18 h. ago The best luxury hotels in Dubai for glamorous beach clubs and exclusive experiences

Whether its designer malls, 24-hour butler service or indulgent spa oases, these hotels reveal why Dubai is known for opulence

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42 h. ago Fury in Italy as exclusive beach clubs 'steal the seaside' with vast stretches of coastline no longer free to access

Furious locals now say private concessions are swallowing more of the coast.

Society

8 d. ago EXCLUSIVE: NHS pharmacy rollout of Wegovy and Mounjaro can get patients 'beach body ready', Minister suggests

Peter Kyle said he wants the likes of Wegovy and Mounjaro to be 'widely used' and made 'available to everyone from every background'.

Politics

8 d. ago Fury as militant junior doctor brags about her luxury Italy holiday during recent strikes after urging colleagues to join the picket line

Dr Eilidh Garrett has been an outspoken advocate for striking junior doctors, but was absent from the picket line during the latest round of strikes last month as she enjoyed a getaway in Italy instead.

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1 week ago ‘The ocean is spitting our rubbish back’: Italy’s museum of plastic pollution

Faded items dating back to 1950s have been found on Italian beaches, underscoring plastic’s problematic longevityEnzo Suma, a naturalist guide, has always picked up rubbish during his walks along Carovigno beach, a stretch of coastline lapped by clear blue waters close to his home in Salento, an area of Puglia in the heel of Italy’s boot.During one walk, Suma, 44, spotted a washed-up bottle of Ambre Solaire sunscreen. He was about to throw it away when he noticed something unusual: the price printed on the bottle was in lire, meaning it must have been produced before the euro replaced the lira in Italy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Don’t say goodbye to summer just yet, say hello to sun with TUI

With exclusive offers on tropical escapes and family-friendly resorts, your next beach break could be just a few clicks away

Politics

2 w. ago Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood review – a caustic satire on war reporting in the Middle East

A journalist pursues headline-making scoops whatever the cost to those in the conflict zone in this astute and darkly humorous debut novel by a former foreign correspondent‘Middle East on Fire: Israel positions tanks on Gaza border.” Journalist Phoebe Greenwood’s debut novel follows Sara Byrne, a freelance journalist in Gaza in 2012, who is reporting for a “pretty rightwing” British newspaper. Staying at the Beach Hotel, which is occupied exclusively by “middle-aged foreign correspondents”, she jostles with other reporters for stories while maintaining less-than-cordial relations with her fixer, Nasser. It could almost be a comedy of manners, with sketches of staff members and scenes from the hotel lobby. But it isn’t because, as the hotel owner puts it, “Gaza is a prison in non-stop war”.Vulture is a caustic study of what it means to report from a conflict, and particularly relevant to the current moment. It’s a knowing portrait by Greenwood, who was a freelance reporter in Je...

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