26 minutes ago Brits set to face huge charges for visiting beauty spots on sunchasing holidays

As Brits start to think about their summer holiday destinations, one of the most popular – the Canary Islands – is set to introduce entry fees for holidaymakers looking to visit beauty spots

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10 hours ago Parents on alert after children 'grabbed by strangers' outside schools six miles apart

"Can I please suggest that all children are dropped off at and picked up from school tomorrow whilst Investigations are ongoing."

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5 hours ago Stunning part of Europe with £2.50 pints is 'cheapest' place for summer holidays in 2025

A stunning area in Spain has been named the cheapest all-inclusive destination to visit in summer 2025

Economics

24 hours ago Thousands of ticketless Rangers supporters to attend 'Fanzone' near Old Trafford for Man United clash

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: A giant exhibition centre, just two miles from Old Trafford, is hosting a 'Rangers Takeover' when the Glasgow side take on Man United next Thursday.

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2 hours ago Police identify man accused of fatally beating 2 homeless people in Miami

Miami police have identified the man accused of killing two homeless people and injuring two others in an unprovoked attack

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9 hours ago Concern for Noel Fielding who pulled out of comedy series due to ill health after 'every possible option to continue filming was exhausted'

Concern is rising for Noel Fielding after he abruptly pulled out of filming for his comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin due to ill health.

Culture

5 hours ago Moment drunk lorry driver FIVE times over the limit is stopped by armed cops after being chased for four miles down busy motorway having downed half a bottle of vodka

Footage shows HGV driver Dainius Juodis finally stopping on a live lane of the M23, having failed to stop for four miles after a police vehicle had activated its blue lights

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1 hour ago Tipping Point's biggest ever win which left host Ben Shephard in tears

ITV's Tipping Point Ben Shephard and viewers alike were deeply moved by the milestone moment, which sparked an outpouring of praise on social media after the huge win

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32 hours ago Italy to crack down on fake reviews of hotels and restaurants with tough new law

Plans would see ID and proof of visit needed before reviewing a business online

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7 hours ago Scots face £1,600 fine in Spain for doing one thing that's legal back home

Spain promises the lure of cheap holidays and beautiful beaches - but experts have warned the sunshine dream may turn into a nightmare if Brits don't take notice of a law

Economics

25 hours ago Spanish FA apologises after Mallorca players’ families harassed in Jeddah

Fans and players’ partners upset by groping and pushingRFEF says sorry but still plans more Super Cups in SaudiThe president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) has apologised to Real Mallorca supporters six days after they were harassed at the Super Cup semi-final in Jeddah, with the Balearic government inviting him to reconsider the decision to hold the tournament in Saudi Arabia.At the end of their 3-0 defeat by Real Madrid last Thursday, players’ families and Mallorca fans who had travelled to the game alleged they were surrounded and subjected to abuse from local fans supporting Real Madrid on their way out of the King Abdullah stadium. Some female supporters are said to have been sexually harassed. The wife of the midfielder Dani Rodríguez, Cristina Palavra, described moments of “genuine panic” and denounced a lack of protection. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Greece warned against copying Spain's property tax on Brits over fears of economic crisis

Travel expert said Greece could find their country 'undermined' if they pulled a copycat move

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11 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

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8 hours ago Roman Roadchef! Archaeologists uncover a 'service station' in Gloucester where ancient travellers would have stopped for 'fast food' 2,000 years ago

Archeologists have discovered the foundations of a Roman 'service station' by the A147 in the Cotswolds, about five miles south of Cheltenham.

Transport

2 hours ago Ryanair stops flights to two Spanish destinations in blow for sunseekers

Ryanair has announced that it has cut 12 routes in Spain, leading to a loss of around 800,000 sears as it calls out an airport operator for its 'excessive airport charges'

Politics

35 hours ago The London room for rent where you can’t come home before 8:30pm or have guests round

Landlord’s rules for would-be tenants included no guests, no use of the living room and no noise after 11pm

Society

9 hours ago Gavin and Stacey finale filmed at luxury 'hotel of the year' where rooms start £90

The Parkgate Hotel was transformed into a very opulent setting for Sonia's hen do in the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, which was watched by over 15 million people

Economics

43 hours ago Female fan left feeling 'violated' after spotting CCTV camera above the women's toilets at Football League ground

The Birmingham City supporter travelled down to Swindon to watch the Blues play at the County Ground in the Football League Trophy on Tuesday night.

