Customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will be able to use the branches of any brand for in-person banking as the group continues to shake up its branch network, raising concerns among unions over potential further closures. more

The secretary general of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), Łukasz Wachowski, has stated that negotiations are underway regarding the location of the next matches of the Polish national football team. Warsaw and Chorzów are involved. ‘It is a perspective of a few days when the matter will be clarified,’ he added.more

The Spanish government plans to raise taxes on tourist rentals and implement other measures to combat the country's housing crisis, which is expected to worsen in the coming months.more

A pizzeria is asking its customers to put their dough where their mouth is if they want to eat a Hawaiian – charging £100 for a ham and pineapple-topped pizza. The owners and staff of Lupa pizza in Norwich are so revolted by the Hawaiian that they have reluctantly added the topping to their delivery menu but only with the eye-watering price tag.more

A majority of Poles are in favour of revoking the driving licence for life for those who have driven despite a court ban, according to an IBRiS poll for Radio ZET.more

Business leaders plan to cut costs and rein in hiring in response to government tax increases set out in the autumn budget, with employment expectations taking the sharpest tumble since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.more

Lazio Rome have terminated the contract of the keeper of the eagle, the club's historic symbol, for showing his genitalia on social media. Traditionally, the bird is released over the pitch and stands of the Olympic Stadium before every match in the capital.more

The prisons watchdog has warned that drones delivering weapons to two of England's highest security prisons have become a national security risk. The chief inspector of prisons, Charlie Taylor, said drops of contraband to inmates at HMP Manchester and HMP Long Lartin, in Worcestershire, were now so regular that guns could be smuggled in.more

The UK has introduced a ban on pigs, sheep and cattle imports from Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in the country. The government said on Tuesday it will no longer approve health certificates for animals, fresh meat and animal products susceptible to the disease to prevent its spread to the UK where there are currently no confirmed cases.more

Millions of UK drivers who passed their tests before 2016 need to take action soon - or risk being fined £1,000. Once you receive your licence it is valid for 10 years before it will need to be renewed.more

Nato will establish a Baltic Guard to strengthen security in the Baltic using frigates, patrol aircraft and other armaments, Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced today at a conference in Helsinki during a summit with eight countries in the region and the EC.more

We were astonished to receive media information that the Polish Football Association (PZPN) has decided not to organise national team matches at the PGE National Stadium,’ wrote an official communiqué of the PL.2012 Management Board published yesterday.more

Heathrow airport said 2024 was its busiest year for passenger numbers. Some 83.9 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s terminals last year.more

Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally attempting to change the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, which he lost, had he not been re-elected as head of state in 2024. - according to a Justice Department report that was sent to Congress today.more

King Charles III received a Holocaust survivor yesterday. Buckingham Palace, which broke the news, also confirmed that the British monarch would be coming to Poland at the end of the month to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.more

Iran and three major European powers - Germany, France and the UK - began two days of talks in Geneva last night on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian press reported, quoted by AFP.more

Hubert Hurkacz won against Dutch tennis player Tallon Griekspoor 7:5, 6:4, 6:4 and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. The next opponent of the Pole, seeded 18, will be Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.more

Scottish police, who have been searching for sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti in Aberdeen since Friday, have extended their search to the coast, SkyNews TV reported yesterday. So far, the action has focused on the city itself.more

Danish counterintelligence has established that the idea to occupy Greenland was suggested to Donald Trump by Russian intelligence, using a forged letter to a US senator, ‘Newsweek’ recalled yesterday. The story was revived on social media just before the President-elect's inauguration.more

The government will "mainline AI into the veins" of the UK, with plans being unveiled today by Sir Keir Starmer. The prime minister is set to promise investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector.more

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing. Fury last fought in December when he lost his rematch against WBA (Super), WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk.more

The Saskatchewan Police Department has released its annual list of the strangest 911 calls of 2024. The "10 Reasons Not to Call 911" list includes cat problems, refrigerator problems and math, UPI reported.more

He was a writer concerned with poverty, class and power; we will never know how George Orwell would feel about being commemorated on a coin.more

In Q3 2024, housing prices in the EU rose by 3.8% year-on-year and by 1.4% compared to Q2 2024, Eurostat reported. In Poland, housing prices rose by 14.4% year-on-year and 1.6% quarter-on-quarter.more

There are fewer than three weeks to go before the deadline to file self-assessment tax returns for the 2023-24 tax year, but millions of people still haven’t knuckled down and done theirs. This week HM Revenue & Customs said 5.4 million people had yet to file.more