Five decades on from Britain’s rapid shift away from an economy based on heavy industry, the toxins it left behind continued to blight the country’s towns and cities, data seen by i shows.more

The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more

The British post office today presented the first stamps with the image of King Charles III. They will go on sale on April 4, but those with the portrait of the late Elizabeth II will continue to be used until their stocks run out.more

Former London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, who turned out to be a serial rapist, will spend at least 30 years and 239 days in prison, a London court has decided. In 18 years on the police force, Carrick committed 24 rapes.more

Iga Świątek is ranked 31st in the ranking of the highest-paid female tennis players of all time. The Polish woman on the court gained $ 15,356,030 and was ahead of French Amelie Mauresmo and American Monica Seles in the ranking.more

The Welsh Government has officially announced that it wants legislation to facilitate legal gender reassignment, similar to those recently passed by the Scottish Parliament and then blocked by the government in London.more

The latest charts are showing a massive wall of snow heading straight for the capital. According to forecaster WX Charts, Sunday, February 19, will see the capital potentially hit with the blast of snow, with temperatures set to plummet.more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. more

There were no surprises in yesterday's matches of the 1/8 final of the German Football Cup. The promotion was won by the Bundesliga clubs Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg, who defeated their rivals in the lower class.more

SSRIs cause emotional dullness in one in two patients. Scientists have found that this is because they reduce sensitivity to reward and positive reinforcement - behavioral processes that "create" human behavior in a given environment, allow you to stay connected to and learn from the environment. The results of the study were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.more

One in five households with pre-payment meters have not cashed in their energy vouchers issued to help pay bills. more

Onet's "Droga na Rzeź" report, showing how outrageously treated animals are treated in one of the slaughterhouses belonging to a leading producer of cold meats in Poland, received wide coverage in Poland. The case came to light thanks to the activists of the "Viva!" Foundation, which works to protect animal rights.more

Juventus Turin, with Wojciech Szczęsny in the squad, but without Arkadiusz Milik, who was treating the injury, defeated Salernitana 3:0 away in the match ending the 21st round of the Italian football league. Krzysztof Piątek played in the home team until the 71st minute.more

UK benefit reforms in recent decades have followed a consistent pattern of resulting in higher employment than the system they replaced – but usually in part-time, low-paid work which rarely leads to career progression. more

To over 11 thousand the death toll from the earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria has soared. It is the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. The last cataclysm of this type, in which more people died, took place in 2011 in Japan.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on a visit to the UK today to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and deliver a speech to Parliament, Downing Street reported.more

The government and energy companies have launched a support fund for people who cannot pay their electricity and gas bills, reports Financieele Dagblad. People whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the subsistence minimum can apply for subsidies to bills.more

Alicja Rosolska and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe lost to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Belgium's Elise Mertens 1:6, 1:6 in the first round of doubles at the WTA tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi (prize pool of $780,000).more

Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays, surveys showed on Tuesday.more

The U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) has informed Congress that China now has more intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. However, the US still has a significant advantage when it comes to the number of missiles alone, warheads and launchers, submarines and strategic bombers.more

The cost of applying for a new British passport has risen from £75.50 to £82.50.more

In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of seasonal workers from Eastern Europe will again arrive in Germany. Trade unionists are criticizing the poor working conditions, which have improved only slightly, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) daily portal reports.more

We are making every effort to ensure that all events planned for this year, not only concerts, but also e.g. the matches could take place as planned, so the sale of tickets is underway, for which the organizers of the event are responsible - said Małgorzata Bajer, spokeswoman for PGE Narodowy.more

The true owners of nearly 52,000 properties in England and Wales held by foreign companies are still unknown, although a law passed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine was supposed to ensure that the ownership structure was disclosed, BBC News and Transparency International reported yesterday.more

Poles have started planning this year's trips en masse. Interest, as expressed by the number of searches on the travel organization platform eSky.pl, has doubled compared to January 2022. Most often, Poles on eSky.pl choose to travel within Europe, booking both short city-breaks and longer vacations during the holiday season.more