There isn't a secret pact to just write sh*t about Poles. English medias have world record in nasty news.
It all depends where they write the news.
The vacuum story is funny as hell. Imagine the desperation. Or is it a poor selection chick in the UK?
Equally funny (found on an American forum) is a story of a Brit who confuses his boy with a piece of wood :)
I cut wood using various saws but I can't imagine how that is even possible.