Pop star Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce tied the knot in a private ceremony, the tabloid ‘New York Post’ reported yesterday. The couple are set to celebrate their marriage in public at a huge party at Madison Square Garden in New York.more

British Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced yesterday that she would stop posting on the X platform, stating that the content found there does not serve democracy.more

Spain, Portugal and Switzerland qualified yesterday for the round of 16 at the World Cup in North America. The Iberian sides will face each other on Monday in the round of 16, whilst Switzerland’s opponent will be decided by today’s match between Colombia and Ghana.more

From October this year, Wizz Air will operate flights from Poland to Egypt from several airports – including Modlin, near Warsaw, Gdańsk and Kraków – representatives of the Hungarian airline announced on Wednesday. The company will also launch flights to Turin in Italy and Lyon in France.more

Londoners can benefit from unlimited free one-hour cycles on Sundays this July with the return of a popular scheme. On each Sunday between July 5 and July 26, residents and visitors can get free Santander day passes, which usually cost £3.50.more

Britain continues to rank among the safest places in the world to work, according to a new report. An analysis by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed a sustained decline in work-related fatalities across the country.more

Another heatwave is likely to be declared in the UK within the coming days as temperatures are forecast to reach 30C in places. A large area of high pressure is currently building from the Azores towards Portugal and Spain. By the weekend, heat is forecast to build across France and southern Britain with some locations reaching heatwave threshold temperatures. more

Third seed Iga Świątek has progressed to the third round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The defending champion from Poland defeated the Czech Karolina Pliskova 6–1, 6–3. The match lasted 69 minutes.more

The UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, apologised today for the role played by the authorities in London in taking children away from unmarried women. Speaking in the House of Commons (the lower house of Parliament), the Prime Minister said that by forcing them for decades to give their children up for adoption, the state had brought shame upon itself.more

A step towards the “golden age of nuclear power” – that was the British government’s comment today on the announcement that Michał Sołowow’s company plans, together with foreign partners, to build 14 small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK.more

Dressed in a sapphire-blue suit, the Duchess of Wales, Kate Middleton, arrived at the tennis courts at Wimbledon today. There, she spoke to fans and watched the match between Britain’s Arthur Fery and Finland’s Otto Virtanen.more

According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, published by the European Parliament, Poles are more likely than the EU average to believe that the EU is a guarantor of stability in today’s world; they rate the benefits of EU membership more highly; and they view the future with greater optimism.more

This weekend, Silverstone will host the ninth round of the Formula 1 World Championship – the British Grand Prix. After eight races, the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes leads the standings, with his British team-mate George Russell in second place, 40 points behind.more

Digital IDs will soon be able to be used as proof of age to purchase alcohol in England and Wales. The government has laid the statutory instrument to amend licensing laws to permit their use, sparing customers having to bring physical documents to the pub or supermarket.more

According to a salary report by Sedlak & Sedlak, the total remuneration of an expert promoted to senior expert rises by as much as 86 per cent. The new technology sector offers the highest pay, but it is also possible to earn very well outside the IT sector, according to ‘Puls Biznesu’.more

Plans to make Hammersmith Bridge safe for motor traffic have been shelved as it would "essentially require a brand-new bridge to be built" due to the extensive repairs needed, a council report has said. The 139-year-old Grade II* listed bridge linking Hammersmith with Barnes, closed to motor vehicles when cracks appeared in its pedestals in 2019.more

The Americans beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 and joined the other co-hosts – Canada and Mexico – in the round of 16 of the World Cup. They will face Belgium in the quarter-finals, who beat Senegal 3–2 after extra time. England also celebrated their qualification yesterday.more

The new EU multiannual budget will be the biggest challenge for the Irish Presidency, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin admitted yesterday in Dublin. He added that his country would do everything in its power to reach an agreement among Member States on the new budget by the end of this year.more

Online ticket sales began yesterday for one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year in the UK: the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum. Interest is huge.more

A third (34%) of holidaymakers have seen an increase in potential travel scams on social media over the past year, a survey indicates. Seven in 10 (70%) people said they are wary of promotional emails related to holidays due to concerns about potential scams.more

Hubert Hurkacz has progressed to the third round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The Polish tennis player defeated Austria’s Sebastian Ofner 7–6 (10–8), 6–4, 6–4. The match lasted one hour and 57 minutes.more

Police officers involved in last year’s arrest of Henry Nowak, a dying student in Southampton, are now the subject of an investigation to determine whether they committed a serious breach of discipline, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) announced on Wednesday.more

Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is axing the Halifax brand, scrubbing the 173-year-old former building society’s name from UK high streets. The group will stop opening new accounts under the Halifax brand and kickstart a process of shifting existing accounts to Lloyds branding over the coming days.more

The British media are reporting today on a ‘black hole’ in the defence spending plan. According to government estimates, published alongside the defence investment strategy, the next prime minister will have to find nearly 5 billion pounds in the budget to fully fund it.more

A high-flying France side, featuring the incredible Kylian Mbappé, along with Mexico and Norway, are the latest teams to qualify for the round of 16 at the World Cup in North America. There are no longer any teams left in the tournament from the group in which the Polish national team could have played.more