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Baby born on car-choked highway is safe and sound

The baby was born in a car on the Wisłostrada, one of the capital’s busiest and most important traffic arteries. Paweł Supernak/PAP

The mother and her partner had been trying to get to the nearest hospital after she had gone into labour but a small accident had led to the traffic on the busy road snarling up, leaving them to handle the birth by themselves.

Mamma Mia! Remains of Egyptian ‘mummy’ found in Lublin school

Clues found in an old book on the history of the school suggest the object was brought back from Egypt by a 19th century brewer and social activist from Lublin who funded the construction of the school building.

Magda’s magic gel! Clever Insta mum comes up with homemade virus-busting hand gel to beat COVID-19 hoarders

After finding prices for small bottles of anti-bacterial gel on the internet had soared and that shops had run out, Kraków blogger Magda Kogut-Wałęcka decided to make her own using rectified spirit and aloa vera gel.

Dozens of mummies dating back 2,000 years found next to world’s oldest pyramid

The team of archaeologists led by Warsaw University’s Dr Kamil Kuraszkiewicz discovered the ancient corpses in a trench surrounding the Pyramid of Djoser which could have been ‘a path to the afterlife’.

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Rzeszów monk sets up music school in war-torn African state to teach child soldiers to take up music instead of weapons

Capuchin monk Brother Benedykt Pączka decided to offer children an alternative to being child soldiers and try to sow the seeds of future peace in the country by teaching them to prefer a guitar over a Kalashnikov.

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

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