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In the US, 44% of new year resolutions last two to three months; only 6% last a year. In the UK, 17% of people give up on their resolution within a month.more

Poles plan to spend an average of PLN 268 on New Year's Eve, an amount comparable to the previous year, according to the survey ‘Poles’ New Year's Eve plans’ commissioned by BIG InfoMonitor's Register of Debtors. It added that 20 per cent of respondents do not intend to incur any additional expenses.more

A cocktail of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has left larger ‘chrome and carpet’ venues high and dry as struggling chains look to party bars, writes 'The Guardian'.more

A London borough has been named as the saddest in the city and the third saddest area to live in nationwide in a survey by Rightmove. Rightmove conducts this survey every year to help potential homebuyers or movers identify the happiest and saddest areas to live in across the UK. more

Nearly two-thirds of workers living in private rented housing struggle to pay their rent, according to a poll that shows how England’s housing crisis is causing financial hardship even for those with jobs.more

A burial plot and a toilet seat top the list of the nation’s all-time worst Christmas gifts, according to research that suggests one in five Britons receive an unwanted present in their annual haul. More than 2,000 members of the public were polled by Which? about what they were given at Christmas last year, with 21% saying they had received an unwanted or unsuitable gift.more

A cultural melting pot, London is a city home to millions of people who speak over 100 different languages. From Pakistan to Colombia, Iran to France, we've got every corner of the globe covered. more

65 per cent of Poles think about other people's needs in December, according to a survey conducted by the Father Christmas Foundation and research agency IMAS International. Perhaps this is why many of the charitable campaigns carried out before Christmas find donors.more

Millions of vulnerable UK households on prepayment meters could see their energy bills consume almost a third of their incomes this winter. As temperatures drop across the country, the Resolution Foundation said a combination of higher gas and electricity prices and the typical seasonal increase in energy usage over the colder months would hit poorer families most.more

Since the 18th century, many Poles have sat down to a family supper after dark on Christmas Eve. The celebrations include leaving an empty plate for the guest, sharing the Christmas wafer, and exchanging gifts. At midnight, masses called midnight masses are held.more

NHS website information on drinking while breastfeeding saw the highest increase in visits at Christmas last year, new figures show. Among the most visited pages on Christmas and Boxing Day in 2023 were advice coughs, colds and chest infections. But some people also wanted to know about drinking and breastfeeding, external, alcohol poisoning and rabies, NHS England said. more

54.5% of respondents do not want to change the regulations on the ban on Sunday trading. According to 27.1% of respondents, at least two shopping Sundays per month should be introduced, 14.5% of people believe that the ban on trading on these days should be lifted, and 3.9% have no opinion - according to a survey for Wirtualna Polska.more

A quarter (25%) of 18 to 34-year-olds expect the cost of Christmas to put them into debt, a survey has found. This is higher than 17% among all age groups who said this, according to the research commissioned by lender Creditspring.more

A rise in flu cases is causing big problems for NHS hospitals in England and leaving a growing number of people in intensive care, amid warnings that festive gatherings will make things worse.more

Christmas is a special time of year when feuds subside and a family atmosphere of friendliness spreads. One of the most beautiful Polish Christmas Eve traditions is to leave an empty seat at the table. This tradition is cultivated by almost 87 per cent of Poles. But the symbolism is also followed by a desire to share. 69 percent of respondents assure that they would invite an unannounced guest to more

Journalists and legal bloggers are to be allowed to report on family court cases across England and Wales from early next year. Transparency will no longer be restricted to pilot courts and will be permanent.more

There has been "a catastrophic rise" in deaths caused solely by alcohol in England over the past four years, government figures suggest. More than 8,200 people died because of alcohol in 2023 - a 42% rise on 2019 - with the North East having the highest rates.more

Compared to 2023, the number of people spending Christmas Eve without guests has increased by 8 percentage points, while the number of those who invite them has decreased by a similar percentage, indicated the Ariadna research panel. The study also shows that most respondents plan to have a Christmas tree on the holidays.more

Donation website GoFundMe has named as the UK’s most generous city in 2024. According to the site’s data Liverpool is number one after its response to the Southport stabbings and subsequent disorder.more

Police were unprepared for the scale of disorder that broke out in part of the UK following the Southport knife attacks, a police watchdog has found. Police intelligence did not predict the "rising tide of violent disorder well enough", according to the review of their response to the worst UK unrest in more than a decade.more

Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The research, involving more than 200,000 people in Scotland, found an increase in exposure to nitrogen dioxide in particular was associated with a higher number of people being admitted to hospital for behaviour disorders and mental illnesses.more

One in four Poles goes into debt to organise Christmas; 11 per cent use the help of family or friends, according to a KRD survey published yesterday. At the same time, 9.5 per cent try to organise Christmas at the expense of increased spending.more

One in four babies born in NHS hospitals in England last year were delivered by caesarean section, official figures show. The gradual increase in the number of caesarean births over the past decade is due to a growing number of complex pregnancies and births, caused by factors including rising obesity rates and women waiting until they are older to have children.more

Domestic violence against men is on the rise in Portugal, according to a report by the Portuguese Association for Support to Victims (APAV), which shows that the number of cases of this type of abuse is at a record high.more

In 2023, there were 1,567 serious rail accidents in the European Union, in which 841 people died; the most in Poland (159) - according to Eurostat data. In second place were Germany and Romania. The fewest fatalities were recorded in Luxembourg and Estonia - it was added.more