The rights of homosexual Poles do not find understanding over the Vistula - according to the latest IBRiS survey for "Rzeczpospolita". On the scale of the whole of Europe, Poland was at the bottom of the list, taking the 21st place.more
Britons living abroad who rely on ongoing healthcare could be faced with huge bills or be forced to return to the UK for treatment in the event of a no-deal Brexit. more
According to the survey's findings, British men find French the sexiest accent, with 31 per cent of the male participants expressing a preference for it.more
Legislation is to be brought forward to ban the sale of tobacco products from from self-service vending machines and at locations intended for children and events organised for children.more
Mobile phone group Giffgaff has been fined £1.4m by regulator Ofcom for "unacceptable" billing mistakes that saw 2.6 million customers overcharged.more
The leaders of the German minority in Poland are outraged by the inclusion of information on national and ethnic minorities in the government document entitled "National assessment of the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing".more
More than 4 million people in the UK are living more than 50% below the official poverty line, while seven million have been trapped in poverty for at least two of the previous three years, research shows. more
Prime minister Boris Johnson's government is planning a reported £100m public-information advertising splurge to prepare the UK for the increasingly likely prospect of a no-deal Brexit, according to The Sunday Telegraph.more
Europe is aging dramatically - the Portuguese will be the oldest in 30 years. The demographic driver of the world in the 21st century will be Sub-Saharan Africa, and India will overtake China in 2024, according to a report by the EP's research center.
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Almost 4,000 complaints have been lodged over noise from Dublin Airport in the first half of 2019. However, the DAA has revealed that 3,147 complaints were from one person, which makes up around 82% of the grievances.more
Retail sales in the UK were unexpectedly strong in June, boosted by sales of secondhand goods at charity shops and antique dealers, although department stores continued to struggle.
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The public has a far more negative view of the new Tory leader than they did of Theresa May when she took over the top job. Boris Johnson currently has a net favourability score of -27, with three in ten (31%) having a favourable view of him and nearly twice that number (58%) having a negative view of him.more
The UK gambling watchdog has told MPs that it does not currently oversee the purchase of in-game content like Fifa player packs and video game loot boxes.more
Only a quarter of British voters believe the UK will have left the European Union by the current Halloween divorce deadline, a new poll has revealed. more
Have you ever seen a Pole on British television? Poles are the biggest immigrant group in Britain, numbering between 900,000 and one million, so you might think they would be all over the TV. But no, there are hardly any. more
