President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was sentenced in his hush money criminal case—but the president-elect was not given any penalties for his crimes.more

An impression - or possibly a fear - that 20-somethings are still hanging about in the family home is based on fact, an influential think-tank has concluded. The proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds still living with their parents has increased by more than a third in nearly two decades, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).more

Ewa Pajor scored a goal and provided an assist for Barcelona in their 6-0 home win over Badalona in the Spanish top league - Liga F. The Polish national team player has already scored 14 goals in the league and is clearly the leader in the goalscoring rankings.more

A 19-year-old Syrian national died in the English Channel when a boat carrying a group of migrants trying to cross from Calais in France to Britain capsized, prosecutors in Boulogne-sur-Mer said yesterday.more

In the Flixbus coach accident that occurred yesterday on the A11 motorway towards Szczecin on the border with Poland, two people died and 11 were injured, four of them seriously. The fatalities were a 29-year-old woman from an Eastern European country and a 48-year-old German, the local portal rbb reported.more

A push by HMRC to uncover details of how much people are earning from selling goods and services online in “side hustles” could cause confusion because of the way the UK’s tax system operates, a charity has warned.more

Tymoteusz Puchacz made his debut for Plymouth Argyle in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, and his team - playing in the second tier of the competition - surprisingly beat the top-league Brentford 1-0 away. The Polish representative played from the 81st minute. Manchester City scored eight goals.more

Poland ranked fifth in the EU for short-term rentals via online platforms such as Airbnb or Booking. Malta was the most popular holiday destination, according to data published on Wednesday by Eurostat. The most visited Polish city in 2024 was Krakow.more

Nearly 400,000 fewer people from abroad have applied for UK work or study visas since strict new immigration rules came into force, Home Office figures revealed on Thursday. Provisional data shows 547,000 visa applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period in 2023.more

Right-wing portals accuse the California authorities of an inadequate response to the Los Angeles fires, the British daily ‘Guardian’ reported yesterday. They attribute the blame for the devastation to, among other things, fire service employment policies and even aid to Ukraine.more

Emma Raducanu was painfully stung by insects just before the start of the Australian Open. The British tennis player did not use an antiseptic for fear of anti-doping tests and unknowingly ingesting banned substances.more

Patients wait an average of more than four months for medical advice, examination, treatment or surgery. This is the longest in the history of the Watch Health Care Foundation's measurements of accessibility to guaranteed health services conducted since 2012.more

Sainsbury's has said it will raise hourly pay though it is cautious about recruiting new staff this year due to rising costs. The supermarket chain said wages would rise 5% to £12.60 but it will be introduced in two phases "to help manage a particularly tough cost inflation environment".more

Lukasz Fabianski, who suffered concussion in a league game against Southampton on 26 December, returned to West Ham United's goal but his team lost 1-2 away in the FA Cup third round to Aston Villa and dropped out of the competition.more

At least 531,600 homeless people live in Germany, the German federal government reported on Wednesday. Approx. 71 per cent of the homeless come from Europe, including almost two-thirds from EU countries. According to the report, the largest number, 20 per cent, of homeless people come from Poland, 16 per cent from Romania and six per cent from Bulgaria.more

A south London borough, known for hosting one of the world’s biggest tennis tournaments, has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. The Times has named Merton as number four on a list of the UK’s best places to live, with Richmond and Sutton as number one and number eight respectively.more

Former tennis player Andy Murray, who will coach Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open, which begins on Sunday, admitted that he does not want the Serb to suppress his emotions on the court and announced that he will bravely endure his outbursts of anger, even towards himself.more

The year 2024 was a good one for Poles and their families, according to a CBOS analysis of public sentiment over the past year. Average ratings of living standards were high and stable. Assessments of the situation in the country were worse than opinions about living conditions. Respondents viewed the political situation negatively.more

An England-wide amber health alert has been extended to Tuesday as temperatures are expected to continue to fall over the weekend. The UK Health Security Agency extended the alert, which was previously in place until Sunday, meaning that cold weather impacts are likely to be felt across the whole health service.more

Real Madrid beat Mallorca 3-0 in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, scoring all their goals after the break. They will face Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny's Barcelona in Sunday's final.more

Vacancies for permanent jobs in the UK declined at their fastest pace for four years last month, according to a new survey that adds to the gloomy economic mood.more

A mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her son and attempting to murder her father. Karolina Zurawska, 41, from Gendros, Swansea, appeared before the city’s crown court on Friday morning. She is charged with murdering Alexander Zurawski, six, who was found dead at a property in Gendros on August 29.more

US President-elect Donald Trump does not know how to end the war in Ukraine for the time being, and has no immediate intention of ending aid to Kyiv, the UK's Financial Times wrote yesterday, citing anonymous sources.more

IT specialist James Howells has lost a first-instance lawsuit to recover the disk on which some $740 million worth of bitcoins are currently stored, the Cointelegraph website reported yesterday. Howells was seeking permission to search a landfill site where his old computer was mistakenly found years ago.more

Graham Potter’s coaching staff at West Ham has been confirmed. The Englishman was appointed as the Hammers’ new manager on a two-and-a-half year contract on Thursday morning, following the sacking on Wednesday of previous boss Julen Lopetegui after only six months in charge.more