62 routes, including two new routes - to Milan-Malpensa and Trieste in Italy - will be operated from Krakow in this year's winter schedule by Irish airline Ryanair. The carrier forecasts that 5.9 million passengers will be served in the Malopolska capital this year.more

World tennis ranking leader Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who moves up to second in the latest ranking, will face each other in the final of the ATP tournament in Beijing. The Italian defeated Yunchaokete Bu of China 6:3, 7:6 (7-3) in the semi-finals, while the Spaniard beat Russian Daniil Medvedev 7:5, 6:3.more

Workers should receive all tips from customers under a new law which bans firms from withholding the payments - whether in cash or by card. More than three million service workers in England, Scotland, and Wales should benefit from the law which comes into force on Tuesday. more

Billpayers have been urged to give an accurate meter reading as gas and electricity price rises take effect. A household in England, Wales and Scotland using a typical amount of gas and electricity will now see their annual bill rise by about £149 to £1,717.more

Illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the UK will be housed in hotels rented by the state for up to three more years as the backlog of their claims takes much longer to clear than Labour had predicted, ‘The Times’ reported today.more

UK shop prices fell at their fastest rate since 2021 in September, driven by discounts on non-food items, but fresh food inflation ticked up as olive oil and cocoa prices continue to surge.more

As many as two-thirds of us admit that we eat food whose expiry date has passed; we still do not understand the messages ‘best before’ and ‘should be consumed by’, reports today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Many British Jews, looking at the BBC's public service coverage of the Middle East conflict, have become convinced that it has become ‘institutionally hostile to Israel,’ - wrote three leading Jewish organisations in the UK yesterday.more

The signing and presentation of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny as an FC Barcelona player is likely to take place tomorrow, sources close to the club from the Catalan capital report.more

In a ceremony at the North Atlantic Alliance Headquarters, Mark Rutte took over as NATO Secretary General from Jens Stoltenberg before noon today.more

The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal - ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967.more

The Israeli army launched ‘limited and targeted’ ground operations against terrorist Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon a few hours ago, an armed forces communiqué issued Monday night said.more

Mateusz Skrzypczak, Michael Ameyaw and Maximillian Oyedele have been called up to the Polish national football team for the first time. The list of 27 players selected by Michał Probierz for October's League of Nations matches was announced yesterday by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).more

The UK's economy grew by less than previously estimated between April and June, according to official figures. It expanded by 0.5%, down from an initial reading of 0.6%, after output in the manufacturing and construction sectors fell by more than first thought. more

Portugal, Ireland, Greece, France and Spain are the EU Member States whose inhabitants are most likely to get cold in winter, according to Eurostat. Poland, on the other hand, is among the six countries with the lowest percentage of inhabitants complaining about the problem.more

In the CBOS survey, 38 per cent of respondents admitted that they see more risks than benefits from the development of artificial intelligence. One in four respondents holds the opposite view. Most believe that the development of AI will increase unemployment.more

A 96-year-old woman has been spared an immediate prison sentence for killing a fellow member of her bridge club when her car mounted a kerb. June Mills struck Brenda Joyce, 76, after applying too much acceleration to her Vauxhall Corsa in Formby, Merseyside, on 2 August 2023.more

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick admitted at today's press conference that he has already spoken to Wojciech Szczesny, who arrived in the Catalan capital before noon, but indicated that he is still not a player of his team. The Polish goalkeeper is undergoing tests and could sign a contract at any time.more

The minimum price at which alcohol can be sold in Scotland has risen by 30% in an attempt to keep up with inflation over the past six years. The minimum unit price (MUP) has not changed since it was set at 50p per unit of alcohol when it was first introduced in May 2018.more

Vodafone and Three UK have pledged to cap their lowest-cost mobile plans at £10 for two years, as the companies hope to convince the UK’s competition watchdog to approve their £15 billion merger.more

Magda Linette has advanced to the fourth round (1/8 final) of the WTA 1000 hard-court tournament in Beijing. The Polish tennis player defeated the finalist of this year's French Open and Wimbledon, the number three seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini 6:4, 6:0.more

Official documents accessed by the independent Russian portal Insider show that anti-Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned in prison, and that the authorities removed references to his ailments to hide this.more

Poland has entered a period of demographic crisis, which may be a longer-term trend, the CSO states in a study.more

Eliminating Hezbollah's leadership and taking the lead in the conflict are incentives for Israel to go further and dismantle the organisation altogether, especially as Iran is unlikely to want to risk open war because of it, according to Matthew Savill of the London-based think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more

Atletico Madrid's players, thanks to a goal in added time, tied Real 1:1 at home in a derby hit of the 8th round of the Spanish Premier League. In the second half, the match was interrupted for around 20 minutes as the home team's fans threw various objects onto the pitch.more