Rafael Nadal will not play in the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament which starts on 1 July. The Spanish tennis player has announced that his reason for not playing on the London grass is to better prepare for the Paris Olympics.more

Half of Britons now believe transgender people should not be able to change the sex registered on their birth certificate. The figure, from the annual survey of British Social Attitudes, has more than doubled since 2019 when just 24 per cent of people said they would not be in favour of altering sex on birth certificates.more

The leader of Poland 2050, Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia (54 per cent) is once again the most trusted. The deputy prime minister, head of the PSL, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, came second (52 per cent), while the third place was taken by the deputy head of the PO, the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski (49 per cent), according to the May CBOS poll.more

June’s weather so far hasn’t exactly heralded in the Great British Summer, but that could be about to change... People across the country were hoping to welcome June in with summery temperatures and sunshine splitting the trees. However, Brits have instead been left with tepid temperatures, rain and thunderstorms.more

Tomorrow's match between Germany and Scotland in Munich at 21:00 will kick off the 17th edition of the European Football Championships. The hosts are hoping for a successful start to help coach Julian Nagelsmann's team gain momentum and confidence.more

Airports have criticised the government’s sudden re-introduction of 100ml limits on liquids in hand luggage last weekend. The Airport Operators Association (AOA) said it had left airports "frustrated" and created uncertainty and confusion for passengers as the busiest time of year approached.more

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with five men named Tonibler in the Kosovo capital Pristina, N1 television reported yesterday. Blair headed the British government during Kosovo's conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is remembered as one of the proponents of NATO involvement in ending it.more

Long waits for cancer care are becoming routine across the UK with nearly half of all specialist cancer centres experiencing delays most weeks, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has said. The college has warned of an “impending crisis” in the cancer workforce, with a “staggering” 30% shortfall in radiologists and 15% shortfall in clinical oncologists.more

A Dutch court yesterday convicted three Poles on trial for the contract killing of investigative journalist Peter De Vries, state broadcaster NOS reported. Kamil E. received a 28-year prison sentence for the murder, while Krystian M. received a 26-year sentence and Konrad W. - 14 years in prison for complicity in the crime.more

Argentine football star Lionel Messi has said in an interview with ESPN television station that he hopes to end his career with Inter Miami. However, he did not give a definitive date, adding that "for now he is not ready to leave football definitively".more

On 13 June 1944, German V-1 missiles fell on London for the first time. "Before they were used on the battlefield, i.e. sent, among other things, to London, tests of these weapons were carried out in eastern Poland," emphasises historian Slawomir Kordaczuk.more

EU citizens in the UK took a different position to people in the respective countries when voting in the European Parliament election last weekend. At the EU level, conservative parties came out as the winners, together with the far-right, which made significant gains in several EU member states, while losses were recorded among the Greens and the liberals. more

Two passengers have suffered serious injuries while boarding Elizabeth Line trains at Ealing Broadway due to the size of the gap between the train and the platform.more

Polish national footballer Bartosz Slisz assured ahead of the start of Euro 2024 that the team is well prepared and has nothing to fear. "Regarding Robert Lewandowski's injury, he is certainly an important part of the team, but there are no irreplaceable people" - he added.more

Persistent heavy rainfall in the Balearic Islands since Tuesday afternoon has led to traffic paralysis and numerous floods on the Spanish archipelago's popular tourist islands of Ibiza and Mallorca.more

Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer fared significantly better than Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in their second pre-election debate last night on Sky News, according to a flash poll conducted by the YouGov centre.more

Poland will on Thursday re-establish a buffer zone at part of its border with Belarus to deter migration, the Polish Government announced on Monday. Warsaw accuses Moscow and Minsk of orchestrating an influx of African migrants through Belarus into Poland.more

The food item which left more than 113 people infected with E.coli is likely to be a ‘ready to eat’ item which did not require any cooking. At least 37 people have needed hospital treatment, with the UK Health Security agency saying they are most likely linked to a nationally distributed food item.more

Atlantic whales appear more and more often near the beaches of Portugal, which are popular among tourists, including: Meco near Lisbon - say biologists quoted by local media.more

Iga Swiatek, the leader of the world ranking of tennis players, will be absent from the WTA tournament in Berlin due to exhaustion from the season. Many stars will perform in the German capital, including: American Coco Gauff, number 2 in the WTA rankings - informed the organizers.more

A “Friends”-themed exhibition and experience is setting up home permanently in London. Inspired by the iconic sitcom, The Friends Experience is set to open in a purpose-built location at London’s ExCel center this summer ahead of the show’s 30th anniversary this year.more

In May, 37 percent respondents were supporters of Donald Tusk's government, 37 percent as opponents, and 24 percent declared indifference - according to the latest CBOS survey. This means that the number of government supporters increased slightly last month.more

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that GDP was unchanged during the month, which was marked by weeks of heavy rain that kept shoppers at home and delayed construction work.more

German police believe that a group of up to 500 Serbian hooligans will try to cause violence in Gelsenkirchen during Sunday's Euro soccer match against England. As a preventive measure, over 1,600 fans from the Isles were forced to deposit their passports - reports "The Guardian".more

"Tadeusz Kościuszko was admired in Bristol because of his idealism and heroism in the fight against imperial aggression," says Dr. Stefan Cembrowicz from the Anglo-Polish Society. On the initiative of this organization, a plaque dedicated to the Polish hero was unveiled yesterday in Bristol.more