Images of arrested people who were innocent of any crimes are still being stored in a police database that may be used for facial recognition purposes, an official report has warned.more

Atletico Madrid beat Sevilla 4-3 at home in the 16th round of the Spanish top flight, although they were losing 1-3 after an hour. They are third in the table, only three points behind leaders Barcelona and one behind local rivals Real Madrid.more

Only half of the Home Office’s recent asylum decisions have met its own internal quality checks, significantly fewer than before Rishi Sunak’s push to clear a backlog of old claims.more

Britain will limit engagement with the Georgian government and restrict defence cooperation, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Monday in a statement condemning violence against protestors and journalists there, APA reports citing Reuters.more

Due to the pilots' strike, the national carrier Finnair had to cancel about 140 flights scheduled for today, including European, intercontinental and domestic connections. The Finnish airline's pilots are demanding, among other things, pay increases.more

Napoli lost to Lazio Rome for the second time in a few days, this time 0:1 at home in the 15th round of the Italian top league. This defeat cost them the position of leader. The newcomer is Atalanta Bergamo.more

The UK shipped enough of a bee-killing insecticide overseas to spray an area bigger than England, a Greenpeace investigation found.more

13% of surveyed EU residents continued working after retirement in 2023, Eurostat reported. In Poland, the figure was 13.1%.more

Briton Lando Norris (McLaren) won the last race of the Formula 1 World Championship season yesterday, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), already certain of a fourth consecutive title, was sixth. The constructors' title went to McLaren.more

More settled but cooler conditions will greet much of the UK this week as the clean-up operation from Storm Darragh gets under way. Winds will gradually ease with noticeably less rainfall by Wednesday but temperatures will stay in the single figures, the Met Office said.more

Poland is the third largest exporter of Christmas baubles in Europe and the fifth in the world, according to a report by Akcenta. In 2023, Christmas decorations worth EUR 68.2 million were exported from Poland abroad, it added.more

The Sunday Times has released its school guide for 2025, finding which UK schools are the highest-achieving. The list saw several schools in London get a spot on the list. The anticipated list is created to be a guide for parents so they can compare the performance of a given school with other schools in the same town, local authority or nationally.more

German Pius Paschke won Sunday's Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Wisła and strengthened his lead in the series' general classification. The best of the Poles - Paweł Wąsek took 11th place.more

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today the creation of a police unit responsible for combating anti-Semitism, AFP reported. It was in response to Friday's arson attack on a synagogue in a Melbourne suburb that was deemed a terrorist attack.more

Britain has welcomed the fall of the "barbaric regime" in Syria and called for a "restoration of peace and stability", Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement yesterday.more

The labour market in Poland is looking for professionals, including carpenters, locksmiths, carpenters and electricians, their wages are rising and range from 4.5 to 7.5 thousand PLN gross per month, according to Tuesday's Personnel Service report. It was indicated that experienced specialists will earn as much as PLN 19,000 gross per month.more

Fulham drew 1-1 with Arsenal, in which Jakub Kiwior played the entire match, and Tottenham Hotspur - despite leading 2-0 - lost 3-4 to Chelsea in Sunday's London derby in the English football premier league. "The Blues" advanced to second place in the table after their fourth consecutive victory.more

A new weight-loss jab will be rolled out on the NHS in England - but it could take 12 years for everyone to receive it, the NHS drugs advisory body says. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) final draft guidance on Mounjaro has recommended it starts being given from March, alongside advice on diet and exercise.more

The topic of overtourism and its consequences was one of the most discussed travel issues of the past year. We will learn which corners of our globe are particularly struggling with this problem by studying the "No List" list, prepared by the publisher of travel guides Fodor's. It indicates places that are better avoided in 2025.more

The quintessential British tradition of drinking tea seems to be fading away, writes BBC. Sales of ordinary tea stood at £377m in 2023, leaving it far behind instant coffee, at almost £1bn.more

London shops lost a record £15 million of items due to a shoplifting epidemic sweeping across the capital. Shoplifters are 20 per cent less likely to be arrested than they were a decade ago, a London Assembly Member has highlighted.more

Defending champions Manchester City drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace in London in the 15th round of the English Premier League, finishing with ten players. The Liverpool derby was postponed due to dangerous winds and heavy rain on the west coast.more

This year belongs to tacos. First, in May, a Mexican street food mini-bar offering tacos (four items on the menu, no tables) received a Michelin star. Now, these crispy patties stuffed with meat or vegetables have won the ranking for the most popular street food in the world. The victory was decided by almost two million posts about tacos on TikTok.more

UK house prices rose for the fifth month in a row in November to hit a new record high of £298,083, according to Halifax Property values rose by 1.3% month on month, but on an annual basis house prices increased by 4.8% in November, accelerating from 4% growth in October.more

Real Madrid won 3-0 away to Girona in the 16th round of the Spanish top flight. Goals were scored by Englishman Jude Bellingham, Turk Arda Guler and Frenchman Kylian Mbappe. The "Royal" reduced the gap to Barcelona, ​​which drew 2-2 with Betis Sevilla yesterday.more