Sport

4 hours ago Majority of Avanti West Coast trains cancelled this Sunday – despite strike being called off

Exclusive: Final departure from Manchester to London Euston will be 4pm as strike timetable will still apply

Events

9 hours ago Robots the size of grain of rice that can travel through brain to carry out surgery

Robeauté’s microrobots can enter the brain to diagnose, treat and monitor neurological conditions in a way that was previously impossible

Transport

3 hours ago Ryanair flight from Luton is forced to abort landing after airliner's GPS signal is 'jammed' near the Russian border

The flight, which left from London Luton Airport was bound for Lithuanian capital Vilnius and had begun its descent when the captain decided to divert to Warsaw, Poland 400 miles away.

Politics

40 hours ago King to visit food bank and community centre which supports struggling families

The King will meet volunteers and staff at The Gate in Alloa, Clackmannshire, on Thursday.

Society

31 hours ago The 22 top destinations to travel to NOW for winter sun (some for under £1,000 per week)

Who doesn't long for sunshine at this time of year, especially after the glacial temperatures of early January, with weeks of wind, rain and more deep freezes stretching interminably ahead?

Economics

5 hours ago Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled on UK volunteers to tackle alcohol misuse

Exclusive: Scientists at UCL hope one-off dose of powerful hallucinogenic could help drinkers reduce intakeA powerful psychedelic that is used in healing ceremonies by Indigenous groups in the Amazon is being trialled as a pioneering approach to reduce problematic alcohol consumption.Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic brew that has been used for thousands of years by shamans in South America. Scientists based at University College London are testing whether a one-off dose of the drug could help hazardous drinkers who want to reduce their alcohol intake.The study is currently recruiting volunteers, who need to be regular drinkers aged 21 to 65 who do not have a formal diagnosis of alcohol disorder. Continue reading...

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37 hours ago Travel experts share top holiday destinations for 2025 with flights direct from Manchester Airport

It's time to get planning your next holiday

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3 hours ago BA down: British Airways website, app and systems not working amid major technical issue

British Airways’ online services are down, leaving travellers unable to access their bookings and other information.

Politics

35 hours ago I'm a travel expert and flew to Sweden and back for a spa day for less than £80

Going abroad for a spa break and flying back home in less than 24 hours doesn't sound as far-fetched thanks to this tip from some bargain-hunting jetsetters.

Economics

5 hours ago After the ceasefire, Gazans face a different kind of war. But we’re still clinging to hope | Al

Thousands of Palestinians are homeless, their houses reduced to rubble. It could take decades to rebuild their livesAl-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad is a writer and researcher from Gaza working in humanitarian and community workThe ceasefire news came suddenly, with an agreement we had heard before, surrounded by bureaucracy, hope and death. People all around me in Gaza – on buses, on donkey carts, in cars, on the street and in the markets – are describing it as a “war after the war”.The ceasefire is not the end of suffering. It is the beginning of everything else. It is an opportunity for people in northern Gaza, Rafah and elsewhere to mourn their loved ones who were killed and their destroyed homes. It is an opportunity to cry for those who have held back their tears for more than 15 months. We were told we could return to our homes, but those homes now lie in rubble. Most of them were levelled to the ground; some were left standing but are uninhabitable.Al-Meqdad Jamil Meqdad is a writer a...

Events

38 hours ago Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester

The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horsesAt Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station. Continue reading...

Transport

3 hours ago Beautiful Spanish city that Brits love is one of the world's 'best' to live in

Alicante was named the third best city in the world to live in by the annual Forbes magazine InterNations Expat City Rankings - with Spain dominating the ratings

Politics

37 hours ago Eva Longoria comforts volunteers as she helps clean up debris amid LA fires after donating $1million in relief

Eva Longoria turned her words into action as she was seen volunteering amid the LA fires, just days after pledging $1 million in relief efforts.  Later, she embraced fellow volunteers with big hugs.

