Housing is more affordable than a year ago, according to the UK's biggest mortgage lender, but high mortgage rates mean it is still a stretch. more

Legia Warsaw drew away against Denmark's FC Midtjylland 3:3 (1:2) in the first match of the 4th round of the Conference League football qualifiers. The rematch will be played on August 31.more

After the peak of the price increase in spring, it seemed that the dynamics would start to decrease from month to month, but despite the so-called government shield for producers, bread is getting more and more expensive again and everything points to increases in the coming months, informs "Rzeczpospolita".more

Pret a Manger has doubled the discount available for members of its Club Pret subscription scheme, months after introducing the discount and upping the price of membership. more

The pandemic hiring boom is over, according to data from online recruiter IrishJobs. Vacancies in banking, technology, science and travel have fallen significantly compared with last year and the previous quarter, although the IT sector was still the fourth-largest source of jobs between March and June.more

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out signing Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain in the current transfer period. The possibility of bringing the excellent French striker by "Royal" has been talked about for many weeks.more

Large marine animals such as sharks, cetaceans and dolphins are on the rise as the climate warms off the coast of the greater Lisbon area, according to observations by Portuguese biologists.more

Passengers who greet bus drivers as they embark or disembark have a small positive impact on drivers' wellbeing, a survey has suggested. more

Ireland's Ryanair will fly from Warsaw-Modlin Airport to Copenhagen, Denmark, starting in October, the carrier announced. The route will be operated three times a week as part of the winter 2023 schedule.more

It is becoming increasingly common for people who pay thousands or tens of thousands of pounds to intermediaries to help them obtain a work visa in the UK fall victim to scams as the promised job does not exist, Sky News has reported.more

The Duke of Sussex is expected to travel to the UK in September on the eve of the first anniversary of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s death. more

Jan Zieliński and Monaco's Hugo Nys advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tennis tournament on hard courts in Winston-Salem ($761,000). In the 2nd round, they won against Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar and Kazakh Aleksander Niedowiesov 6:3, 6:3.more

The war does not allow Ukraine to celebrate Independence Day today. For the second year in a row, there will be no solemn celebrations in Kiev. The inhabitants of the city will spend the holiday in shelters, hiding from Russian missile attacks.more

The majority of Wilko stores are expected to shut with the loss of thousands of jobs after a white knight failed to step forward to rescue the collapsed retailer. The family-owned household and garden products retailer, which has about 400 stores and employs almost 12,500 people, will leave big gaps on high streets after the failure of talks with interested parties forced it to call in administramore

After traveling 360 thousand. km in space, the Vikram lander of the Indian Chandrayaan-3 mission landed near the south pole of the Moon at approx. 18:03 local time. "India is on the moon," said Sreedhara Somanath, head of the Indian Space Research Organization.more

Braga beat Panathinaikos Athens 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Champions League fourth qualifying round. Galatasaray Istanbul also won - away from Molde FK 3:2. Maccabi Haifa played a goalless draw with Young Boys Bern in their third game on Wednesday.more

Virgin Media has been accused of unfairly increasing broadband prices for millions of customers in a move that has been condemned as “potentially unlawful”. The consumer rights group Which? has accused the telecoms company of applying “aggressive” inflation-linked mid-contract price increases while making it difficult for customers to cancel their deal without paying high exit fees.more

Yesterday, large parts of France were placed on the highest red alert due to the biggest heatwave of the year. Today temperatures will reach 43 degrees Celsius, and a sharp cooling is expected over the weekend, sometimes even by 15 degrees, according to the forecasts of the French national meteorological service Meteo-France.more

A single Chinese spy has created a powerful network of fake profiles, companies and contacts on LinkedIn, through which he tries to extract information from thousands of British officials, security practitioners and scientists, The Times has revealed.more

FC Copenhagen, the team that won 1-0 in the first leg of the fourth qualifying round for the Champions League against Raków Częstochowa the day before yesterday, believes that the lack of a decision to delay it due to the ongoing storm in Sosnowiec was a scandal.more

The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will have a marginal impact on the war in Ukraine, but it shows that Russia is a gangster state, said British military analyst Prof. Michael Clarke.more

Asian hornets have been confirmed in London for the first time - as record numbers of the invasive species are recorded in the UK.more

On the fifth day of the world athletics championships, Natalia Kaczmarek won silver in the 400 m run. This is the second medal of the Poles in Budapest after the silver medal of the hammer thrower Wojciech Nowicki. Yesterday, Anita Włodarczyk - a four-time world champion - was eliminated in the hammer throw qualifying rounds.more

House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that the chamber could launch an investigation as early as September as part of impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden over alleged corruption related to his and his son's activities. Republicans are demanding documents from Biden, including bank and credit card statements.more

Sadiq Khan has warned that the capital’s housing crisis is causing vital public sector workers - such as nurses, teachers and police constables - to quit their roles in favour of better paid work.more