Nearly half of Londoners have used the Elizabeth line since it opened in May 2022, a new survey suggests. The results of a YouGov poll shared with the PA news agency indicate 45% of the capital’s residents have made at least one journey on the £19 billion railway.more
In Sweden, there was a wave of cyberattacks on websites yesterday, including energy company Vattenfall and e-mail Kivra. A group seeking revenge for the burning of the Koran has claimed responsibility for overloading its websites. According to the expert, however, Russia is behind it.more
Manchester United's players beat Leicester City 3-0 at home in the 24th round of the English Premier League, with two goals from Marcus Rashford, who is in excellent form. The Old Trafford side are just three points behind second-placed local rivals City.more
Pro-environmental organizations Wild Card and 38 Degrees are putting pressure on Prince William to restore some of his landed estates. After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the prince gained the rightful heir to the throne title of Duke of Cornwall and the duchy itself - an estate with an area of 530 square kilometers, which is about 0.2 percent. area of Great Britain.more
US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN that China will cross a "red line" if it decides to supply arms to Russia, which is at war with Ukraine.more
Iga Świątek is still confidently leading in the world ranking of WTA tennis players. Serbia's Novak Djokovic remains the leader in the ATP rankings. The best of Poles - Hubert Hurkacz - dropped from 10th to 11th place.more
London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is launching a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil free school meals for the next academic year.
The mayor's office said it is estimated the one-off funding could help more than 270,000 children in the capital during the 2023-24 academic year.more
If the war moved to the territory of Poland, 31 percent. Poles would flee to the West, and one fifth would fight, "Rzeczpospolita" reports, citing the results of a study commissioned by the War Research Laboratory in Ukraine.more
Robert Lewandowski scored his 15th goal in the Spanish top flight this season as Barcelona beat Cadiz CF 2-0 at home on matchday 22. The Catalans lead the table with an eight-point advantage over Real Madrid, who won 2-0 at Osasuna on the road.more
The German war drama "Same in the West" is the biggest winner of this year's British BAFTA film awards ceremony. At the gala held last night, the film was nominated in 14 categories and won in seven of them.more
Nearly two-thirds of Germans (64 percent) spoke out against the supply of fighters to Ukraine. According to the dpa agency, most opponents of this option are among the supporters of the right-wing populist AfD and the left.more
About 2,000 More than 100,000 Oxford residents took part in another protest over the weekend against the introduction of Low Traffic Zones (LTN) in the city. The case is highly controversial and is also the object of deliberate misinformation.more
Paris Saint-Germain, the leaders of the French soccer league, defeated the fifth-placed team, Lille, 4-3 in the 24th round. The Parisians successfully ended a streak of three defeats in a row in different competitions.more
The World Health Organization (WHO) will not investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the magazine "Nature" informs. Virologists are disappointed, but admit that China does not want to cooperate in this matter.more
Due to the planned visit of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to Poland, we do not anticipate any difficulties in the functioning of the Warsaw Chopin Airport itself, said Anna Dermont, spokeswoman for the airport.more
Milan's teams won yesterday's matches of the 23rd round of the Italian soccer league. Runner-up Inter beat Udinese 3-1 at home, while third-placed AC Milan - in a special match for Silvio Berlusconi - won 1-0 away to Monza.more
In Rome, there is the only Astronomical and Copernicus Museum outside Poland. The Nicolaus Copernicus Museum at the University of Rome was founded by the Polish émigré historian Artur Wołyński (1844-1893). There are memorabilia collected by him related to the figure of the astronomer on the occasion of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of his birth, organized in the Eternal City in 1873. more
The players of Borussia Mönchengladbach have once again confirmed that they are an extremely inconvenient rival for the titled Bayern Munich. In the 21st round of the German Ekstraklasa, they won at home with the national champion 3:2.more
Three Poles died yesterday evening in a car accident in Lichtervelde in the northern part of Belgium, local media reported. Driving a Maserati sports car, a 33-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a tree.more
There has been a shortage of eggs on our supermarket shelves for months and now there are concerns about a national shortage of tomatoes. People have been posting pictures of empty shelves at several supermarkets across the UK. One shopper in Cardiff on Saturday night said she had been to three different supermarkets and couldn't find any.
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Manchester City players just drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest and are again second in the English Premier League, two points behind Arsenal. After a series of setbacks, Liverpool won a second successive victory, beating Newcastle 2-0. Meanwhile, Chelsea London's crisis continues.more
The war in Ukraine has gradually changed the balance in the EU - partners from the East are gaining importance, with Poland at the forefront. The habitual dominance of France and Germany seems to be diminishing, says the portal of the daily "Tagesspiegel" in the summary of the Munich Security Conferencemore
