British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pay his first visit to Poland today. It is part of a series of intensive bilateral contacts, which gained momentum especially after the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022.more

The London Marathon has broken a world record for the biggest one-day fundraising event, organisers say. More than £67m was raised as more than 53,000 people took part in the 26.2-mile race (42.2km) through the capital.more

Scheme is part of effort to reduce ‘staggering’ quantities of textiles going to landfill or incinerator.more

In January this year the number of people applying for asylum and international protection in the EU for the first time has increased - the EU statistical office (Eurostat) reported. The most asylum applications were submitted by Syrians, Afghans, Turks and Venezuelans, who most often chose Germany, Spain, Italy and France.more

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced yesterday that two men had been charged with spying for China. They were alleged to have provided information that could be 'useful to the enemy'.more

Former Italian national team great Fabio Cannavaro, the 2006 world champion, has become coach of Udinese, the Italian Premier League club announced yesterday. He replaces Gabriele Cioffi, with whom the club parted ways a few hours earlier.more

Olympic swimming competitions on the Seine River are still in question due to water contamination, despite the fact that €1.4 billion has already been invested to clean up the river. Members of the French capital's Arc en Seine Kayak Club fished out plastic and organic rubbish from the Seine during a rafting trip.more

Working from a pub is 40% cheaper than booking a coworking space for the day, saving Brits an average of £9 a day, according to a new analysis.more

People aged 60+ want to employ 22 per cent of companies, according to a recently published survey. The economic activity of people aged between 55 and 64 is lower in Poland than the EU average. The situation could be improved by subsidising the employment of older people, it was reported.more

An app designed to reduce disruption for Brits travelling across the Channel will not be ready in time for a new EU border scheme, the boss of Eurostar has told the BBC. Under the much-delayed Entry Exit System (EES), non-EU citizens will need to register fingerprints and a photo at the border from October.more

Iga Swiatek continues to lead the world ranking of women tennis players. There have been virtually no changes at the top. After the final in Rouen, a significant rise was recorded by Magda Linette, who is again the second racket of Poland. Hubert Hurkacz is still ninth in the world tennis ranking. Serb Novak Djokovic remains the leader.more

Thames Water could raise bills to as much as £627 a year to pay to fix its leaky network, after promising to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years. The embattled water supplier said on Monday that it had updated its spending plans for 2025 to 2030 after discussions with the industry regulator, Ofwat.more

The ITAKA Foundation - Center for Searching for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is searching for 43-year-old Rafał Galicki. The man comes from Bialystok but left Poland back in 2018 and arrived to London.more

The Paris Saint-Germain team took another step towards defending their French football title. Yesterday, they beat Olympique Lyon 4:1 in front of their home crowd and are 11 points ahead of AS Monaco with five games to go before the end of the season.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced today that the first deportation flights to Rwanda will take off within 10 to 12 weeks. He stipulated that it was not just one symbolic flight, but that he wanted illegal immigrants to be sent there regularly throughout the summer.more

Real Madrid's players won at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium against Barcelona 3:2 in the 32nd round of the Spanish Premier League. Robert Lewandowski played for the visiting team until the 64th minute. "The Kings" extended their lead over the second-placed "Pride of Catalonia" in the table to 11 points and are close to the national championship.more

The aid package for Ukraine passed by the US House of Representatives is a significant step, but it is important to remember that it will not go to the country in its entirety and it does not yet mean a levelling of the playing field in the war with Russia, according to Matthew Savill, an expert at London-based think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more

The Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional) has detained a Polish national wanted in Alicante, in the east of the country, in connection with large-scale drug trafficking. The man was wanted under a European arrest warrant.more

Bayer Leverkusen's players, who have already secured the historic German championship, maintained their title unbeaten this season. They drew 1:1 away against Borussia Dortmund in the 30th round of the Bundesliga, scoring the equalising goal in the seventh minute of added time.more

Ryanair has hit back after a study suggested it often may not be the low-cost option. A study conducted by Which? found that while budget airlines like Ryanair and Wizz Air often had the cheapest headline fares, both failed to return the lowest price when cabin bags and seat selection were added on.more

With the US House of Representatives passing the Ukraine aid bill on Saturday, disaster has been averted, but a lot of practical and political problems remain, wrote the UK weekly 'The Economist'.more

Liverpool's players won away against Fulham 3:1 in the 34th round of the English Premier League and moved up to second place in the table. They have the same number of points as Arsenal London, but are behind the Arsenal on goal difference.more

England is on course for the highest number of school suspensions in a single year, figures show. According to data from the Department for Education (DfE) there were almost 264,000 suspensions in spring 2022/2023 - the largest number on record for one term.more

FA Cup: derby again Manchester United's players defeated a below-class performing Coventry City team in penalty shoot-out 4-2 and joined trophy-defending local rival City as FA Cup finalists. It was 3-3 at Wembley after 120 minutes of play, the same line-up for the deciding game a year ago.Manchester City in the finalmore

This year's March was the warmest month on record in terms of ocean water temperature - according to a report by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), which examines, among others, the phenomenon of climate warming.more