Protesters climbing on war memorials could face up to three months in prison under plans being proposed by Home Secretary James Cleverly. Last year No 10 said it would look into giving police new powers after a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators scaled London's Royal Artillery Memorial.more

49.3 percent respondents were unable to indicate who should be the PiS candidate for president in the next elections in 2025. Mateusz Morawiecki received the most votes among the mentioned candidates - according to a SW Research survey for the rp.pl portal.more

Italy is the queen of Europe in terms of tourist reputation - announced the Italian Opinion Research Institute Demoskopika in a report, citing the highest result in the ETR (European Tourism Reputation) classification. The next places were taken by Spain and Germany. ​more

A £1,000 cash incentive and a campaign to raise the profile of childcare workers in England are part of government plans to recruit more staff. Thousands of extra nursery workers and childminders are needed, as the expansion of funded hours begins. More than 100,000 working parents of two-year olds have already registered for the April rollout, according to the Department for Education (DfE).more

A parking charge for sports utility vehicles may be introduced in London, Sadiq Khan has indicated, saying he will monitor the effectiveness of Paris’s plan to triple levies for the vehicles if it comes into effect.more

Michelle O'Neill from the republican Sinn Fein party became the First Minister (Prime Minister) of Northern Ireland yesterday. It has never happened before that a politician from a party seeking the unification of Ireland has become the head of the government of this province.more

The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen. It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.more

Robert Lewandowski scored a goal for Barcelona - the first in the Spanish top league since December 10, and the ninth in total - in a 3-1 away win against Alaves in the 23rd round. Girona's players did not take advantage of the opportunity to advance to first place in the Spanish Premier League table, drawing at home with Real Sociedad 0-0 in the 23rd round.more

Yesterday, for the eighth time, a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians took place on the streets of London. The police reported that at the peak, approximately 20,000 people took part in it.more

Canadian women are having fewer and fewer children. Figures for 2022 show that statistically there were 1.33 children for every woman of reproductive age. This is the fewest in more than a century, reported Statistics Canada, Canada's statistics office.more

Aleksander Zniszczol took 8th place and Dawid Kubacki was 23rd in Saturday's Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Willingen. Kamil Stoch and Piotr Zyla were eliminated after the first series. The winner was the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang, who broke the Muehlenkopfschanze record with a jump of 155.5 m in the second round.more

A raft of more than 80 upgrades to make the capital’s Tube and bus network more accessible has been announced by Transport for London (TfL). more

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid announced yesterday that in 2023, Spain was visited by a record number of foreign tourists - over 85 million. This is over 1 million more than the estimates of Pedro Sanchez's government.more

Water companies are forecasting an above-inflation rise in average household bills in April, drawing criticism from campaigners. The average annual water and sewerage bill is expected to rise by 6% in England and Wales, up £27 to £473, says suppliers' trade body Water UK. In Scotland, water and waste charges will go up by 8.8%, a rise of £36.more

Brianna Ghey's killers have been given life sentences for her "brutal, planned and sadistic" murder. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe murdered the 16-year-old in a park in Cheshire in February 2023.more

In the UK, a manhunt is underway for the second day for an Afghan asylum seeker who poured a corrosive liquid on a woman, her two daughters and several bystanders. At the same time, questions are being asked about how it happened that the Afghan, who had previously been convicted of sexual crimes, was granted asylum.more

Kylian Mbappé missed a first-half penalty and scored one of the simplest goals of his career a few minutes later as Paris Saint-Germain unconvincingly beat Strasbourg 2-1 to remain on top of the French league on Friday.more

Tradition dating back to 1887 holds that if the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow at sunrise, there will be another six weeks of winter - but if doesn't, the US can expect an early spring.more

Greta Thunberg and four others charged with public order offences over a protest in London have been cleared after a judge ruled that they had no case to answer.more

The introduction, from 25 April on selected days, of an entrance ticket to Venice for those who only come there for a few hours without staying overnight, does not mean that the city will be closed and inhospitable, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro assured on Thursday.more

Asda has announced it will introduce vacuum-pack mince packaging to save plastic. The supermarket said on Friday it is replacing the traditional plastic trays across its Just Essentials beef mince range with a lighter plastic film alternative.more

All twenty-one teams certain to participate in the European Football Championships in Germany have confirmed their place at the tournament, UEFA informed. The last three will choose their base after the March play-offs - the Polish national team may be among them.more

42 per cent of Poles feel nervous about the situation in Poland. KO voters are the most satisfied (37 percent), while Confederation voters are the least satisfied (5 percent). Left-wing voters are most likely to feel embarrassment (52 per cent), according to the CBOS poll "What do Poles feel now?".more

Hubert Hurkacz won against Sergei Fomin 6:2, 6:1, giving Poland a 1-0 lead over Uzbekistan in Tashkent in the Davis Cup tennis match. At stake is promotion to World Group I, which is the immediate base of the elite.more

Millions of households around the country are facing a big hike in payments after the government reportedly gave approval for above inflation council tax rises. The measure will bring in £2 billion extra money in a tax bombshell this spring.more