Vaping could be banned in cars carrying children, as well as in playgrounds and outside schools, according to government plans to protect youngsters from second-hand smoking and vaping. The plans - which are subject to a 12-week public consultation - seek to prevent smoking, vaping and the use of heated tobacco in these settings across England.more
Real Madrid player Kylian Mbappe is demanding that Benfica Lisbon player Gianluca Prestianni be banned from the Champions League. According to the Frenchman, the Argentine made a racist insult to Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian scored a goal in the play-off match to qualify for the round of 16.more
Global passenger air traffic grew by 5.3% last year, and by 6% in Europe by 2024, according to an analysis by Cirium presented at the Connect Aviation congress in Lublin. A sharp increase in passenger numbers was recorded in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe, including Poland.more
Nigel Farage, leader of the British right-wing populist Reform UK party, announced yesterday who would take up the most important government positions if his party came to power in the United Kingdom. Reform UK has been leading in all election polls for almost a year.more
A square metre of an apartment in the Ordynacka tenement house in Warsaw's city centre cost almost PLN 90,000; the buyer paid PLN 21 million for a 234 sq m penthouse, according to the real estate agency Partners International. This is the highest price per square metre for an apartment in Poland.more
A package arrives but you can’t remember ordering anything. When you open it, you find some cheap, flimsy jewellery.
Is it a case of mistaken identity or has someone accidentally selected the wrong address? You put it to one side and wait to see if anyone claims it or contacts you to ask if you got their gift, but no one does.more
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced yesterday that it has launched an investigation into social media platform X in connection with the use of its chatbot Grok to generate sexual images depicting adults and children.more
At the headquarters of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy in Warsaw, nominations were presented to Polish athletes who will compete in the Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. They also took an oath. Thirteen Poles will compete in northern Italy from 6 to 15 March.more
Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit. writes "The Guardian".more
The unemployment rate in the United Kingdom rose to 5.2 per cent in the last three months of 2025, the highest level in almost five years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today.more
Magda Linette advanced to the third round (1/8 finals) of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Dubai. Today, the Polish player defeated the eighth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6:2, 4:6, 6:1. She will compete against Clara Tauson of Denmark for a place in the quarter-finals.more
A UK deportation flight to Egypt via Albania was cancelled after a man swallowed a lithium vape battery. The individual was hospitalized and then returned to detention.more
Although immigrants from Poland have so far accounted for only a small fraction of those detained and deported by ICE immigration police, the actions of the authorities are causing constant concern among the Polish community in Chicago. Contrary to the narrative of Donald Trump's administration, it is mainly people with clean records who are falling into the hands of the authorities.more
Royal Mail has blamed stormy weather and too many workers being off sick after complaints over missed delivery rounds and late letters.
The strain on the postal service has meant rounds are missed on a daily basis and letters have been left undelivered for weeks, according to the BBC, which cited reports from more than a dozen Royal Mail postal staff at different delivery offices.more
From today, fruit and vegetables sold loose on the market must be labelled with the flag of their country of origin – this requirement stems from a regulation issued by the Minister of Agriculture. Products introduced to the Polish market before 17 February that do not bear the label may be sold until stocks are exhausted.more
The British government yesterday withdrew its plans to postpone local elections scheduled for May in 30 local government units by one year, as it received a legal opinion indicating that its decision would be successfully challenged in court.more
Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski playing from the 73rd minute, lost 1-2 away to another Catalan team, Girona, in Monday's match of the 24th round of the Spanish top flight. They are second in the table, two points behind Real Madrid.more
The main links between acts of sabotage in Europe ordered by the Kremlin and former recruiters and propagandists of the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary formation, were reported yesterday by the ‘Financial Times’ newspaper, citing representatives of Western intelligence services.more
More than 60 children have been infected by a measles outbreak in north London, it has been reported.
Seven schools and a nursery in Enfield reported the cases, with some children treated in hospital, according to the Sunday Times.more
European Commission spokesman Guillaume Mercier announced on Monday that technical issues with the digital entry and exit system have been detected in several EU countries. According to airline and airport authorities, wait times at passport control can be as long as two hours, and up to four hours during the summer.more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised yesterday to speed up the elimination of loopholes in legislation aimed at protecting children online, including restricting children's access to AI-based chatbots.more
Former US President Barack Obama has clarified that the chances Earth has been visited by aliens is "low" after comments he made about extra-terrestrial species caught attention online.
"They're real but I haven't seen them," he told American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen during an interview published on Saturday.more
Kacper Tomasiak and Paweł Wąsek won the silver medal in the ski jumping pairs competition in Predazzo. This is Tomasiak's third medal. As a debutant at the Olympics, he achieved something incredible and made history not only in Polish Olympic sport at the age of just 19.more
Larry the cat is marking 15 years as No 10's mouse catcher after serving six prime ministers in Downing Street. During his tenure, the 19-year-old tabby, officially known as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, has captured the hearts of the British public because of his frequent appearances outside the Prime Minister's front door in central London.more
