In 2024, the average tenant in the UK paid nearly £10,000 in rent, with tenants in London facing costs upwards of £15,000. One in 10 renters (11%) spent more than two-thirds of their take-home pay on housing.more

Sir Paul McCartney has told the BBC proposed changes to copyright law could allow "rip off" technology that might make it impossible for musicians and artists to make a living.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated yesterday that he has always had a good, pragmatic but also trusting relationship with President Donald Trump. He added that he was ready to engage in talks with the US and reiterated Trump's view that there would be no war if he were in the White House in 2022.more

The British Museum in London today announced the closure of part of its exhibitions due to the lockdown of its IT systems by a former subcontractor who was arrested by the police.more

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka failed to win the Grand Slam Australian Open for the third time in a row. The leader of the tennis ranking lost in today's final in Melbourne to Madison Keys 3:6, 6:2, 5:7. The 29-year-old American won the tournament of this rank for the first time.more

Dutch police have arrested a Polish citizen - one of Europe's most wanted fugitives, Europol reported yesterday. The arrest was made in cooperation with Polish services, based on a tip sent via the EU Most Wanted website.more

The number of children and young people in England with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria recorded by a GP has risen fiftyfold over 10 years, researchers have found, though numbers are still relatively small.more

Two-thirds of people with long Covid struggle with reduced physical performance and perform worse on cognitive tests for a year or more after infection, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.more

Today will be the first of two World Cup competitions in ski flying on the mammoth facility in Oberstdorf, Germany. There will be five Poles in the field of 40 athletes. Yesterday's qualification was won by Norway's Johann Andre Forfang.more

Almost 600 animals were stolen across London in a one-year period up to February 2024 with more than 110 of them stolen in Hounslow, latest police data has shown. Stats obtained from the Metropolitan Police have shown that 597 animals were illegally taken in the 12 months from March 2023 – down from the 1,650 logged in 2022-23. more

The Irish Ryanair will serve over 300 routes in its 2025 summer flight schedule, including 23 new destinations, such as Warsaw–Pisa, Wrocław–Lamezia, Kraków–Castellon, the carrier announced. This year, the airline plans to carry over 18 million passengers to and from Poland.more

London’s 33 borough councils are starting to reveal how much their council tax bills will rise from April. Most are expected to agree a near five per cent rise in demands, according to draft budget planning documents. Councils that have already indicated such plans include Greenwich, Islington and Tower Hamlets.more

The Swedish football coach Sven Goeran Eriksson, who died on 26 August last year at the age of 76 - a former England coach (2001-2006) - left behind such large debts that his heirs will receive nothing from the sale of his residence, all movable property and memorabilia.more

There has been a record jump in the number of UK businesses in critical financial distress, according to insolvency specialists. Businesses in the most distress include those in hospitality, leisure and retail, but the construction industry is also facing challenges.more

People who have been running businesses for decades will not even save up for a minimum pension. The state will have to subsidize many self-employed people's benefits. In short: millions of Poles are at risk of retirement poverty - Wirtualna Polska reported today, citing a report commissioned by the Social Insurance Institution.more

Sainsbury's has announced it will cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts down its remaining cafés and closes its patisserie and pizza counters. The supermarket says the move will "simplify the business", adding that most Sainsbury's shoppers "do not use the cafés regularly".more

After an Afghan knife attack on a kindergarten group left two dead, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the country was working to deport more criminals to Afghanistan. The minister also said the Dublin system was not working properly.more

HMRC has denied running a "deliberately poor" phone service in an attempt to push taxpayers to seek help online instead. Nearly 44,000 customers were cut off without warning after being on hold for more than an hour last year, a report by a committee of MPs has found.more

German Alexander Zverev advanced to the final of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. The number two tennis player won the first set against Novak Djokovic 7:6 (7-5) in Melbourne, before the Serb retired with a thigh injury.more

President Donald Trump’s executive orders to restrict U.S. citizenship are unconstitutional and likely to be overturned by courts. Still, Trump’s actions have raised concerns among some in the Polish diaspora and other immigrants, immigration lawyers say.more

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years for the "sadistic" murders of three young girls in an attack described as "shocking" and "pure evil". Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, died while eight other children and two adults – dance class leader Leanne Lucas and businessman Jonathan Hayes – were seriously wounded.more

The Met Office has issued rare red weather warnings, meaning there is a danger to life, as Storm Éowyn batters the UK. The worst disruption is due to hit Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland, with gusts of up to 100mph (161km/h) expected in some coastal areas.more

The UK government has ‘no current plans’ to join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds announced, as quoted by the media yesterday. This possibility had been mentioned by EU Trade Commissioner Marosz Szefczovicz.more

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the Dáil (lower house of Irish Parliament) subsided.more

Starting in September, Nepalese authorities are raising the fees for climbing the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, by more than 36 per cent, Reuters reported on Wednesday. A permit during the most popular time of the year will cost $15,000 and $3,750 during the least popular.more