The UK has introduced a ban on pigs, sheep and cattle imports from Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in the country. The government said on Tuesday it will no longer approve health certificates for animals, fresh meat and animal products susceptible to the disease to prevent its spread to the UK where there are currently no confirmed cases.more

Millions of UK drivers who passed their tests before 2016 need to take action soon - or risk being fined £1,000. Once you receive your licence it is valid for 10 years before it will need to be renewed.more

Nato will establish a Baltic Guard to strengthen security in the Baltic using frigates, patrol aircraft and other armaments, Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced today at a conference in Helsinki during a summit with eight countries in the region and the EC.more

We were astonished to receive media information that the Polish Football Association (PZPN) has decided not to organise national team matches at the PGE National Stadium,’ wrote an official communiqué of the PL.2012 Management Board published yesterday.more

Heathrow airport said 2024 was its busiest year for passenger numbers. Some 83.9 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s terminals last year.more

Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally attempting to change the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, which he lost, had he not been re-elected as head of state in 2024. - according to a Justice Department report that was sent to Congress today.more

King Charles III received a Holocaust survivor yesterday. Buckingham Palace, which broke the news, also confirmed that the British monarch would be coming to Poland at the end of the month to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.more

Iran and three major European powers - Germany, France and the UK - began two days of talks in Geneva last night on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian press reported, quoted by AFP.more

Hubert Hurkacz won against Dutch tennis player Tallon Griekspoor 7:5, 6:4, 6:4 and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. The next opponent of the Pole, seeded 18, will be Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.more

Scottish police, who have been searching for sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti in Aberdeen since Friday, have extended their search to the coast, SkyNews TV reported yesterday. So far, the action has focused on the city itself.more

Danish counterintelligence has established that the idea to occupy Greenland was suggested to Donald Trump by Russian intelligence, using a forged letter to a US senator, ‘Newsweek’ recalled yesterday. The story was revived on social media just before the President-elect's inauguration.more

The government will "mainline AI into the veins" of the UK, with plans being unveiled today by Sir Keir Starmer. The prime minister is set to promise investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector.more

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing. Fury last fought in December when he lost his rematch against WBA (Super), WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.more

The Saskatchewan Police Department has released its annual list of the strangest 911 calls of 2024. The "10 Reasons Not to Call 911" list includes cat problems, refrigerator problems and math, UPI reported.more

He was a writer concerned with poverty, class and power; we will never know how George Orwell would feel about being commemorated on a coin.more

In Q3 2024, housing prices in the EU rose by 3.8% year-on-year and by 1.4% compared to Q2 2024, Eurostat reported. In Poland, housing prices rose by 14.4% year-on-year and 1.6% quarter-on-quarter.more

There are fewer than three weeks to go before the deadline to file self-assessment tax returns for the 2023-24 tax year, but millions of people still haven’t knuckled down and done theirs. This week HM Revenue & Customs said 5.4 million people had yet to file.more

Victims are being “let down time and time again” by police, a minister has said, as almost every violent or sexual offence went unsolved in hundreds of crime hotspots last year.more

The trial of 18-year-old Mohammed M., accused of shooting Polish man Mikael (Michał), began today in a court near Stockholm. The suspect pleaded not guilty and showed no emotion at the trial.more

Arsenal London, with Jakub Kiwior on the substitutes' bench, lost after penalty kicks 3-5 to defending trophy holders Manchester United in the 3rd round (1/32nd final) of the FA Cup. It was a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes and extra time.more

Buckingham Palace confirmed today that King Charles III will attend commemorations on 27 January to mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's entry into the Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. British media had unofficially reported the visit in mid-December.more

Statistics for the third quarter of 2024 show that our compatriots are among the top buyers of real estate in Spain. They are only beaten by the British, Germans and Moroccans.more

Experts fear the decision by Meta to drop professional factcheckers from Facebook will exacerbate so-called boomer radicalisation in the UK. Even before what Keir Starmer described as “far-right riots” in England last summer, alarm bells were ringing amid fears older people were even more susceptible to misinformation and radicalisation than younger “digital natives”.more

Ryanair has reiterated its call for a limit of two alcoholic drinks per passenger to be introduced at airport bars. The airline said such a policy would result in “a safer travel experience for passengers and crews”.more

Barcelona player Robert Lewandowski scored a goal and had an assist, while the team's goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saw a red card in a thrilling Spanish Super Cup final in Jeddah, where the ‘Pride of Catalonia’ beat Real Madrid 5:2 to win the 100th trophy in history.more