Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has opened on his future plans and revealed where he may manage after leaving the Cityzens.more

Government departments have recommended a pay rise of 2.8% for millions of public sector workers including teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants next year. Unions responded by saying the proposed pay increase was too low, with one threatening strike action. more

Fine particle air pollution killed nearly 240,000 people in the European Union in 2022, a five percent fall on the previous year, the European Environment Agency said in a report published Tuesday.more

From 8 January 2025, US citizens travelling to the UK will need to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA). From April, this will also apply to Europeans who are not UK residents.more

The election race for the Presidential Palace is already in full swing, even though the campaign has not yet been officially announced – this is the opinion of almost 90 percent of respondents in the IBRiS survey for "Rzeczpospolita", the results of which were published today.more

More than 200 stalking offenders released from prison will be GPS tagged by March 2026 under a pilot scheme from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. People who have served custodial sentences for stalking offences will be tagged with a tracking device under strict licence conditions, City Hall said, to "protect victims and help prevent reoffending".more

Real Madrid defeated Atalanta Bergamo 3:2 away in the 6th round of the Champions League. Kylian Mbappe scored his 50th goal in the elite competition, but was injured. Inter Milan of Piotr Zieliński suffered their first defeat in the current edition - 0:1 in Leverkusen against Bayer.more

Yesterday in Stockholm, this year's Nobel Prize winners in five fields received gold medals and calligraphed diplomas from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The special guest at the ceremony was Polish Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.more

Billionaire Nick Candy has moved to Nigel Farage's group, the right-wing populist Reform UK, from the Conservative Party to become treasurer. He has announced that he will raise enough money for his party to win the next UK election, ‘The Guardian’ reported yesterday.more

According to European Commission data, in October, the price of milk in the EU exceeded 50 euro, the raw material went up by 16.6 per cent y/y . In Poland, we recorded a price increase of more than 18 per cent year-on-year, the Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Milk Producers said in a report.more

Train operators serving the UK are the most expensive in Europe, according to new analysis. Great Western Railway fares are two-and-a-half times higher than the average across European Union (EU) and Swiss operators for routes of similar lengths, the study by campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) found.more

At the general meeting of Bayern Munich's supervisory board, the number 5 jersey was reserved as a tribute to Franz Beckenbauer, who is a legend of the club and of German football as a whole. The 1974 world champion died on 7 January at the age of 78.more

‘Sigma’ in young people's slang means a successful, confident, outstanding person to be admired. And it was this word - by the decision of internet users - that became the Youth Word of the Year 2024. Also on the plebiscite podium were ‘azbest’ and ‘czemó’. The chapter singled out the word ‘czemó’.more

When all Londoners want is a commute under an hour, the universe starts creating a train that would get you to NYC in 54 minutes.more

The world record for a 100-kilometre run with a pushchair was set by Lorenzo Lotti, head of the sports department in the Italian town of Predappio. He ran the route in eight hours and one minute. His seven-month-old son slept almost the entire race.more

Home Office has postponed transition to digital visas but campaigners fear ongoing technical problems could cause travel chaos, writes 'The Guardian'.more

World women's tennis ranking leader Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has been voted WTA player of the year for the first time in her career, it was announced yesterday. The last two editions have been won by current runner-up Iga Swiatek.more

Hundreds of Transport for London workers are going on strike twice ahead of Christmas amid a dispute over pay. Officers in the Compliance, Policing, Operations and Security Directorate will walk out on Thursday, December 12 until Saturday, December 14.more

London and Berlin have signed an agreement allowing German people smugglers organising the transport of migrants across the Channel to the UK to be penalised. So far, German law has not provided for sanctions for smuggling people into non-EU countries, the BBC reported today.more

The price of Christmas dinner for four has shot up 6.5% this year, far outstripping inflation, according to industry experts. Market researchers Kantar found a festive feast will set you back £32.57, up from approximately £30.58 last year.more

Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, more than a thousand companies have severed business contacts with the aggressor country. But almost as many are still doing business there, writes today's ‘Rzeczpospolita’.more

English Premier League football match referee David Coote has lost his job for inappropriate comments against former Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp.more

Thousands more people have been priced out of the car insurance market over the past year, according to estimates from Citizens Advice. The charity estimates from research it commissioned that around 2.6 million people across the UK do not drive as they cannot afford the cost of cover.more

A list of people who have died, Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the history of the Indian cricket league are the most popular search terms on English-language Wikipedia pages in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the service, has announced.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces greater state commitment to stability in the Middle East, according to a Downing Street release yesterday. Starmer was in the United Arab Emirates, where he met with President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.more