It's time to think about restoring conscription in Great Britain in the event of war with Russia - the threat of war was expressed yesterday by the former deputy commander of NATO forces in Europe, General Richard Shirreff, referring to the warning expressed the day before by the commander of the British army.more
Atletico Madrid beat Sevilla 1:0 in front of their home crowd and were the last to secure promotion to the Spanish Football Cup. Athletic Bilbao, Mallorca and Real Sociedad San Sebastian were also in the top four.more
Two British museums are returning gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement — 150 years after the items were looted from the Asante people during Britain’s colonial battles in West Africa.more
This year's January has been a record warm month in Spain. Previously unheard-of air temperatures were recorded in more than 90 parts of the country until yesterday.more
Asda is converting more of its superstore petrol forecourts to card-only, unmanned operations with staff being redeployed into its stores.
The supermarket chain has 300 forecourts attached to superstores with half of those already unmanned. more
Seeded number 12, China's Qinwen Zheng defeated Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Australian Open and will appear in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Her opponent on Saturday will be the second-ranked tennis player from Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka.more
The right to flat-rate compensation does not apply if you fail to board a flight that arrives very late, or if the purchase of a ticket for a replacement flight allowed you to arrive at your destination less than three hours late, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled yesterday.more
The amount of sewage that was left to flow into the Thames in 2023 was almost five times more than the previous year, it has been revealed.
Between April and December 2023, Thames Water released sewage into London's waterways for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds. more
Social media is a "toxin that threatens public health", with TikTok, YouTube and Facebook "fuelling a mental health crisis by designing their platforms to include addictive and dangerous features" - New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared.more
Real Madrid has overtaken Manchester City to top Deloitte's Football Money League ranking as the football club in the world generating the most revenue in 2022/23 - €831m. "The Citizens have won the previous two editions.more
A few days before the 32nd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, 24,000 were founded. e-Picker boxes, to which over PLN 4.5 million has already been transferred. Meanwhile, the Polish community in London is already waiting for a unique auction, during which they will be able to purchase a golden heart or a golden telephone card.more
In 11 provincial cities, flat prices have exceeded PLN 10,000 per sqm. - According to a report published on Wednesday by price comparison engine rankomat.pl. The most expensive is in Warsaw, where in Q4 of last year one had to pay an average of PLN 16,815 per sq m on the primary market.more
Jan Zielinski will compete in a Grand Slam final tomorrow for the second time in his career. He will fight for his first title of this rank at the Australian Open in the mixed doubles. His partner is Su-Wei Hsieh from Taiwan and his rivals will be British Neal Skupski and American Deasire Krawczyk.more
Sadiq Khan has warned that fare dodging on the capital's public transport is “still too high”, as he urged Londoners to report it to station staff when they see it.more
Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona lost 2:4 away after extra time against Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals of the Spanish (King's) Cup. The Polish striker scored the first goal for the visitors in this match and was substituted in the 78th minute.more
Two girls found dead alongside other family members in a house died of knife wounds to the neck, post-mortem tests showed. The bodies of Jasmin Kuczynska, 12, and Natasha Kuczynska, eight, were found in Costessey, near Norwich, on Friday.more
Bayern Munich won in front of their home crowd against Union Berlin 1:0 in an overdue match of the German Premier League. The defending champions reduced their loss to leading Bayer Leverkusen to four points.more
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to an increase in cyber attacks, UK intelligence agency GCHQ warned yesterday in a new report.more
Ordinary citizens should be "trained and equipped" to fight in the military in the event of war with Russia, because the current size of the armed forces is insufficient, British Army Commander Gen Patrick Sanders announced yesterday.more
Police have spent £26.5 million on maintaining order during the nine pro-Palestinian and three pro-Israel demonstrations that have taken place in London since the Hamas attack on Israel, said the deputy deputy commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police.more
Liverpool's players drew 1:1 away against Fulham and advanced to the final of the League Cup in England. "The Reds" won the first game at home 2:1 and will meet another London team, Chelsea, in the final at Wembley Stadium.more
The World Health Organization (WHO) describes last year's almost 45-fold increase in the number of measles cases in Europe as "alarming." Measles is known as the most contagious of all viral diseases. It is enough for an infected person to just look into a room for the viruses to infect all susceptible people present there via droplets.more
The ruling Conservative Party in Great Britain is increasingly immersed in internal disputes. The latest episode of the conflict was started by former minister Simon Clarke, who yesterday in the Daily Telegraph called for the removal of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as leader before this year's elections.more
