10 h. ago ‘Groundbreaking’ scheme that could cut train fares between UK and Europe unveiled

The news comes on the brink of an announcement from Virgin regarding new rail services between the UK and Europe

Politics

11 h. ago Brexit denies British youngsters free train travel across Europe as thousands of passes made available

The scheme aims to encourage teenagers to explore the continent by railway

Politics

11 h. ago New rail journey will take you around the world in 100 days in 'optimum comfort'

A new round-the-world-in-100-days train journey will launch next year, visiting some of the world's top destinations — however it comes with a hefty price tag

Politics

22 h. ago St Pancras plans 'turn up and go' trains to Europe after Race Across The World sparks demand for international rail travel

Passengers ‘able to depart for Europe 15 minutes after arriving at station’

Politics

60 h. ago Aldi' viral hybrid wine that 'broke the internet' back by 'popular demand' for under £10

The supermarket's UK-first hybrid wine blend was so popular last year that it sold almost 5,000 bottles in its first week alone.

Economics

3 d. ago Chelsea’s absurd finances are a mess of the Premier League’s making

After Chelsea’s latest financial figures sparked controversy, Miguel Delaney discusses how this has happened in the race to beat the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules

Politics

3 d. ago The Most Precious of Cargoes review – postmodern Holocaust fairytale is dreamy curiosity

Michel Hazanavicius’s sentimental tale about a baby found in the woods features sweet little cartoon birds and rabbits as well as the real horror of Nazi death campsDirected by Michel Hazanavicius, this postmodern Holocaust fairytale premiered at Cannes last year, and turns out to be a dreamy animated curiosity which is certainly different to the icy realist rigour of other films which have appeared there on the same theme, such as Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest or László Nemes’s Son of Saul. It is adapted from a novella by author and screenwriter Jean-Claude Grumberg (who collaborated with Truffaut on The Last Metro), whose own father was murdered in the Nazi death camps.The late Jean-Louis Trintignant has his final credit as the narrator, introducing us to scenes that could, at first glance, be from the Brothers Grimm. We see a dense central European forest through which a second world war Nazi train is seen speeding through, carrying terrified Jews to Auschwitz. One man, ...

Transport

4 d. ago Keir Starmer says illegal immigration should be treated like terrorism as he reveals 24,000 people have been booted out of Britain since the election despite axing of Rwanda 'gimmick'

The Labour PM used an international summit in London to demand greater action against criminal gangs profiting from trafficking large numbers of people, including across the Channel.

Events

4 d. ago Virgin Group poised to announce challenger to Eurostar after key hurdle overcome

Sir Richard Branson’s company said it hopes to make an announcement shortly about services to rival Eurostar

Politics

5 d. ago Just the ticket: Europe’s 10 best train station hotels for a first

Travelling by rail? Treat yourself to a proper arrival at these extra-special hotels, just minutes from the platformYou might think the location is the best thing about this hotel – slap bang next to María Zambrano station – the ideal starting point for a tour of Andalucía’s trio of spectacular cities: Seville, Córdoba and Granada. But the roof terrace is an unexpected win, too, with a sleek outdoor pool, alfresco sofas and loungers for a post-sightseeing snooze, and a nice menu of cocktails and light bites. The real gem, though, is the totally unexpected slide that swooshes down from the first to the ground floor, giving the lobby a lovely sense of fun. Breakfasts are also excellent.Doubles from £144 room-only, barcelo.com Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago I’ve got the message: security leaks are no laughing matter | Stewart Lee

Is it worth me writing jokes about Trump’s US? It looks like they are targeting even their mildest visa-carrying criticsDuring the Brexit era, it became obvious many comments under these columns were being placed by Russian trolls, with slightly strange grasps of idiomatic English, cut-and-pasting blocks of approved pro-Putin and anti-EU texts to change the direction of the discourse. Their posts read like the computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but trained on 90s MTV Europe presenters’ accents and Russia Today op-eds.I began to bait the bots by inserting deliberately incomprehensible, but also somehow provocative, sentences into my pieces, culminating in the following paragraph, from the summer of 2016, after which point the Russian provocateurs left me alone: Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Plans to link Europe by huge new train network spanning 20,000km and 39 stations unveiled

Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal

Politics

9 d. ago Travel news live: Train and Tube status updates as midweek rush hour kicks in

Follow for the latest tube and train travel updates

Politics

1 week ago Hamza Igamane sparks Morocco fan demand as Rangers star kicks off a frenzy with international debut

Igamane made quite the splash in a ten-minute cameo off the bench

Politics

2 w. ago You can fly to this European city for less than a train ticket to London this weekend

You could swap your usual scenery for mountains, cosy cafés and medieval architecture

Politics

3 w. ago Mason Mount returns to Manchester United training ahead of Europa League clash

Mount last featured against Manchester City on December 15.

Sport

3 w. ago Manchester United handed major Viktor Gyokeres update as transfer stance made clear

The Sweden international is a man in demand and there is a high possibility he departs Portuguese giants Sporting CP at the end of the season

Sport

3 w. ago Poland plans military training for every adult male amid growing European security fears

PM Donald Tusk says country needs army of 500,000 and backs withdrawal from treaty banning landminesPoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said his government is working on a plan to prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in response to the changing security situation in Europe.He said there was a need for an army of 500,000 soldiers, which would include reservists. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Eurostar trains expected to resume on Saturday after unexploded WWII bomb defused near Paris Gare du Nord station

Eurostar trains cancelled and Paris metro disrupted after unexploded bomb discovered

Events

4 w. ago Poland will order ALL men to undergo military training, under plans to create reserve force as Europe rearms amid mounting tensions with Russia

Poland wants to put a system in place for training all men for the event of a war. Plans for the scheme, which would be open to women volunteers, should be finalised by the end of the year.

Events