The majority of Wilko stores are expected to shut with the loss of thousands of jobs after a white knight failed to step forward to rescue the collapsed retailer. The family-owned household and garden products retailer, which has about 400 stores and employs almost 12,500 people, will leave big gaps on high streets after the failure of talks with interested parties forced it to call in administramore

After traveling 360 thousand. km in space, the Vikram lander of the Indian Chandrayaan-3 mission landed near the south pole of the Moon at approx. 18:03 local time. "India is on the moon," said Sreedhara Somanath, head of the Indian Space Research Organization.more

Braga beat Panathinaikos Athens 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Champions League fourth qualifying round. Galatasaray Istanbul also won - away from Molde FK 3:2. Maccabi Haifa played a goalless draw with Young Boys Bern in their third game on Wednesday.more

Virgin Media has been accused of unfairly increasing broadband prices for millions of customers in a move that has been condemned as “potentially unlawful”. The consumer rights group Which? has accused the telecoms company of applying “aggressive” inflation-linked mid-contract price increases while making it difficult for customers to cancel their deal without paying high exit fees.more

Yesterday, large parts of France were placed on the highest red alert due to the biggest heatwave of the year. Today temperatures will reach 43 degrees Celsius, and a sharp cooling is expected over the weekend, sometimes even by 15 degrees, according to the forecasts of the French national meteorological service Meteo-France.more

A single Chinese spy has created a powerful network of fake profiles, companies and contacts on LinkedIn, through which he tries to extract information from thousands of British officials, security practitioners and scientists, The Times has revealed.more

FC Copenhagen, the team that won 1-0 in the first leg of the fourth qualifying round for the Champions League against Raków Częstochowa the day before yesterday, believes that the lack of a decision to delay it due to the ongoing storm in Sosnowiec was a scandal.more

The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will have a marginal impact on the war in Ukraine, but it shows that Russia is a gangster state, said British military analyst Prof. Michael Clarke.more

Asian hornets have been confirmed in London for the first time - as record numbers of the invasive species are recorded in the UK.more

On the fifth day of the world athletics championships, Natalia Kaczmarek won silver in the 400 m run. This is the second medal of the Poles in Budapest after the silver medal of the hammer thrower Wojciech Nowicki. Yesterday, Anita Włodarczyk - a four-time world champion - was eliminated in the hammer throw qualifying rounds.more

House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that the chamber could launch an investigation as early as September as part of impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden over alleged corruption related to his and his son's activities. Republicans are demanding documents from Biden, including bank and credit card statements.more

Sadiq Khan has warned that the capital’s housing crisis is causing vital public sector workers - such as nurses, teachers and police constables - to quit their roles in favour of better paid work.more

The British King Charles III has agreed that a small airport in Le Touquet in northern France should bear the name of his mother, Elizabeth II, who died last September, authorities at the resort, described as "the most British of French resorts," have conveyed.more

On Sunday, the Dutch Grand Prix, the 13th round of the series, will be raced at Zandvoort, the "home" track of world champion and clear leader of this year's Formula One general classification Dutchman Max Verstappen of the Red Bull team.more

Pubs are calling for more flexible licensing laws during national events, such as Sunday's Women's World Cup final. more

PiS - 34.5 percent; KO - 31.2 percent; Third Way - 9 percent; Confederation - 7.8 percent; Left - 7.1 percent - these are the results of the United Surveys survey for Wirtualna Polska published yesterday. As the portal concludes, in such a situation, the opposition committees would gain a majority in the Sejm.more

The world's best airline in 2023 is Japan Airlines, the daily Le Soir reported on Tuesday. In contrast, Indonesia's Wings Air was named the worst carrier.more

A hot spell which is set to sweep the country could be the last of this year, forecasters have said. Sunny, warm conditions are forecast for much of the UK from today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Temperatures will peak in the late 20s in some areas.more

Britain’s post-Brexit immigration system has helped make the country even more attractive to foreign workers than the European Union, according to job site Indeed. Interest in British job postings from international candidates has soared since the post-Brexit immigration overhaul in 2021, Indeed said.more

It is now cheaper to rent a home than to buy one for the first time since 2010 because of the rise in mortgage rates. more

Germany had reported almost 3,400 foreigners for transfer to Poland by the end of July. So far, 495 people have been sent back, reported Border Guard spokeswoman Lt. Anna Michalska. The repatriated foreigners are, for example, people who were illegally in Germany and had previously been in Poland.more

Polish national team defender Bartosz Bereszynski has been loaned from Sampdoria Genoa to Empoli. The deal includes a definitive transfer option, the 31-year-old footballer's new club announced.more

Surgeons in Oxford have carried out the first womb transplant in the UK. more

The government-bought house in Braunau, Austria, where Adolf Hitler was born, is to become both a police station and a place where human rights training for police officers will take place. Austrian filmmaker Guenter Schwaiger warned that the plans could turn out to coincide with the Third Reich leader's expectations, and urged authorities in Vienna to rethink the decision.more

UK will provide £192 million in loan guarantees to Ukraine's state-owned company Enerhoatom to strengthen Ukraine's energy security, the British government announced today after a visit to Kiev by Energy Security Minister Grant Shapps.more