Economics

6 hours ago Loodunnit mystery deepens: Gang steals 25 portable toilets in night raid just three days after 13 were swiped 150 miles away

Southern and eastern England appears to be in the grip of a bizarre crime wave after 25 portable toilets were stolen from a depot in Ipswich, just three days after a near-identical incident in Oxfordshire.

Events

3 hours ago Cop sues airline for accusing him of 'trafficking' young Russian wife on their honeymoon

Anthony Williams, 63, claims he was racially profiled as he travelled from Arizona to Florida with his bride, Russian national Katsiaryna Shasholka, 34 - and was detained and questioned upon arrival

Politics

38 hours ago Starmer travels to Ukraine to sign partnership deal lasting ‘for generations’

Sir Keir Starmer said the 100 Year Partnership would cement the friendship between the two countries for the next century.

Economics

8 hours ago ‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters

Big oil executive plans to celebrate Trump’s inauguration as California burns – though experts say climatic conditions are only getting more extremeDonald Trump’s response to the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles has provided a stark prologue to how his US presidency will likely handle the growing threat of such disasters – through acrimony, brutal dealmaking and dismissal of a climate crisis that is spurring a mounting toll of fires, floods and other calamities.As of Thursday, four fires, whipped up by wind speeds more typically found in hurricanes, have torched 63 sq miles (163 sq km) of Los Angeles, a burned area roughly three times the size of Manhattan, destroying more than 12,000 homes and businesses and killing at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires, the largest of the conflagrations that have turned entire neighborhoods to ash, are still to be fully contained. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago 'Nicole Kidman's cougar character is right – younger men go for miles'

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Kidman's film Babygirl has cracked up quite the conversation about mature women's pleasure - and this one cougar has lifted the lid on the reality of it all

Politics

9 hours ago Pressure all on Ross County as Livingston look to cause Scottish Cup upset, says boss

David Martindale's side travel north to face the Staggies tomorrow

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3 hours ago Best hotels in New York City: Where to stay in Manhattan, Brooklyn and more NYC hot spots

Whatever New York neighbourhood you find yourself in, these are the best hotels in the Big Apple

Politics

13 hours ago Taxi driver tearfully tells inquest of horrifying moment he hit man on motorway

Benjamin Connor was hit and later died almost two hours after he was dropped off by police at a Metrolink station two miles away

Events

4 hours ago Life at the UK's most remote train station where hardly anyone gets on or off

The quaint two-carriage train departs from Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire and offers an awe-inspiring journey through the Welsh countryside - but barely anyone ever gets on or off at one of the stops

Politics

14 hours ago Iran knows my son is innocent, says mother of French man held in Evin jail

Olivier Grondeau was arrested in 2022 and has accused Iran of using him for ‘political blackmail’ against FranceThe mother of a French traveller detained in Iran for two years has said authorities “know he is innocent” but continue to hold him in the country’s notorious Evin prison.Olivier Grondeau, 33, was arrested from his hotel room in Shiraz, in the south of Iran, on 12 October 2022, just weeks into the Woman, Life, Freedom anti-government protests that engulfed the country. The writer, poet and bookseller was in the country as part of a world tour. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Woman who travelled 110 miles to 'UK's best petrol station' was amazed by 3 things

Morgan Bold took to TikTok to share her experience travelling across the country to what she claimed was 'the best' petrol station in the UK - and three things particularly made her giddy

Politics

14 hours ago Teenager went from looking 'homeless' to 'handsome' after barber's dramatic trim

The young man has been wearing the same look for a while but now he looks totally different after seeking help from a popular barber. And it was shared on TikTok

Events

4 hours ago Keir Starmer visits ‘harrowing’ Auschwitz and vows renewed fight against antisemitism

The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to Poland to meet with the country’s political leaders.

