‘Anora’ by Sean Baker won five Oscars on Sunday night and Monday night, including Best Picture and Best Director. The filmmaker appealed from the stage to filmmakers to shoot pictures destined for the big screens. ‘Let's watch the films in cinemas, let's keep this great tradition alive’. - he stressed.more

The latest increase in rail fares in England and Wales is set to pile "further misery on hard-pressed households", a campaign group has said. From Sunday, regulated rail fares in England and Wales have risen by 4.6% and the price of most railcards has increased by £5.more

Catalonia will double its tourist tax from next year, which could amount to up to €15 per night in Barcelona. If the solution comes into effect, the Catalan capital will be the city with the highest tourist tax in Europe, overtaking Paris and Rome.more

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 4-0 at home in the 26th round and returned to the top of the Spanish football league. Robert Lewandowski scored one goal and Wojciech Szczęsny was the home team's goalkeeper. Atletico Madrid had been in first place in the table since Saturday.more

After about two hours in London on Sunday, the summit on Ukraine, defense and security ended with the participation of, among others, leaders of several European countries, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Poland was represented at the meeting by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.more

Patients will be able to book more appointments online and request to see their usual doctor under a new contract agreed with England's GPs, the government has said.more

A new charter for stop and search practice has been published by the Metropolitan Police. It marks the first time that a set of formal commitments to how stop and search is carried out has been published in such detail.more

More than 70 per cent. Spaniards are against bullfighting, according to a survey conducted by the BBVA Foundation. As the Spanish media notes, public attitudes towards animals have changed a lot in a decade and a half.more

Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelensky he has "full backing across the United Kingdom" as the two met in Downing Street. The Ukrainian president told the prime minister he was happy his country had "such friends" after arriving in the UK in the wake of a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump that descended into a row between the two leaders.more

Pop star Katy Perry will fly into space on a spacecraft from billionaire Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin, the company announced on Thursday. Perry's travel companions will include the billionaire's wife Lauren Sanchez and four other women.more

Real Madrid players, after an away defeat in the match of the 26th round against Betis Sevilla 1:2, did not take advantage of the opportunity to become the leader of the Spanish top league. In the evening, it was local rivals - Atletico, who won at home against Athletic Bilbao 1:0. Barcelona can regain this position today.more

Londoners are being asked for their views on the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. Sir Sadiq Khan hopes that altering the famous shopping street will increase visitor numbers, create jobs, and boost growth for London.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski will be received by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street today, a spokeswoman for the British head of government's office has told the Guardian. The talks will take place in London on the eve of a summit of a dozen European leaders on Ukraine.more

Drivers in the UK have been warned it could soon become more expensive to travel as a slate of new rules and costs take effect later this week. From 1 March, there will be several changes to motoring that drivers should be aware of. These could be costly if not taken on board, with new expenses and even fines attached.more

Donald Trump's meeting with Volodymyr Zelenski at the White House initially proceeded in a relatively good atmosphere, but ended in an unprecedented argument. The conversation turned into an argument. Diplomacy died down on live television as US President Donald Trump and his deputy JD Vance bullied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski yesterday, the ‘Guardian’ daily assessed today.more

German Premier League football leader Bayern Munich beat away runner-up VfB Stuttgart 3:1 in the 24th round and is already 11 points ahead of runner-up Bayer Leverkusen, the defending champions. ‘Die Apotheker’ will play today against Eintracht Frankfurt.more

International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned over the prime minister's cuts to the aid budget. In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer,, external Dodds said the cuts to international aid, announced earlier this week to fund an increase in defence spending, would "remove food and healthcare from desperate people - deeply harming the UK's reputation".more

Shorter journey with PKP Intercity from Warsaw to Rzeszów and to Wrocław. New connection between the Tricity and the capital. Changes in train services to Slupsk and in the Silesian Voivodeship. The timetable of some trains has been changed since Sunday 9 March. The adjustment will be in force until mid-June.more

Football referee David Coote has been suspended by UEFA until 2026 following an investigation into his cocaine use during the 2024 European Championship. The Englishman was filmed the day after the quarter-final between France and Portugal, which ended in a penalty shootout, was Coote's final match of the tournament.more

Tube fares are going up across the London Underground this weekend, with prices set to jump by 4.6%, while tram and bus fares remain frozen in the capital.more

Millions of households across London face growing financial pressure as annual price rises are rolled out in April. Energy and water bills, council tax, train fares, broadband, mobile, and even alcohol duties are set to increase on or around the first of that month, with billpayers urged to shop around for the best deals and investigate whether they are entitled to any discounts. more

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer invited over a dozen European leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, to a summit on Ukraine and security on March 2 in London, AFP reported on Feb. 28, citing Starmer's office.more

The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player's three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.more

Experts say the UK faces a youth jobs crisis after a rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (neets) to almost a million, the highest level in more than a decade. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were about 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were neets in October to December last year, up from 877,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023. more

The agreement between the United States and Ukraine, which is to be signed today during the meeting between Trump and Zelensky, provides for the creation of an Investment Reconstruction Fund, financed, among other things, from the extraction of deposits, including oil and gas, to which Ukraine will transfer 50 percent of the revenues from this, the portal European Truth reported.more