The high street building society is the latest employer to offer its workers a cost of living support payment as families struggle with high bills.more

An as yet unidentified toxic algae species may have contributed to the mass extinction of fish in the Oder River, scientists from Berlin's Leibniz Institute for Water Ecology and Inland Fisheries suspect. This was reported yesterday by the rbb24 portal.more

British diplomacy chief Liz Truss's advantage over former finance minister Rishi Sunak in the election of the Conservative party leader has slightly diminished, but is still enough to be sure of a win, according to a poll published today.more

42-year-old American Venus Williams, her compatriot Sofia Kenin and Austrian Dominic Thiem are among the tennis players who received wild cards from the organizers in the US Open tournament. Serena Williams, 23 times winner of the Grand Slam events, will also perform in New York.more

A video from a private event where the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin plays with a celebrity group was disseminated in the media and divided the Finns. I did not do illegal things, commented the head of the government.more

GMB London, which represents some water workers, called on Thames Water and the Government to implement Victorian-era plans to move water from Welsh lakes to London and the south east to help combat drought.more

According to the order of local authorities in the city of Xiamen on the east coast of China, not only fishermen returning from catch are tested for coronavirus, but also fish and seafood caught by them, the Chinese media reported.more

Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo announces that he will soon reveal his position to mounting speculation about his future at the club. The competitor wants to convey the "truth" after many missing information that appears on the Internet.more

"Dumplings should almost always be spoken in the plural, because one pierogi is simply never enough", informs the British daily "Financial Times" in its review of the book "Pierogi: Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings".more

The production of charcoal in Somalia leads to environmental degradation, including deforestation, and the trade in this commodity provides a profit for Islamist organizations such as Ash-Shabbab, which control its distribution, according to the British daily The Guardian.more

Commuters and other travellers are facing further disruption over three days from Thursday on rail, tube and bus services, as tens of thousands of workers begin the latest round of strike action.more

The highest seeded Iga Świątek advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament on hard courts in Cincinnati. The leader of the tennis ranking defeated the American Sloane Stephens 6: 4, 7: 5 yesterday. Meanwhile, seeded eighth, Hubert Hurkacz was eliminated in the second round of the tournament, losing to American John Isner 6: 7 (5-7), 7: 6 (7-5), 2: 6.more

The measles is contaminated regularly - the first results of inspections carried out by Polish Waters indicate. Hundreds of illegal sewage outlets have already been detected in its basin - we can read in today's issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more

A group of MPs from Birmingham have asked Queen Elizabeth II to honor the city's band Black Sabbath for their contributions to music.more

Venice City Police determined the identities and detained two men who were rushing on surfboards across the Grand Canal yesterday morning. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Twitter. As he added, the surfers' boards were confiscated, and they would receive a well-deserved punishment.more

The suggestion of the minister of transport regarding the introduction of registration plates for cyclists was met with considerable criticism in the UK. Grant Shapps allegedly suggested such a solution in an interview with the Daily Mail.more

Dynamo Kyiv players, who played hosts in Łódź, lost to Benfica Lisbon 0: 2 in the first match of the fourth round of the Champions League qualifying rounds. Tomasz Kędziora played the entire match in the Ukrainian team. Portugal's rematch is scheduled for Tuesday.more

Tourists have returned to Paris en masse, although Russians and Chinese are absent. Europeans have never been so numerous and Americans are spending a lot of money in the French capital because of the strong dollar, the daily Le Figaro wrote yesterday.more

The UK could become a leading producer of red wine due to rising temperatures from climate change, a new study claims. more

According to a survey of 800 parents, Irish families are clearly moving towards offers and discounts wherever they can get them in order to be able to afford to feed their family healthy meals.more

Young people now watch almost seven times less broadcast television than people aged over 65, according to a report from regulator Ofcom. more

In Greece, the 14 largest regional airports recorded an 11 per cent increase in arrivals in July compared to the same month in 2019, i.e. before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ekathimerini portal reported yesterday. Almost 6 million travellers arrived. As much as a 36 per cent increase in arrivals was at the airport on the island of Santorini, popular with tourists.more

Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss said British workers needed "more graft" in leaked comments. more

The organization of the Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo winter games in 2026 will be more expensive than assumed in the original estimates, the Italian media reported. According to "Il Fatto Quotidiano", the expenditure will exceed EUR 2 billion compared to the budgeted budget of EUR 1.58 billion.more

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. more