Compensation payments to people who have been given tainted blood as a result of gross negligence in the UK health service, and to the families of those who have died, will begin within 90 days, the government announced yesterday. The value of individual compensation is expected to range from £1m to more than £2m.more

Cristiano Ronaldo has been called up by manager Roberto Martinez to the Portugal national team for the European Football Championships, which will be held in Germany. For the 39-year-old striker, this will be the sixth tournament of this stature. He made his debut at Euro 2004 in Portugal.more

The EHIC card is as old as our presence in the European Union. To date, the National Health Fund has issued more than 37 million cards. It is worth carrying it with you when you travel abroad.more

Between 2022 and 2050, global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years for men and 4.2 years for women, reports 'The Lancet'. This will happen despite geopolitical, metabolic and environmental risks. People will live longer, but will spend a greater number of years in poor health.more

After her triumph in Saturday's final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, Iga Swiatek has strengthened her place at number one in the world ranking of female tennis players. She is already 3,557 points ahead of second-ranked Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Hubert Hurkacz, on the other hand, moved up from ninth to eighth place in the world ranking of tennis players. Novak Djokovic remained the leader. more

Industry bosses have cast doubt on new plans for skills "bootcamps" for unemployed Britons as part of government efforts to plug gaps in the jobs market left by overseas workers.more

The arrears of diplomatic missions in London from unpaid charges for moving cars around the city center have exceeded £143.5 million (about PLN 715 million), according to Transport for London (TfL), which manages transportation in the British capital. More than 10 percent of that amount is attributable to the US Embassy.more

More than half of the 100 or so cars donated by Londoners for failing to meet emissions standards allowing them to drive around the city free of charge have already been delivered to Ukraine, the charity British-Ukrainian Aid has reported.more

Liverpool have hired Arne Slot as coach to replace outgoing Jurgen Klopp, the English Premier League football club confirmed yesterday.more

One person is dead and a number of passengers were injured due to severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 flight from London to Singapore, the carrier said today. The aircraft made an emergency landing in Bangkok.more

There has again been a fatal bite of a man in the UK by American XL Bully dogs, which have been banned from owning without a licence since February. The victim is a woman in her 50s who was bitten at home by two of her dogs.more

Poland should reckon with the fact that the plan to assassinate Donald Tusk is on the table at Putin, says Gen Piotr Pytel, former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, in "Newsweek".more

Bologna drew 3:3 at home against Juventus Turin in the match concluding the 37th round of the Italian Premier League football. The hosts' goal was defended by Lukasz Skorupski and his vis-a-vis was Wojciech Szczęsny. One of the goals for the visitors was scored by Arkadiusz Milik.more

A record number of Debt Relief Orders (DROs) were taken out in April, as the £90 fee for the insolvency option was scrapped. DROs are available to those on low incomes and clear existing debt on everything from council tax to energy bills and rent. Some 3,436 DROs were taken out in April - the highest monthly number since they were introduced in 2009, figures from the Insolvency Service, externamore

"Stay calm". - are appealing to residents in the town of Pozzuoli near Naples in southern Italy, in an area where seismic activity is ongoing. An aftershock of magnitude 4.4 - the strongest in 40 years - was recorded there yesterday. The epicentre of the tremor was in the volcanic area of the Phlegraean Fields.more

Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted.more

Englishman Andrew Madley will be the main referee of the friendly match between the Polish and Ukrainian teams, which will take place on June 7 in Warsaw. In the following days, the preparatory matches of Euro 2024 participants will be hosted by, among others: Daniel Stefanski and Paweł Raczkowski.more

When emigrating for seasonal work, Poles most often choose countries such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden or Norway - said the Personnel Service report. It was added that earnings in these countries may reach up to PLN 19,000 per month.more

A SW Research study for "Wprost" shows that Poles are quite divided on the issue of introducing a ban on the sale of alcohol at gas stations.more

The Met Office is shutting down suggestions that the UK could be in for scorching weather later this month. We’ve had a wild start to May so far, with the hottest days of the year so far followed by heavy thunderstorms and then followed again by warm weather and sunshine (in places).more

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk defeated Briton Tyson Fury by split decision at the gala in Riyadh and became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in 24 years.more

A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years must wait a decade before the Home Office will let him stay permanently. Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, had for many years assumed he was officially seen as British.more

Nearly 40% of the dirty money in the world is going through the City of London and other crown dependencies, the UK’s deputy foreign secretary has said. Andrew Mitchell added the crown dependencies and overseas territories will face fresh demands from the Foreign Office to comply with UK laws setting up public registers of beneficial share ownership.more

The defending champion and leader of the general classification of the Formula 1 World Championship, Dutchman Max Verstappen from the Red Bull team, won the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the seventh round of the series, on Sunday at Imola. This is his 59th career victory, and fifth this season.more

According to Viera Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission, the upcoming European elections will be a test of the EU's resistance to disinformation, especially from Russia. "Only after them will we assess whether our measures to fight disinformation have been effective," emphasizes the deputy head of the European Commission.more