Major supermarkets and food industry leaders have backed calls for the Government to ban cages for egg-laying hens. In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed on Wednesday, food companies urged ministers to bolster action on phasing out cages, which restrict the ability of hens to move and cause the birds to suffer high levels of stress.more

The Sejm passed an amendment to the law yesterday, according to which from next year Christmas Eve will be a public holiday. The amendment also stipulates that from 2025, the three Sundays preceding Christmas Eve will be commercial. The regulation will now go to work in the Senate.more

Public satisfaction with how often potholes are seen locally is no better than 10% in more than a third of English council areas, according to new research. The AA described the figures as “dismal” and called for an end to the “vicious cycle” of potholes being patched up only to reappear.more

Liverpool beat Real Madrid 2:0 in the 5th round of Champions League football, claiming their first victory over this rival in over 15 years. ‘’The Reds‘’ are the only team to have won all their matches so far in this competition in the ongoing season.more

Russian troops launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this morning. Explosions could be heard in Kyiv and the threat was reported in regions near the Polish border, among others. Around 1 million consumers were cut off from electricity.more

The number of single women and female couples undergoing IVF or artificial insemination in the UK has risen over the past decade, a report from the fertility regulator, external shows.more

France wants the European Union to adopt a resolution preventing teenagers from using social media before they turn 15, Politico reported. The French government intends to use the Polish presidency of the EU Council to do so.more

More than 6 million UK consumers have fallen prey to online fraudsters in the past year, with social media platforms and online marketplaces emerging as the most frequent avenues for scams, according to consumer watchdog Which?.more

The happiness index of Poles at work has dropped by one point this year - from 6.8 to 5.8 on a 10-point scale - according to the latest edition of the report "Happiness at work of Poles". The greatest influence on it has a good salary, preferably in the range of PLN 7,000 to PLN 12,000 net.more

Thiago Messi, son of eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel, played an Under-13 match against Newell's Old Boys, the club where his famous father spent several years as a boy.more

Eurostar are back this winter for another season of whisking adventure-seekers between London and various French ski resorts on their handy, high-speed train.more

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, is currently the most polluted capital city in the world, according to Tuesday's ranking by IQAir, which examines the level of air pollution in cities around the world.more

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) warns of scam attempts targeting Self Assessment customers. Customers urged to be cautious of refund scams as the 31 January tax return deadline draws closer.more

Plans to end the deepening crisis in access to NHS dental care are failing, leaving patients unable to get treatment, according to a warning from the government’s spending watchdog.more

Manchester City are in crisis. Coach Josep Guardiola's team drew 3-3 with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Champions League yesterday, despite leading 3-0 until the 75th minute, and were booed by their own fans. "I understand their reaction, they have the right to do so," admitted the Spaniard.more

The number of animals dumped by their owners in winter has increased by more than 50 per cent in three years. - The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) reported yesterday. At the same time, it launched an appeal for support for its ‘Christmas Rescue’ campaign.more

Russia said it was expelling a British diplomat for alleged spying as tensions between London and Moscow rose after Ukraine’s recent use of British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. The FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, announced on Tuesday that it had acted on documents accusing a British diplomat of engaging in “reconnaissance and subversive activities that threaten the country".more

A 61-year-old woman from the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, after 37 years of unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant, gave birth to her first child: a healthy boy, the Macedonian weekly "Fokus" reported.more

Quarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales findsmore

If nothing changes systemically, in 10 years we will be flooded by a wave of up to two million seniors on penny benefits - informs "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" in today's issue.more

Robert Lewandowski scored his 100th and 101st Champions League goals, becoming only the third player in history to reach triple figures in the competition, as his Barcelona side beat Brest 3-0 at home yesterday. A total of 40 goals were scored in nine games that day.more

One of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the Welsh countryside. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, has been on the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists” list for almost two decades for his alleged involvement in two office building bombings in San Francisco in 2003.more

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after more than a year of fighting. It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.more

Some 20 London bus shelters are getting CCTV cameras to combat violence against women and girls on the Transport for London (TfL) network. The technology was tested at five bus shelters in March, and now 15 more locations will get CCTV in Brent, Croydon, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Lambeth, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Westminster.more

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, talks about sending European troops to Ukraine are gaining momentum, writes the French daily ‘Le Monde’ on Monday. Paris, London and Warsaw, among others, could play a leading role in this initiative.more