Barcelona lost 4-0 away to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Spanish Cup semifinal. Robert Lewandowski played over 60 minutes for the "Pride of Catalonia," with goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny on the bench. The second leg will take place on March 3.more

Sir Chris Wormald has been forced out as the head of the Civil Service and cabinet secretary. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who only appointed Sir Chris to the role in December 2024, said he was grateful "for the support he has given me over the past year".more

Polish companies acquired 22 Western European companies last year, the highest number ever, Bloomberg reported, adding that four more acquisitions are underway. The number of Polish acquisitions in Germany is also growing.more

British Transport Police (BTP) has begun a six‑month trial of live facial recognition technology, which will be deployed across several London stations. The first operation is under way at London Bridge station, forming the initial phase of a pilot announced in November.more

Following the January wave of extreme weather events, the Polish Embassy in Italy is warning Poles in the country that a second wave of rapidly deteriorating weather is imminent. Meteorological alerts have been issued for Italy's southern and western coasts.more

Iga Swiatek was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. The number one seeded Polish tennis player lost to Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-2, 4-6, 5-7. The match lasted two hours and 29 minutes.more

n the Stockport borough lies a picturesque town that is a destination in its own right. Whilst Marple's residents have long considered it to be one of the best places to live, it has now been given national recognition. The Greater Manchester town was recently ranked as the no.1 place to live in the UK in Garrington Property Finder's annual league table.more

Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News. Sir Jim, the founder of the INEOS chemicals group and part-owner of Manchester United, warned that Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration.more

Real Sociedad San Sebastian defeated Athletic Bilbao 1-0 away in the Basque Country derby in the Spanish Cup semifinals. Benat Turrientes scored the only goal. The second leg will take place on March 4.more

The UK economy saw a lacklustre end to 2025, growing by a slightly lower-than-expected 0.1% in the final quarter of the year. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there was no growth in the crucial services sector for the first time in over two years, with the slight boost driven by an increase in manufacturing.more

Businesses in the capital were visted by immigration officers 2,715 times in 2025, up by more than 700 visits on the year before London saw more illegal working raids than any other region in the UK last year, new figures have revealed. more

More than half of Britons believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer should resign over Peter Mandelson's nomination as ambassador to the US, according to a Politico poll published Wednesday.more

Manchester City defeated Fulham 3-0 at home in the 26th round of the English Premier League. Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scored one of the goals, leading the league's top scorers with 22 goals.more

The Polish economy is accelerating – this is how Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on Thursday's data from the Central Statistical Office about a 4% GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2025. He added that other European economies "can only dream" of such a rate of growth.more

Last year was the second worst for reported anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, with a particular spike on the day of the Islamist attack on a synagogue in Manchester and the day after, a Jewish charity has said.more

According to data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS), more and more Polish women are marrying foreigners – such marriages now account for 4.1% of all weddings in Poland. Women are most often married to citizens of Ukraine, Great Britain, and Turkey, while men are most often married to Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian women.more

Britain's King Charles III on Wednesday expressed his condolences to all those affected by the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, which left 10 people dead and 27 injured. The British monarch is also the King of Canada.more

Two-thirds of spies in the European Union were recruited by Russia, followed closely by spies from China, according to a report by the Swedish government agency "Spies Among Us." Co-author of the report, Dr. Elina Elveborg Lindskog, told PAP that alongside traditional spies, disposable spies have also emerged.more

Bayern Munich defeated RB Leipzig 2-0 at home to advance to the German Cup semi-finals. The match was decided in three minutes, between the 64th and 67th minutes, when goals from England's Harry Kane from the penalty spot and Colombia's Luis Diaz were scored.more

Controversial plans to redevelop London Liverpool Street railway station have been approved. Network Rail said its proposals to transform the Grade II-listed site were given the go-ahead by the planning committee of the City of London on Tuesday.more

Catalonia's regional authorities canceled Thursday's educational and sports activities due to strong winds, while Galicia, the Basque Country and Cantabria in northern and northwestern Spain were placed on a red alert for possible waves of up to 10 metres.more

Iga Swiatek advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha. The Polish tennis player defeated Australian Daria Kasatkina 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Her next opponent will be Greece's Maria Sakkari.more

Barking and Dagenham has been named the capital's worst borough to live in 2026. The East London area, made up by the likes of Chadwell Heath and the ongoing Barking Riverside development, offers the least overall value for house hunters, according to property experts Garrington.more

The UK is “sleepwalking into a quiet epidemic” of joblessness with millions of people out of work and on benefits, the boss of the nation’s biggest supermarket chain has warned. Ashwin Prasad, who runs the UK arm of Tesco, said he believed far fewer people were in work than should be and that taxpayers were spending “an ever increasing proportion of our national income on out-of-work benefits”.more

Hertha Berlin, featuring Dawid Kownacki and Michał Karbownik, lost on penalties to Freiburg in the quarterfinals of the German Cup. Bayern Munich's clash with RB Leipzig will take place on Wednesdaymore