Nearly 44% of consumers shop in stores according to a previously prepared list of specific products. A year ago, much more people functioned this way, over 58%. The data comes from a report by the Offerista Group, based on the opinion of over a thousand adult Poles who are responsible for shopping in their homes.more

The leader of the world tennis rankings, Jannik Sinner, lost to fifth seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-6 in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon.more

Futuristic, all-electric ‘tram-buses’ will enter service on the streets of south-east London within a matter of weeks, Sadiq Khan has confirmed. Built by Spanish firm Irizar, the new buses - called ieTrams- will operate on route 358, linking Orpington with Crystal Palace. more

In the tourist city of Venice, Italy, an informational campaign has been launched to warn tourists about scams and thefts they may encounter while sightseeing. Special leaflets are being distributed, drawing attention to the famous "three cups" game and other traps.more

So far, the great British summer has been a bit of a let down. While we did have a few days of warm and sunny weather last month, with a heatwave declared and highs of 31°C reported, our luck hasn’t held out and instead we’ve been subjected to rain and clouds.more

Mobile operator EE has launched a new subscription service designed to protect users from nuisance calls and scams. Called Scam Guard, the new service is being made available to EE pay-monthly mobile customers, starting from £1 a month.more

UK retail sales slumped last month as cold weather deterred shoppers from buying summer clothing and gardening supplies, despite pressure easing on households amid a slowdown of inflation.more

The Republican party committee yesterday approved the electoral program for the November elections. The demands included, among others: "restoring peace to Europe" and preventing the outbreak of World War III, as well as mass deportations of millions of illegal immigrants.more

Felix Zwayer will coach the semi-final of the England-Netherlands European Football Championship in Dortmund tomorrow. The German referee was criticized in the past by Jude Bellingham, who was currently playing for Borussia Dortmund, and accused him of involvement in match-fixing.more

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps towards setting up a UK Border Security Command, which the government hopes will reduce small boat crossings in the English Channel.more

Beryllium struck the US coast yesterday, spawning several tornadoes and leaving seven victims in Texas and one in Louisiana, as well as three million utility customers without power. It later weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression.more

Rachel Reeves has promised to "get Britain building again" by bringing back compulsory housebuilding targets as part of a wide-ranging plan to reboot the UK economy. In her first speech as chancellor, Ms Reeves also said she would overhaul planning restrictions and end the effective ban on onshore wind farms in England in order to speed up national infrastructure projects.more

Krzysztof Kieślowski used to say that he is "a unique case of an actor in Poland who excels in all the branches of art he practices - in film, on television, and in the theater." "He was a versatile theater and film artist, and besides, he was a close friend," admitted actor Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.more

The Serbian Novak Djokovic, ranked second in the tennis rankings, defeated the 15th seed Holger Rune of Denmark 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the 1/8 finals of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. His next rival will be Australian Alex de Minaur (no. 9).more

New Covid variants are driving a rise in cases with the FLiRT and FLuQE strains rapidly becoming dominant in the UK, USA and other parts of the world. In the UK, hospitals have brought back mask-wearing in a bid to drive down cases as wards are full and the number of hospitalisations with Covid rises again.more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security agreement between Poland and Ukraine yesterday on the eve of the NATO summit in Washington. On the same day, Ukraine fell victim to a massive missile attack by Russian troops.more

The Labour party, aware of the constraints on public finances, sought to tone down public expectations before the election, but the new government has some scope to meet them without increasing debt, according to Professor Iain Begg, an economist at the London School of Economics.more

A point for issuing fast temporary passports was launched yesterday at Gdansk airport, according to the Pomeranian Voivodeship Office.more

Real Madrid have the most representatives - seven - on the squads of the four teams remaining in the European Championship title game. In total, there are players from 42 clubs on the semi-finalists' squads.more

In the largest public sector trial of the four-day week in Britain, fewer refuse collectors quit and there were faster planning decisions, more rapid benefits processing and quicker call answering, independent research has found.more

Croatia boasts the cleanest sea in Europe, according to a report by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. Experts from all public health institutes in the Adriatic are responsible for collecting seawater samples and assessing its quality, and it is their data that was used to create the ranking of the cleanest seas on the Old Continent.more

Landlords have come under fire for banning prospective tenants from working from home, resulting in calls for new legislation to protect renters.more

The Spaniards, who beat Germany 2:1 in the quarter-finals of the European football championships, are bookmakers' favourites, not only for the semi-final clash with the French, the runners-up, but also for the battle for the trophy. Until the quarter-finals, the bookies' number one was England.more

Labour is considering plans to release offenders after they serve just 40% of their sentence in a bid to tackle prison overcrowding, the Guardian has been told.more

Among the topics of yesterday's conversation between the heads of the Polish and British Foreign Ministries, Radosław Sikorski and David Lammy, was the teaching of the Polish language in British schools.more