54.6 per cent of Poles declared that they had read a book in the past year, Eurostat reported on Friday. This is slightly above the EU average. Across the EU, 52.8 per cent had contact with a book. Women are more likely to read than men.more

Italian Serie A football clubs AC MIlan and Inter Milan are considering the possibility of buying back the San Siro stadium from the city government, Milan city council officials have revealed. This was the information received by the city's mayor Giuseppe Sala on Friday.more

The food available at the British seaside has improved hugely. There's now somewhere special to eat in every part of the coastline - from St Andrews in Scotland to Fowey in Cornwall. A total of 21 seaside towns got impressive, four star ratings for food and drink in our latest survey.more

Alaska's frozen land is deteriorating at an accelerating rate, and the reason is a warming climate. This threatens additional greenhouse gas emissions, scientists warn.more

Changes could include raising the minimum salary threshold for overseas workers to obtain a visa to take up a job in the UK.more

A dental practice says it will soon only offer private care as the industry is "on its knees". The Hathaway Dental Practice in Chippenham, Wiltshire, will no longer provide NHS services to its patients from 1 November.more

The winner of this year's Champions League final, Real Madrid, will face Europa League top team Atalanta Bergamo in Warsaw on Wednesday. At stake in the match at PGE Narodowy will be the UEFA Football Super Cup.more

An 11-year-old girl and 34-year-old woman have been stabbed in London's Leicester Square. In a post on X, external, the Met Police said a man had been arrested and taken into custody, adding the force does not believe there are "any outstanding suspects".more

A new artwork of swimming fish on a police box in the City of London has been confirmed as a Banksy piece. The elusive street artist claimed the piece as his in an Instagram post, making it his seventh artwork to be unveiled this week in various locations across the capital.more

Argentine footballer Julian Alvarez is close to a move from Manchester City to Atletico Madrid. The agreement between the clubs was confirmed by The Citizens' coach Josep Guardiola. According to estimates, the transfer amount could be as high as €95 million.more

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer supported the truce efforts in Gaza by the US, Egypt and Qatar. In a joint statement released today, they called for an end to the fighting and the release of hostages.more

Two migrants died in French waters while trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat. Around 50 people who were also on that boat were rescued and taken to France, a UK government spokesman said.more

Hubert Hurkacz lost to Australian Alexei Popyrin 6:3, 6:7 (5-7), 5:7 and dropped out of the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Montreal. The winner advanced to the penultimate round of an event of this rank for the first time in his career.more

Greek civil defence today ordered the evacuation of several villages on the north-eastern outskirts of Athens. The cause is the fires that broke out yesterday and are covering increasingly large areas near the city. The fire front under the capital already extends for more than 20 km. Due to the cataclysm, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Micotakis urgently returned to Athens. more

Thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of the UK, as a plume of heat looks set to make Monday the hottest day of the year so far. The Met Office has issued two yellow thunderstorm warnings which affect Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland tonight and into Monday morning.more

The police detained 8 people suspected of causing a false bomb alarm on board a plane flying from Warsaw to Newark in the United States, as a result of which the plane was turned back, the Warsaw police said yesterday.more

IOC President Thomas Bach officially closed the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad at the Stade de France near Paris. The next one will be held in 2028 in Los Angeles. The torch, which floated in a balloon over the French capital during the 16 days of competition, was extinguished.more

Technology that identifies people at risk of a heart attack in the next 10 years has been hailed as "game changing" by scientists. The artificial intelligence (AI) model detects inflammation in the heart that does not show up on CT scans, which involve a combination of X-rays and computer technology.more

In Sweden, 8.3 percent people aged 15-74 remain unemployed - this is the most in a decade, excluding the pandemic period, and the fourth highest level of unemployment in the European Union - announced the Minister of Labor Johan Pehrson.more

A special set of stamps is being issued to mark the "myth and legend, ceremony and tradition" of the Tower of London. Royal Mail has partnered with Historic Royal Palaces, which manages the Tower, to produce 10 stamps that depict images of the history and buildings of the world-famous landmark.more

Travel agencies served more customers than in the previous year and exceeded the result from the record-breaking 2019 - reported "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

The NHS in England has had its busiest summer ever in A&E with 4.6m attendances over the past two months, while 1.5m hospital appointments were rescheduled because of the junior doctors’ strikes, according to the latest figures.more

Organised crime groups have been targeting empty shops and pubs in town centres to grow cannabis on an industrial scale, say police bosses. Over the last year, raids have been carried out in dozens of properties, from an old toy shop in Ayr, Scotland, to a former bank in Welshpool, Powys.more

Since 2015, 12.5 million people have come to Germany, but more than seven have left, according to a study conducted by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which analyzes the immigration and emigration of people without a German passport. The German economy is losing millions of workers - comments the website of the daily "Welt".more

Asda sales dropped further over the latest quarter as the debt-laden grocery giant lost more customers to its largest rivals. Bosses at the UK’s third-largest supermarket chain admitted it has seen its share of the grocery market shrink in recent months.more