Almost one in 10 UK pet owners are considering giving up their companion to cope with cost-of-living pressures, a report says. Almost a fifth of owners (18 per cent) are already falling into debt to pay for their pets’ care, while 25 per cent said they will not take their pet to the vet due to high costs, online pet marketplace Pets4Homes found.more

Polish footballers do not have a new coach yet, but logistical preparations for the inauguration of Euro 2024 qualifying are underway. Yesterday, the PZPN delegation visited Prague, where the white-and-reds will play on March 24 against the Czech Republic. Three days later they will take Albania - the place is not yet known.more

In 2022, the average annual inflation rate in Germany was 7.9 percent, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced.more

Marks & Spencer has said it will create 3,400 jobs across Britain as part of plans to revamp its stores. It plans to open eight "full-line" stores - which stock clothes, food and homeware - in cities such as Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds in the next year.more

Currently, as many as 84.1% of consumers browse leaflets with promotions at least once a week, according to the SW RESEARCH survey conducted for the BLIX Group on a sample of a thousand consumers. Experts commenting on these results argue that the above trends will reverse.more

Novak Djokovic has advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. The Serbian tennis player, who was unable to compete in Melbourne last year due to not being vaccinated for COVID-19, defeated Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.more

Wages have grown at the fastest rate in more than 20 years, but are still failing to keep up with rising prices. Average pay, including and excluding bonuses, rose by 6.4% between September and November compared to the same time last year, official figures show.more

In a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, Prince Harry confessed that he had cut out many passages from his book Spare that "showed William and King Charles III in too negative a light". "I didn't want the world to know these stories," he asserted.more

Former Manchester United football star Eric Cantona believes Cristiano Ronaldo has yet to grasp the fact that he is almost 38 and in the declining phase of his career, the Manchester Evening News newspaper reported.more

Ethnic segregation in England and Wales is on the wane as more people live alongside neighbours of different backgrounds, creating “rainbow” towns and cities, research reveals.more

More than 1.62 million working days were lost to strikes in the UK in 2022, the highest number since 1990, despite the fact that the figures are only for six months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Much of Spain has been put on red, the highest level of weather alert for Hurricane Fien, which is expected to last until the end of the week. Low temperatures, rain, strong winds, snowfall and 9-meter waves in the sea are recorded, the National Agency reported Meteorological (AEMET).more

After it emerged that one of the London Metropolitan Police officers was a serial rapist, its management said it was re-investigating all 1,633 allegations of sexual and domestic violence involving 1,071 police officers.more

CIA Director Bill Burns, before the Russian invasion, revealed to Volodymyr Zelensky the details of the Kremlin's planned assassination attempt, The Insider reports, based on Chris Whipple's book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House.more

It was a turbulent year for Daria Kasatkina. The Russian tennis player, like her countrymen, was not allowed to play at Wimbledon, spoke out against the war in Ukraine, and six months ago announced her coming out.more

The British government has announced that it has decided to block the controversial Gender Recognition Bill adopted by the Scottish Parliament, which stipulates that legal gender change will only require a declaration by the person concerned, without medical examination.more

Captured "the last Godfather", "the end of the mafia era", "cosa nostra-final" - this is how Italian newspapers comment on the arrest in Palermo, Sicily, of the powerful boss of the local mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been hiding for 30 years. He was detained by the Carabinieri in a private clinic in Palermo.more

The famous British journalist Jeremy Clarkson said he sent an e-mail to Prince Harry and his wife apologizing for a column in the Sun, received with great indignation in the UK, in which he confessed that he sincerely hates Meghan. The former Sussexes, however, denied this information, stating that he sent the message only to Harry himself.more

Five accused of five attacks on shops selling Polish products in 2020 and 2021 appeared in court in Schiphol yesterday. One of the suspects admitted that he received 2,000 euros in exchange for planting an explosive in a shop in Aalsmeer in the central Netherlands. euro.more

Manchester United has opened a store in Davos, Switzerland, with an impressive showroom. The English football club maintains that it is intended to entertain customers and fans, not to attract the attention of potential investors interested in buying it.more

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has struck a deal to write memoirs from his time in office, HarperCollins has announced, announcing that they will be memoirs unlike any other by his predecessors.more

Even by 6-8 percent, and only during the quarter, the prices of large premises in Poland fell. Poles are moving to the rental market. The government, in turn, threatens to speed up work on taxation of wholesale purchases of premises - we can read in today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

52 percent Brits want an "immediate" ban on the sale of cigarettes in stores, according to a study commissioned by the MailOnline portal. 71 percent of the inhabitants of the islands, in turn, believe that the country should implement the controversial solution from New Zealand.more

Due to the heat, the competition on some courts during the Australian Open tennis tournament was suspended for several hours today. For this reason, there will be a considerable delay in Magda Linette's match with the Egyptian Mayar Sherif.more

Eight people were injured yesterday evening in a mass shooting in the city of Fort Pierce in the US Florida, the local police informed. The incident took place during a district fete on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, where more than a thousand people enjoyed themselves.more