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A safe space for young women and girls has launched in East London, acting as a "one-stop shop" for support. The Bloom Hub in Stratford, Newham is similar to a community centre, but is exclusively for females aged 13 to 25.more

This trend is particularly visible in China and India, but there are also signs that in the West, the birth of a son is no longer considered a more desirable event than the birth of a daughter, the Times reported.more

A "Trojan horse" therapy that sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells is being made available on the NHS in England in a world first. It can halt the blood cancer myeloma for nearly three times longer than current therapies. The drug is an advanced form of chemotherapy that hits cancer with a bigger dose, while reducing side-effects.more

Liczba ludności Belgii wzrosła w 2024 r. do 11,8 mln – podał belgijski urząd statystyczny Statbel. Oznacza to roczny przyrost o niemal 62 tys. osób, czyli 0,52 proc., jednak wzrost ten w całości wynika z dodatniego salda migracji.more

During anti-immigrant riots, protesters set fire to a building in Larne, Northern Ireland, suspecting that evacuated migrants from another town had been brought there, the website of "The Telegraph" reported today. The migrants had already been moved to a safe location.more

Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next year under government plans to scrap a 200-year-old law. Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy Act, which outlaws rough sleeping in England and Wales. The law was introduced in 1824 to deal with rising homelessness, but Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has called it "cruel and outdated".more

Britons are hoarding physical cash amid extreme economic uncertainty and to provide a safety net for possible banking system outages such as the recent one in Spain, according to the Bank of England’s chief cashier.more

Hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot have as many children as they would like. Among the top reasons are the high financial outlay involved in raising a child and the lack of a suitable partner, according to a study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the BBC reported yesterday.more

There is an increase in the number of adopted children coming, among others, from Vietnam and South Africa. This is the result of foreigners settling in Poland, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

The deportation wars are beginning, wrote the US ‘Wall Street Journal’ on Sunday. The weekend protests in defence of immigrants in Los Angeles show what we can expect in the future, the newspaper stressed.more

With record crowds of foreign visitors in Spain, new protests against mass tourism, symbolised by water guns, are expected. The next ones are scheduled for 15 June, including in Barcelona, San Sebastian and the Balearic Islands.more

Popular recent drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity may reduce the effectiveness of the contraceptive pill, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has warned.more

A survey conducted by the independent Levada Centre shows that Poland has become the most disliked country in Russia after Ukraine. In May, as many as 70 per cent of respondents showed an aversive attitude, while 16 per cent showed a positive attitude.more

According to the majority of respondents, a man should let women through the door and know how to drive a car, while a woman should be well-groomed but not have too many sexual partners, according to a CBOS survey.more

Although the share of cashless transactions in Poland is steadily increasing and currently already three quarters of payments at retail and service outlets are made without cash, reports of the ‘death of cash’ are greatly exaggerated, pointed out Agnieszka Wachnicka, vice-president of the Polish Bank Association.more

The government recently outlined its immigration measures, with plans such as tightening rules around some work visas and reducing net migration. New YouGov research examines whether the public think immigration enforcement is sufficiently strict within a range of different sectors.more

Any child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the move as "a down payment on child poverty", along with other measures that have already been rolled out. more

More than half of surveyed Poles declare that nothing would make them decide to have their first or subsequent child – according to a study conducted on the Ariadna research panel. Among the reasons they mention are poor housing conditions, lack of professional stability and a poor financial situation.more

Rafał Trzaskowski's (KO) win in the UK is not surprising, assessed anthropologist Professor Michał P. Garapich of London Metropolitan University. In the second round of the presidential election there, he won 60.72 per cent of the Polish vote, while Karol Nawrocki, the candidate supported by PiS, won 39.28 per cent.more

In 2025, we are witnessing interesting changes in the foreign language learning market in Poland. Data from tutoring platforms clearly show that although classical languages ​​still reign supreme, interest in less obvious directions is also growing.more

Young people entering the workforce and black employees are among the most likely to be subject to surveillance in the workplace, according to a report.more

Brits have been told to “stay home” for 48 hours after experiencing certain symptoms. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned that you could still spread an “incredibly infectious” illness in the first two days.more

When you think of London’s happiest places to live, boroughs like Richmond and Kensington and Chelsea might first spring to mind. But a new list of the UK’s happiest areas has named five slightly less obvious London postcodes amongst its ranks.more

Full-time workers are claiming thousands of pounds in benefits by exploiting a legal loophole, The Telegraph can reveal.more

More than a third of UK consumers now use AI to shop, a 39% increase on last year, according to a survey. The annual Retail Report by financial technology platform Adyen found that some 35% of consumers say they have used AI to help them with their shopping.more