In the UK, the full state pension is £241.30 per week (£12,547.60 a year), following a 4.8 per cent increase under the triple lock. According to OECD data on mandatory net pension replacement rates – which measure the proportion of an average worker's pre-retirement net earnings replaced by state and mandatory schemes – the UK sits near the lower end of the G7.more

From 1 October, the British will begin releasing thousands of prisoners from prisons en masse, including Poles. The Polish government does not know which offenders will return to the country, according to today’s edition of ‘Rzeczpospolita’.more

The Premier League has announced that Manchester City is guilty of all the alleged financial rule breaches between 2009 and 2018. The issue of the penalty will be considered separately by an independent Commission.more

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has not ruled out the UK’s return to the European Union. He has announced that, later this year, he will set out several options for future relations with the EU and will seek a consensus on one of them.more

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be given powers from Thursday (October 1) to suspend driving licences. It comes amid a government crackdown on fraudsters and debtors who continue to owe the department money.more

More than a quarter of Poles are currently trying to keep larger food stocks than they did 2–3 years ago, yet almost half of them have not changed their food storage habits during that time, according to the Provident Barometer survey.more

No explosives were found in the vans at RAF Fairford – police investigating a potential terrorist attack in the vicinity of the British base, which is used by US forces for air strikes on Iran, reported yesterday.more

Spain beat Croatia 4–1 in Seville, whilst England beat the Czech Republic 2–0 in Prague in the most exciting matches of Tuesday’s second round of the Nations League. Spain have now extended their unbeaten run to 40 matches.more

Anthropic, which is preparing to go public, warns in its prospectus that AI could pose an “existential threat to humanity” due to its self-preservation tendencies, according to “The Guardian”.”more

Unauthorised access to the Pentagon’s database has led to the disclosure of data on nearly 3 million people, including their National Insurance numbers, ABC News reported yesterday, citing a source within the department. At the same time, a data breach involving the FBI’s recruitment portal was revealed.more

Unauthorised access to the Pentagon’s database has led to the disclosure of data on nearly 3 million people, including their National Insurance numbers, ABC News reported yesterday, citing a source within the department. At the same time, a data breach involving the FBI’s recruitment portal was revealed.more

It is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it has reached the table. But such woes could soon be a thing of the past, with gene-edited bananas that keep their freshly peeled colour now one step closer to reaching British shoppers. According to Tropic, company that developed the fruit, the bananas have the same taste and texture long after peeling and slicing.more

The new edition of the Nations League marks the end of Cristiano Ronaldo's international career, according to the Portuguese media. They point out that the new head coach, Jorge Jesus—despite earlier statements—does not intend to keep the Al-Nassr player in the starting lineup based solely on past achievements.more

The popularity of the traditional, patriarchal family model—in which only the man works while the woman takes care of the home—is consistently declining. Data from CBOS shows that while 23% of Poles favored this arrangement 13 years ago, only 7% do so today. The majority of Poles (64%) prefer a partnership-based model.more

London's deepest Underground platforms sit almost 60 metres beneath the street – but passengers at Hampstead won't find a single escalator to take them back to the surface.more

Defence Secretary West Streeting has urged the public to take simple steps to ensure they are better prepared for emergencies, amid rising geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events. more

Assaults on passengers and other members of the public on Britain’s railways have hit a record high, figures show. There were 13,464 reported assaults against people who are not part of the railway workforce between April 2025 and March 2026 on mainline services, data published on Thursday by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) revealed.more

Jan Zieliński and Briton Luke Johnson secured their first title together by winning the doubles event at the ATP 250 hard-court tennis tournament in Chengdu, China.more

Hospitals are being hit by shortages of key drugs used to provide pain relief, prevent blood clots and tackle high blood pressure. Dozens of NHS trusts in England have encountered scarcities of aspirin, the painkiller co-codamol – a combination of paracetamol and codeine – and ramipril, a blood pressure tablet.more

You may have observed more spiders in your home over recent days. However, there is no cause for alarm. There is a clear reason why you might be spotting more spiders than usual at present. "It's spider season," Lancashire Wildlife Trust explains. "But don't be scared! They do come in peace. Giant house spiders... show themselves more often during autumn — if you see one speeding across the carpemore

Under a new initiative led by the UK and involving the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)—a grouping of Northern European nations—London will offer Finland and other member states of the alliance military protection that includes nuclear weapons, the STT news agency reported.more

Novak Djokovic is optimistic about his form ahead of the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing. The Serbian tennis player returns to action on Wednesday after a month-long break due to health issues.more

Five men arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford in southern England have been released on bail today, police confirmed. The men remain under investigation, and their release is subject to "strict conditions regarding their movements and contact with others."more

Poland is among the EU leaders in terms of the decline in alcohol consumption. In 2025, the number of abstainers grew faster in only two other EU countries. This may partly explain the budgetary difficulties regarding excise tax revenues, reports *Puls Biznesu* in its Tuesday edition.more

A “mega” heat network which will run under and alongside the River Thames is set to receive £41million in Government funding under plans to provide low-carbon heating to up to 650,000 London homes. The London Strategic Heat Main is among projects sharing £90million from the Government’s green heat network fund and heat network efficiency scheme.more