3 h. ago Enzo Maresca confirms Robert Sanchez has won battle to be Chelsea's No.1

Spanish international set to start for Blues against Arsenal on Sunday

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6 h. ago Start date set for new regime making it trickier for Brits to get into Europe

British travellers heading to Europe will continue to have their passports stamped, as well as biometrics taken, for over a year before the new visa permit is introduced

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12 h. ago Beautiful Spanish city that's the 'second best in Europe' for expats

Valencia in Spain has been named the second best city in Europe for British expats to live in, due to factors such as its low cost of living and great healthcare system

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23 h. ago 'Europe's most romantic city' is one of the top affordable holiday destinations

With so many of Europe's top holiday destinations feeling overcrowded, many Britons are on the lookout for somewhere off-the-beaten-track - and this expert says they've found just the place

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23 h. ago BBC Celebrity Traitors 'sign up' England rugby star amid major cast changes

The Traitors spin-off show, Celebrity Traitors, is set to start filming next month with a host of famous faces heading to Scotland.

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28 h. ago British people ‘will rise to challenge’ of green action – ex

John Kerry said he was ‘optimistic’ about decarbonisation efforts in the US and wider global climate action despite the US row back.

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4 d. ago Moscow accuses British diplomats of spying, expels them from Russia

The British Foreign Office says the accusations are ‘malicious and baseless’

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4 d. ago Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day 1 race schedule, weather forecast and going report

Racegoers are eagerly anticipating the start of Cheltenham Festival, which begins on Tuesday afternoon, with spectators set to descend upon the racecourse in their droves ahead of an exciting week

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4 d. ago Plants, animals and insects come to Britain from all over the world. It would be a mistake to welcome them all | Tim Blackburn

Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive species and the knock-on effect of their presenceBritain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen thousand years ago, most of the country was buried a kilometre deep in ice – not ideal conditions for life. That all changed as we moved out of the last ice age into the current, milder climate phase. The ice sheets retreated, leaving an empty landscape for anything with the wherewithal to seize the opportunity and move in. Tens of thousands of species did, mainly heading north from the European continent to which Britain was then joined. The result was a native biota where almost every species is an immigrant. Our ancestors were among them.Immigration is a natural process, but it’s one that has been fundamentally changed thanks to humanity’s wanderlust. As we’ve moved around the world we have taken many other species along with us – some deliberately, some accidentally – to areas they couldn’...

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4 d. ago Russia expels two British diplomats over accusations of spying

The pair have been told to leave the country within the next fortnight

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5 d. ago Jeremiah Azu wins European Indoor gold for Britain in men’s 60m

23-year-old takes title one week after becoming father‘It’s a huge moment becoming a European champion’It took 6.49sec of staggering power and fluency for Jeremiah Azu to win the 60m European Indoor gold for Britain. And about the same time again for him to have a packed crowd in Apeldoorn eating out of his hand.For no sooner had he been asked for his thoughts on his victory, the Rotterdam-born Azu began to speak in fluent Dutch: “I am here, I am in the building!” Having been foot perfect on the track, the 23-year-old proved to be word perfect off it too. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia across Europe from base in UK

Three Bulgarian nationals have been convicted by a London jury of spying for Russia

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7 d. ago UK snow maps show when 'Beast from Europe' will bring 3cm per hour to Britain

The new maps predict that snow will fall over nearly 200 miles in England just a matter of days before the official start of spring - despite a recent surge in temperatures

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8 d. ago EU country loved by Brits set for huge £1bn expansion to cope with tourist demand

Amidst concerns that overtourism is putting too much strain on certain parts of the world, developers in Greece have decided to embrace the benefits that come from being one of the hottest destinations around

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8 d. ago Urgent warning to Britons as Europe's largest SPIDER arrives in the UK: Venomous arachnid with 'huge appetite' hitches a ride on a delivery of olives

The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in West Sussex after a shipment of olives from Cordoba was unloaded.

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8 d. ago Brit tourists driving in Spain issued £334 warning as new red lines appear

Spanish authorities have introduced a new road marking to enhance road safety, but British and other tourists could face heavy fines if they are caught breaking the new law of the road

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8 d. ago ‘There’s a dark side’: 1500m star Georgia Hunter Bell calls for online abuse to stop

Paris bronze medallist avoids social media before racesHunter Bell targeting gold at European IndoorsGeorgia Hunter Bell, Britain’s Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, has revealed she no longer goes online before her races because of the “really dark side of social media”. Eilish McColgan was subject to a wave of body shaming abuse this week with people posting that she “looks like a skeleton” and had anorexia, and Hunter Bell called for more to be done to protect sportswomen.The 31-year-old was one of the feelgood stories of 2024 as she went from her full-time job in cybersecurity to the podium in Paris, smashing the British 1500m record by running 3min 52.61sec along the way. But she said her success has led to her being targeted more. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Advice to Keir Starmer: stop the fawning over Trump. Then help plan for a better world without him | John McDonnell

We need a ‘coalition of the willing’ capable of bringing together those in Europe and the global south. Britain should facilitate thatThere are only so many times Donald Trump can be offered a state and royal visit to temper his political tantrums. With his latest attacks on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the halting of aid to Ukraine, it’s already clear that not even the offer of a bed for the night at Balmoral has worked.The silver lining of the Trump experience over the past fortnight is hopefully that it leads to a more realistic appraisal not just of the implications of the re-election of this narcissistic, bullying, corporate thug, but an understanding of the role the US has played over generations. Trump and his gang members JD Vance and Elon Musk are just the ugliest of faces of the US global policy pursued for a century at least.John McDonnell is MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was Labour’s shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020 Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Spanish island's plans to ditch British tourists as holiday prices set to soar

Majorca is planning to introduce a number of measures to 'reduce dependence' on British tourists as part of a long-term sustainability strategy, including regulation low-cost flights and increasing tourist tax

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9 d. ago Trailblazing Olympic refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba set for a pro debut on all

Cindy Ngamba makes her pro boxing debut Friday in London

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