The Met Office has dismissed reports predicting a UK heatwave driven by an African plume as “hyperbole”.more

In the UK, up to 25 per cent more cars fell prey to thieves last year than in 2021. Currently, the most theft-prone brands are Land Rovers. And particularly the Range Rover Velar R-Dyn.more

Top-seeded Magda Linette dropped out of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Strasbourg. In the second round, the Polish woman lost to the Russian Anastazja Pavlyuchenkova 3:6, 2:6.more

London Underground workers have voted in favour of extending their mandate to continue taking strike action for another six months, the RMT union has announced.more

Highland Council says it has put a stop to the hiring of bouncy castles at its premises for health and safety reasons.more

A week ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle became the target of a car chase by photojournalists who tried at all costs to take pictures of them. The theory that this car chase was merely a PR ploy by the Sussex’s to warm up their image has become very popular online. A spokesperson for the couple has now spoken out on the matter.more

Manchester City's Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland has admitted in a recent interview that his life "has stopped being normal because of popularity" after moving to England. He added that he watches a lot of television, but never replays of his matches.more

Foreign students coming to the UK from January next year will no longer be able to bring dependent family members to the UK, Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced yesterday.more

Researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Leiden University have started a pilot programme to grow rice on peat land near Leiden, the two universities said in a press release.more

Under proposed new regulations, brands may be banned from using words such as ‘yoghurt’ even if prefaced by ‘vegan’.more

"From a legal point of view, the reparations issue is closed; this topic is Pandora's box and it is better that this box remains untouched" - announced the German ambassador to Poland, Thomas Bagger, in an interview with Polish Radio 24 today.more

Barcelona lost 3-1 away to Real Valladolid in the 36th round of the Spanish football top flight. Robert Lewandowski played the whole match and scored an honorable goal towards the end of the second half.more

The campaign to become the next London mayor has begun with parties starting to decide who their chosen candidates will be. more

With the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games being held in Paris, the government wants to displace thousands of homeless, mainly migrants from the Paris region to the province, arguing that the number of hotels willing to host them is falling. This approach raises doubts among humanitarian organisations, French media reported today.more

Al-Nassr defeated Al-Shabab 3-2 in the Riyadh derby in the 28th round of the Saudi football league. Cristiano Ronaldo's club was already losing 0:2 to Grzegorz Krychowiak's team, but he turned the tide of the match.more

Strengthening the defence potential of NATO's eastern flank by increasing the number of troops deployed there and motivating all allies to increase defence spending are among Poland's priorities for the NATO summit in Vilnius in July, according to President Andrzej Duda.more

The unthinkable is becoming a possibility. The US Congress may fail to raise the debt limit and lead to the technical bankruptcy of the United States. If this happens, every economy will be affected, stock markets will collapse and global markets will panic, warns the Economist.more

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has annulled the suspension of Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr. The Brazilian was called racist by Valencia fans. For this reason, the south stand at Estadio Mestalla will be closed for five matches.more

A woman is appealing for people to be vigilant and not to wear flip-flops in long grass after she was bitten by an adder.more

Air pollution in the Paris metro with fine particles is five times higher than the standards recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a report by France Televisions station 'Vert de rage'.more

Spanish police have announced that they have detained three people suspected of racially insulting Real Madrid's Brazilian footballer Vinicius Junior during Sunday's match at Valencia's Mestalla stadium.more

With the cost of living crisis still rumbling on, many people are thinking twice about whether they can afford to go on holiday this year. more

Polish children are lower than their peers in other countries in our region. This surprised me, because until now we have only focused on the body mass index BMI and we knew that Polish children are putting on weight at the fastest rate in Europe," noted Professor Anna Fijałkowska from the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw.more

Fourteen Portuguese municipalities, popular with tourists, already charge holidaymakers a so-called tourist tax for overnight stays. This ranges from one to two euros.more

Prince Harry lost today a challenge against the Home Office over his bid to be allowed to make private payments for police protection.more