Hayfever sufferers, beware: there will be an especially high pollen count this week. On Friday, April 4, a ‘very high’ pollen count warning is in place from the Met Office.more

Rafal Trzaskowski defeats both Karol Nawrocki and Slawomir Mentzen in the second round of the presidential election, according to the latest Pollster Research Institute poll commissioned by Super Express.more

Women in England and Wales are likely to continue having babies later in life, and having smaller families, than previous generations, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) projections.more

The Polish national team has moved up one place and is 34th in the latest International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking. Argentina are still in the lead, but Spain have moved up to second - at the expense of France.more

Bali authorities have issued new guidelines to address “misbehaviour” among foreign tourists in a bid to protect the Indonesian island’s cultural integrity, including a rule prohibiting menstruating women from entering sacred temple areas.more

A survey of 1,000 landlords found regrets expressed by landlords around buying, selling and repair costs.more

Liverpool FC won the derby match at home against Everton 1:0 in the 30th round of the English Premier Football League and is getting closer to winning the title. They are twelve points ahead of runners-up Arsenal London, who beat local rival Fulham 2:1 the day before.more

An estimated four million fewer people are donating money to charity compared to before Covid, owing to squeezed household budgets and a lack of interest from younger individuals.more

Twenty people died in collision with, or on board, a London bus last year, according to the latest data. This included 10 pedestrians, two cyclists and eight passengers. This compares with 17 bus-related fatalities in 2023, of which seven were pedestrians, and marks a 17% year on year increase.more

Irish PM Micheal Martin last night judged that the 20 per cent tariffs on EU imports announced by US President Donald Trump were unjustified and detrimental to neither side. He called on the European Union to give a concerted, balanced response.more

The tariffs that Donald Trump announced yesterday against a number of countries, including the UK, will affect the British economy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged today as he met with representatives from leading companies such as Unilever, Shell, Airbus and the automotive sector that day.more

Barcelona, with Wojciech Szczesny in goal and Robert Lewandowski coming in from the substitutes' bench, advanced to the final of the Spanish (King's) Cup football competition by beating the Atletico team 1:0 in the return semi-final match in Madrid.more

US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order imposing ‘reciprocal tariffs’ of at least 10 per cent on foreign imports, and 20 per cent for the European Union. Trump described it as America's ‘declaration of economic independence’ and a ‘day of liberation’.more

The Metropolitan Police will have to lose 1,700 officers, PCSOs and staff and cut a number of services as it faces a £260m hole in its budget for the coming year, the force has said. The Royal Parks police team will go, as will officers placed in schools.more

Mohammed Khalid M., 18, who was sentenced in early March to 14 years in prison for murdering a Pole, Mikael (Michał), in front of his son, has appealed against the verdict of the first instance court, the Polish Press Agency has learned from the Court of Appeal in Stockholm.more

Public satisfaction with the NHS has hit a new low, according to the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. Just 21% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2024, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns.more

The "semi-automatic offside" technology will officially debut in the 32nd round of matches in the English Premier League scheduled for April 12-14, the organization running the competition announced.more

Less than one third of respondents in Poland plan to spend over PLN 4,000 this year on exploring the world, while 65 percent of surveyed Poles prefer to take advantage of local attractions rather than international ones - according to a study commissioned by Mastercard.more

The Met Office has issued a rare amber wildfire warning for London and most of the UK, as temperatures are set to reach 21C in the capital. The warning is in place for most of England, stretching from Dover in Kent and Wiltshire and will extend into Northern Ireland and southern Scotland on Wednesday.more

Housebuilders in the UK are failing to supply much-needed new homes not because of restrictive planning laws, but because they are “very bad” at building houses, the head of one of the UK’s biggest nature charities has warned.more

Dutch prosecutors said the Amsterdam knife attacker may have been acting with terrorist motives, but his motives remain unclear. Five people were injured in the attack last Thursday.more

Arminia Bielefeld caused a huge sensation and became the first finalist of the German Football Cup. The third division team won 2:1 against the defending champions of the country - Bayer Leverkusen. The second finalist will be chosen from the pair VfB Stuttgart - RB Leipzig.more

Members of Parliament in the UK have been grilling representatives from companies involved in the response to a power outage at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) that resulted in flight operations grinding to a standstill. more

At the beginning of April, tougher migration regulations came into force in Sweden, forcing almost 5,000 people to leave the country. This applies to immigrants who were refused asylum but found work and remained in Sweden on that basis.more

Britain will place Russia on an enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration System (FIRS) because it poses a significant threat to national security, British Secretary of State for Security Dan Jarvis said yesterday. The system will be launched on 1 July 2025.more