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Research from Getir analysed the average monthly search volumes for ‘how to break up with someone’ across 15 major UK cities to find which regions are searching the most for help to get out of their relationships.more

Japanese police have smashed a network of voyeurs who, for 30 years, secretly photographed and recorded women taking naked baths in hot springs. At least 10,000 women were their victims, the media reported.more

84 per cent of Poles surveyed are satisfied with their relationship with their partner(s) and 63 per cent declare satisfaction with their sex life. Poles rank below the global average in every aspect of satisfaction with their love life, according to the Ipsos survey.more

Quintuplets have been born at the University Hospital in Krakow. They weigh between 710 and 1,400 grams and each measure around 40 centimetres. The quintuplets - Charles Patrick, Henry James, Elizabeth May, Evangeline Rose and Arianna Daisy - were born yesterday, the hospital announced.more

Women who have been given the name Ju-ae are being forced by the North Korean authorities to change it, reports the South Korean daily The Korea Times. According to the newspaper, the authorities in Pyongyang are seeking to create a cult of the individual around Kim Jong Un's 10-year-old daughter.more

The pandemic has forced many Londoners to adopt a working-from-home lifestyle despite some businesses pushing to get workers back in the office. more

More than 1,000 incidents of romance fraud totalling nearly £15 million in losses were recorded in London last year, new figures show. Across the UK victims have been conned out of £317 million over the past four years, Action Fraud figures released by the Liberal Democrats reveal, and money being made by con artists is on the rise.more

More than half of Londoners do not trust the Metropolitan Police, a survey has found. A YouGov study shared with the Standard shows fifty-one per cent of Londoners do not trust the force very much or at all, compared to forty-two per cent who say they do tend to trust them.more

The dating term “cuffing season” must have passed me by when it was shortlisted as the word of the year by Collins Dictionary in 2017. Cuffing season is the period of time in which people begin to look for someone with whom they can spend the winter months.more

The Church of England yesterday allowed single-sex couples in civil unions to give blessings. Such couples, however, are not allowed to marry in churches.more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited the earthquake-ravaged town of Adayiman in the southern part of the country today, was met with an unfavorable attitude from local residents there; the authorities are being criticized for failing to act effectively, exacerbating the country's plight in the wake of the disaster, Britain's Sky News television announced.more

The growing number of electric vehicle charge points and outdoor restaurant tables is making it harder for disabled people to move around their communities, according to a new report. more

In the 12 months up to and including the end of March 2022, 282 people were killed with a knife or other sharp instrument in England and Wales, and this is the highest number since data collection began in 1946, the British statistics agency ONS reported yesterday.more

Soaring energy prices have put UK households under a tremendous amount of pressure, but some experts have indicated there is promising news on the horizon.more

The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more

Poles have started planning this year's trips en masse. Interest, as expressed by the number of searches on the travel organization platform eSky.pl, has doubled compared to January 2022. Most often, Poles on eSky.pl choose to travel within Europe, booking both short city-breaks and longer vacations during the holiday season.more

As the risk of escalation in Ukraine grows, the world is moving "with eyes wide open" toward "war on a wider scale" - declared the UN secretary-general yesterday in a speech outlining the organization's priorities for 2023.more

Some 80,000 medical appointments and 11,000 scheduled treatments were canceled yesterday in England due to a strike by medical staff, which media reports indicate is the largest ever in the public health service during the current wave of strikes.more

Free HIV tests that can be done at home are being offered this week to people in England. It is part of a government drive to improve diagnosis, which dropped off during the Covid pandemic.more

A health minister has insisted there can be no re-examination of NHS pay for this year as the health service in England faces what is expected to be the biggest strike in its history, with no signs of a government plan to end the impasse.more

The number of jobs in the US economy increased by 517,000 in January, while the unemployment rate fell from 3.5 per cent to 3.4 per cent. - reported the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) yesterday. According to the Bloomberg agency, this is the lowest unemployment since 1969.more

The owners of four flats overlooked by the Tate Modern in London have won a Supreme Court battle to stop visitors gawping through their windows "like being on display in a zoo".more

Preventive examinations can protect against death from cancer or another serious disease, yet more than 30 per cent of Poles do not know that such examinations are free in our country, experts warn.more

Protests by local residents took place in Upahl (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) last week in connection with the approval granted by the authorities of the German district of Grevesmuehlen for the construction of a refugee settlement in Upahl. A large demonstration was also held. Extremist and neo-Nazi circles took part, and more than 100 police officers intervened, reports the 'Spiegel' newspapmore

Landlords have been urged by a watchdog to “act now” to address issues in social housing after the regulator found tens of thousands of properties have “notable” damp and mould.more