantic to raise…

British flower growers are reporting lost crops, sharply higher irrigation costs, and disrupted growing seasons after the U.K. experienced its hottest summer on record. Some growers arrived at London’s Chiswick…

The Netherlands has moved about 86 tonnes of gold from reserves held in the United States and Canada to London as its central bank adjusts where the country keeps its…

More than 1,000 retired UK service personnel are being pursued for pension overpayments caused by administrative and calculation errors, with some veterans facing demands to repay tens of thousands of…

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticized Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s approach to business rates and the cost of living, arguing that higher employment costs and commercial property taxes are…

More than 2,000 fires involving e-bikes, e-scooters, or their batteries were recorded by UK fire and rescue services between 2019 and 2025, according to Freedom of Information data gathered by…

A WhatsApp group containing 532 money brokers was used to arrange hundreds of millions of euros in cross-border cash transfers, including transactions linked to terrorism financing and organized crime, according…

Berlin authorities have refused to pay a ransom following a cyberattack on the German capital’s government network that resulted in data being stolen from multiple departments. Ransomware group Rhysida has…

The Netherlands’ Trimbos Institute has issued a Red Alert over potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to resemble U.S. President Donald Trump after tests found very high concentrations of PMMA. The…

Starbucks is increasingly relying on cold beverages as younger customers favor customizable drinks over traditional hot coffee. Cold drinks now account for the majority of Starbucks beverage sales, while products…

Graduate job vacancies in the UK have fallen sharply over the past year, with employers listing 8,383 roles in July compared with 15,397 a year earlier, according to jobs platform…

The University of Roehampton is offering esports scholarships worth up to £2,000 to undergraduate and postgraduate students who can combine strong academic performance with competitive gaming. More than 100 scholarships…

Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and backed by investors including Amazon…

Young women are becoming more familiar with terms such as “cycle syncing,” menstrual phases and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, as social media makes conversations about periods and hormones…

More than 100 signed photographs by British music photographer Gered Mankowitz will go to auction in Wiltshire on September 7, offering collectors images of artists including the Rolling Stones, Jimi…

A 22-carat gold egg created for Cadbury’s 1983 Conundrum treasure hunt has sold for £123,500 at auction, around six times its estimated value. The result set a new auction record…

A mounted animal head originally mistaken for an antique fox has sold for more than £60,000 after being identified as a likely thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. The specimen had previously…

VideoVerse’s reported $250 million acquisition by Minute Media has unraveled less than a year after it was announced, with investors and creditors pursuing multiple legal claims involving former CEO Vinayak…

CEVA Logistics has confirmed a cyberattack affecting eight warehouses in Europe, disrupting shipments and exposing personal information belonging to customers of several companies that use its logistics services. The affected…