Politics

15 hours ago Foreign Office issues 'high threat' warning for Brits travelling to popular European country

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its advice for a popular holiday hotspot, and not heeding the warning could put you at risk and invalidate your insurance

Events

5 hours ago World's 50 best cities in 2025 ranked — with six from the UK making the list

Time Out has revealed the world's 50 best cities for 2025, and six of the cities belong in the UK — including one which has been named as the best city in Europe

Politics

17 hours ago Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza issue warning to UK tourists after holiday hotspots swept by 'five viruses at once'

The Balearic Islands have said that they are facing "quintudemia" - five viruses at once - in the form of flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), norovirus, rhinovirus, and Covid

Events

7 hours ago Stirling sees launch of new city centre 'wayfinding' project to boost footfall

The new project hopes to improve signage, highlight the city’s rich heritage and encourage sustainable travel while promoting local businesses.

Politics

19 hours ago A man with a stick killed 2 homeless people in Miami in an 'unprovoked' attack, police say

Two people in Miami are dead following what law enforcement officials say was an “unprovoked” attack on four homeless people by a man wielding a stick

Events

7 hours ago Europe’s ugliest beaches in Greece, Spain and Italy you should probably avoid

Whilst the UK may have some ugly beaches, European countries are not exempt — with some including high-rise tower blocks, nearby boozy bars and crowds of tourists

Politics

20 hours ago Urgent warning as two children 'grabbed by strangers' in separate abduction attempts

The horrors happened within a six-mile radius near two schools - Flixton Girls School and Moorlands Junior School - across Greater Manchester and both are being investigated

Events

7 hours ago Disney cuts four sailings this year due to maintenance schedule changes

The dry dock changes will affect sailings out of Southampton and Florida

Politics

20 hours ago Man with stick kills two homeless people in Miami in ‘unprovoked’ attack

Suspect, 30, was captured after attempting to flee on foot

Events

7 hours ago Donyell Malen arrives in full bloom for Aston Villa debut on familiar ground

Forward’s coaches share what makes the former Arsenal youth so special as he returns to the Emirates with new clubThe memories will surely come flooding back for Donyell Malen. Perhaps in the minutes before arriving at the Emirates Stadium. Maybe en route if Aston Villa’s team bus bypasses St Albans, where he lived in an apartment, a few miles up the road from Arsenal’s training base in Hertfordshire. On Saturday the forward, Villa’s new signing from Borussia Dortmund, could make his Premier League debut at the club where he spent two years as a youngster. He left Ajax for London at 16 but returned aged 18 to the Netherlands with their rivals PSV Eindhoven, and there Malen began to realise his potential.Malen excelled during six months with Jong PSV, outscoring Cody Gakpo to finish the 2017-18 season as the under-23s’ top goalscorer and making his first-team Eredivisie debut in the February of a title-winning campaign. “He was at Arsenal doing his thing, a good player but not using ...

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23 hours ago Inside The Traitors' Charlotte's gorgeous holiday and home life as she's targeted by Minah

Charlotte is playing a tricky game in The Traitors castle, but outside the TV show the Londoner is rarely confined to home, we take a look at her travelling lifestyle and her home life

Events

8 hours ago Brits are selecting their next holiday destination based on this one thing

A new survey has found that Brits are quite the foodies when they go away with cuisine one of the top reasons for choosing a holiday destination

Politics

26 hours ago Space junk 'in the millions' could cause 'genuine threat' to life on Earth

A space physics expert has warned that space debris orbiting the Earth and travelling at 18,000mph could cause a 'genuine threat' to life on the planet below

Events

8 hours ago One in three Brits using social media to plan their holidays, study finds

A new study has found that social media is now just as important to the planning process as factors like budget and weather

Politics

27 hours ago Avanti West Coast train strikes called off for the next two Sundays as ‘intensive talks’ begin

RMT union stresses: ‘All other previously announced strike dates remain in place’

Events

8 hours ago Best new hotels of 2025 — from a chic farm estate in Menorca to Montana's new luxury addition

Plan your upcoming adventures around the most exciting new check-ins of the year — there are plenty to choose from

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28 hours ago 'Zip it!': Tui flight attendant praised for reaction to racist remarks as flight erupts into chaos

The flight attendant said she would call the pilots and the police if the chaos continued

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