Council tax is expected to rise by 5% a year to pay for local services including policing, documents in the Spending Review suggest. Local authorities in England have the power to raise the tax by up to 4.99% every year, without central government approval, although some choose lower increases.more

The UK economy suffered its worst contraction for a year and a half in April as taxes increased for businesses, household bills jumped and exports to the US plunged. The economy shrank by 0.3%, more than the 0.1% fall predicted by experts - marking the steepest monthly decline since October 2023.more

A number of products from a brand of US sweets are "unsafe to eat" and contain ingredients which could damage DNA and increase the risk of cancer, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.more

A new launch date for the Ax-4 mission featuring Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski has appeared on the NASA Kennedy Space Center website — tomorrow at 1:12 PM Polish time. However, this has not yet been officially confirmed by the entities involved in the mission.more

Michał Probierz has resigned from his position as coach of the Polish national football team, he announced in a statement published by the Polish Football Association. As he explained, he came to the conclusion that it was the best decision for the future of the national team.more

During anti-immigrant riots, protesters set fire to a building in Larne, Northern Ireland, suspecting that evacuated migrants from another town had been brought there, the website of "The Telegraph" reported today. The migrants had already been moved to a safe location.more

Stalowa Wola, alongside France's Bourges and Germany's Unterluess, was named in the most recent issue of the British weekly “Economist” as one of three cities in Europe to benefit from the development of armaments production.more

Gatwick Airport has confirmed that a plane flying from Ahmadabad in India to London crashed today. According to Indian police, at least 242 people were on board the machine. Indian Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu said he was ‘shocked and devastated’.more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has found himself in political purgatory, the British daily “Telegraph” assessed yesterday, commenting on the Sejm's vote of confidence in his government. According to the BBC, the vote was part of the political theatre of the head of the Polish government.more

The Polish footballers lost to Georgia 1:2 (0:0) in their first match of the European Under-21 Championship, which started yesterday in Slovakia. In the second Group C match, between Portugal and France, no goals were scored.more

After more than three years of talks, Spain, the UK and the European Commission reached an agreement in Brussels yesterday on Gibraltar's future relationship with the European Union. It includes, among other things, the abolition of land border controls.more

The loyalty program for PKP Intercity passengers is to be ready in June next year - informed the president of PKP Intercity, Janusz Malinowski. He added that passengers will be able to receive tickets for points.more

Health officials have issued a warning over the latest Coronavirus strain, which comes with a host of unpleasant symptoms. This new variant, which has been detected across Europe and other continents, has symptoms that differ from the flu-like signs of previous strains.more

The Catalan government and Spanish airport operator AENA have approved a €3.2 billion expansion of El Prat Airport, Barcelona's main airport, a move opposed by environmentalists and opponents of mass tourism.more

Number five seed Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the second round of the ATP 250 tennis tournament on grass courts in s'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. The Polish tennis player won yesterday against Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut 7:6 (7-2), 6:4. The match lasted one hour and 38 minutes.more

The biggest lottery prize the UK has seen could still be won after Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw had no winners. Friday’s jackpot will be an estimated £208 million and would be the largest prize awarded in the UK, National Lottery operator Allwyn said.more

Rental price growth has slowed significantly, according to the latest figures from Zoopla's Rental Price Index, with the average rents for new lets agreed 2.8% higher in April 2025 than the same time a year ago.more

England's footballers unexpectedly lost 1:3 (1:1) at home to Senegal in a friendly match. This is their first defeat under German coach Thomas Tuchel. In another match, Lithuania, Poland's group rival in the World Cup qualifiers, lost 0:5 to Denmark.more

Cheap chicken and beef from Australia, Poland and Uruguay is on the rise on UK supermarket shelves, according to the National Farmers’ Union, as supermarkets look for money-saving options.more

Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next year under government plans to scrap a 200-year-old law. Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy Act, which outlaws rough sleeping in England and Wales. The law was introduced in 1824 to deal with rising homelessness, but Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has called it "cruel and outdated".more

Among the fatal shooting victims in Graz is a teenager with Polish citizenship, the Austrian dailies "Kronen Zeitung" and "Die Presse" reported today. The rest of those killed by the attacker were Austrians.more

Britons are hoarding physical cash amid extreme economic uncertainty and to provide a safety net for possible banking system outages such as the recent one in Spain, according to the Bank of England’s chief cashier.more

The administration of US President Donald Trump is preparing to send thousands of foreigners who are in the US illegally to the Guantanamo prison, the Washington Post wrote yesterday. Among those sent back could be several hundred citizens of European countries, including Poland, the newspaper reported.more

Millions more people will have robotic surgery over the next decade under NHS plans to slash the huge waiting list for hospital treatment. The move will mean a significant expansion in how often surgeons use robots when treating people for cancer, hysterectomies and joint replacements, as well as in medical emergencies.more

Robert Lewandowski, accompanied by lawyers and security guards, appeared in the District Court for Warsaw-Śródmieście, where a hearing is being held today regarding the dispute between him and his former manager Cezary Kucharski. The footballer is to give evidence in closed session.more