Britain is set for the busiest August bank holiday getaway on the roads in nearly a decade, with severe delays expected on routes towards the Leeds and Reading music festivals, despite overseas tourists continuing to stay away.more

Some of the UK's government-funded development aid to poor countries actually goes to regions with a higher GDP per capita than large areas of the UK, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) think tank pointed out in a report published yesterday.more

Withholding the PESEL number effectively protects against identity theft and fraud, making it more difficult for fraudsters to use the data to take out credit or sign unwanted contracts. So far, 4.5 million Poles have taken advantage of this option, the Ministry of Digital Affairs reported.more

Portuguese national team and Atletico Madrid footballer Joao Felix, most recently on loan at Barcelona, has strengthened Chelsea. He has signed a seven-year contract with the London club. According to English media, the 24-year-old striker cost around £46 million, or almost €54 million.more

Pakistani police yesterday announced that a cyber-terrorism charge has been brought against a man who played a key role in spreading fake news that the 17-year-old killer of three girls in Southport, UK, was a Muslim asylum seeker.more

Spain's tourism sector is expecting a record 95 million visitors this year, even despite protests over mass tourism, Spanish daily "El Pais" wrote in yesterday's edition.more

A 29-year-old woman and her three children - aged nine years, five years and 22 months - died yesterday in Bradford in the north of England in a fire at their home, which police suspect was deliberately set.more

Italian group Euricom, owned by the Lombardy-based Sempio family, is acquiring Polish company Sonko, one of the leading producers of snacks and many other food products, Italian media reported.more

England national team player Conor Gallagher, runner-up in Europe this year, has moved from Chelsea London to Atletico Madrid, the two clubs announced yesterday. According to Spanish media, the transfer fee for the 24-year-old midfielder is €42 million.more

Home Office ministers have promised a "large surge" in returns flights for failed asylum seekers and others with no right to be in the UK. Plans include 100 more new intelligence officers to target people smuggling gangs and reopening immigration removal centres in Hampshire and Oxfordshire, adding 290 beds. more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk will receive the European journalists' award on September 12 in Potsdam, which has been awarded since 2005 by the M100 Sanssouci Colloquium organization - the dpa news agency reported. The award will also be presented to the President of Kosovo, Vjosia Osmani-Sadriu.more

Two members of cabin crew were injured on an easyJet flight from Corfu to London as the plane was hit by strong turbulence. Pilots on the flight to Gatwick from the Greek island were forced to divert the plane and land at Rome with some 181 people onboard. The crew members who were injured were about to serve food onboard the flight when chaos broke out, reports the MailOnline.more

Most, 2/3 of Poles spend their holidays in the country. Short city breaks in large cities such as Warsaw, Kraków, Tricity and Wrocław are also becoming more and more popular - said Magdalena Krucz, director of the Department of Planning and Development at the Polish Tourist Organization.more

The match of the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League between Jagiellonia and Ajax Amsterdam is treated as a high-risk mass event, according to the police. About 400 Dutch fans will come to Białystok for Thursday's match, mainly by car and bus.more

Tesco has said it is increasing the price of its popular lunchtime meal deal. The price of the deal, which includes a sandwich, pasta or salad, a snack and a drink, currently costs £3.40 for customers with a Tesco Clubcard.more

The Belarusian copy of the Ikea chain of stores, operating in Russia under the name Swed House, incorrectly uses Swedish product names. For Swedes, they sound comical - notes the "Goeteborgs-Posten" newspaper.more

The "red-hot" rental market is starting to cool, exclusive data provided to the BBC reveals, but tenants say they are still caught in a price trap. The cost for renters who move home and take on a new tenancy has risen at its slowest rate for nearly three years, according to property portal Zoopla.more

The UK is predicted to see a warm welcome to September with temperatures predicted to reach a scorching 28C.more

Football player Dawid Kownacki will play again for the German 2nd league club Fortuna Duesseldorf in the 2024/2025 season - the club from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia announced on social media.more

A group of science bodies say "essential experiences" will reduce inequalities in subjects like science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in which children with limited first-hand experiences are "undeniably at a disadvantage".more

The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland has risen sharply. National Records of Scotland (NRS) data for 2023 revealed that 1,172 people died - up 121 on the previous 12 months, which represents a 12% increase.more

An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the $19 billion project on Wednesday.more

As every year, the Polish branch of the YMCA in the UK organized a summer sports camp for its students. This time, the picturesque Lake District, on Lake Windermere, was chosen as the location.more

The body of the vessel’s cook was recovered while divers searched the hull of the Bayesian for passengers, including the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.more

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March, but he will not be suspended after the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Tuesday determined that the banned substance entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist.more