The only hope is to hold your breath but you can't do so forever. The smog in Polish cities is among the worst in the European Union. Now, famous Poles are joining a campaign to raise awareness of the problem.

We still have more than one month before winter officially begins. But the first night before zero is already behind us. That's why institutions and organisations that help the homeless are appealing to the public not to look the other way, if they notice someone without shelter that needs help. Such incidents should be reported to the city guard or the police because it could save a life.

Every year about 3,000 people die on Poland's roads and over 40,000 are injured. Sunday was the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Here's more about how the lives of those struck by cars are changed forever.

The first hearing on the scandal around the now former chairman of the financial supervision authority will be held on Monday in Katowice. Leszek Czarnecki who made the accusations will testify. His lawyer claims that they have another unreleased recording and the opposition has cast out on whether the prosecutor's office can remain objective in this case. They are also demanding an investigative commission be set up, while the ruling party says there's no need.

On stockings in Kraków a dragon and St. Mary's Basilica. The stockings were meant as a gesture for the women of the city but they've now become a scandal. No one is offended by the dragon but that's not the case with the basilica. That's because it's not only a symbol of the city but a place of worship as well.

According to the laws that came into effect on 1st of March this year, trade on Sundays in only allowed on first and last weekend of the month, with some exceptions. In December, the trade ban will only apply to one Sunday, on the 9th day of the month. It will be possible to shopping on all the other ones. But with the beginning of 2019, the weekend shopping is going to be more difficult.

The Noble Package charity has taken off once again. The database of families was published on Saturday. People can read about the families in need and select one to send a package to. Thousands of volunteers and stars are taking part in the event.

The movie "Cold War" has garnered another award. Paweł Pawlikowski's picture was praised at the Stockholm Film Festival. It received the award of the International Federation of Film Critics.

Poland has won the first team competition of the season in ski jumping in Wisła. Piotr Żyła, Jakub Wolny, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch, for the fourth time in history stood on the highest spot on the podium. The deciding jump for the white-and-reds was 129 meters-long, which guaranteed that they would make up a few points lead by the Germans.

Will police officers continue to serve the deputy minister? It's enough they had to watch over his house 24 hours a day, but they also had dress up in suits, wear sunglasses and earpieces, pretending to be agents of State Protection Service. That's not all of the accusations of wrongdoing made by police officers from Suwałki mentioned in an anonymous letter. The police headquarters in this northeastern town is undergoing an audit.

An extraordinary meeting took place last night at Law and Justice's headquarters in Warsaw. The top leaders of the party met to discuss the political crisis connected to the financial oversight authority's tape scandal.

A new tape is to be released on Monday, allegedly proving corruption within the financial supervision authority - the KNF, according to Roman Giertych, the lawyer of the author of the secret recordings. The scandal shook Poland on Tuesday night when the "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily published a recording online, on which the chairman of the KNF offered to protect Getin Noble Bank from going bankrupt, suggesting the bank to hire a specific lawyer for 40 million zlotys. He was recorded by the head of this very bank - Leszek Czarnecki.

A new party has been launched by former politicians of Modern Party, Ryszard Petru and Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus. The formation has been named Teraz! (Now!). Its main two focal points are economy and society. On these two pillars, said Petru on Saturday, our new party will be formed.

For some of the participants it's a lesson of life. For others, it's a therapy. A moving an extremely valuable project is taking place in Sopot. The homeless are taking to the stage to warn children and their parents about the traps and challenges of modern lives. They're trying to help others learn from their own experiences to appreciate what's truly important in life.

New cases of measles are breaking out across the entire country. There have been 44 infections recorded in Masovia since the beginning of the month, and 87 in the whole country.

Despite tremendous controversies, the work on a bill regarding Polish banks continues. The issue has become toxic after it was revealed that the head of the financial supervision authority made a highly dubious offer to the owner of one of the banks. An investigation is already underway but due to the unearthed scandal and because of what is going in parliament, the opposition is all but accusing the government of trying to make it easier for the state to takeover private banks in Poland.

We are like a bullet train while others are only walking by or just watching us, the head of Polish central bank commented on the latest figures from the Polish economy. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

It's back to tradition in the Polish horse-breeding industry. Next year, in Janów Podlaski, the world-famous action of Arab horses will be again matched with the horse show. The point is to make the recently troubled event attractive again.

One of the founding fathers of Polish independence after 1918, a true statesman and a world-famous musical genius was named Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Every Polish child should know that. A commemorative plaque in a village in southern Poland was nonetheless mentioning his name with a typo. More controversies surround the story.