37 m. ago ‘The government just doesn’t get tourism’: VisitBritain chief outlines dismay with budget cuts

Exclusive: Nick de Bois warns action is needed to ‘arrest the decline’ in the UK’s share of tourists

Politics

39 m. ago Nine reasons why Rory McIlroy will finally end Masters hoodoo

Rory McIlroy is bidding to finally complete the career Grand Slam by winning The Masters for the first time this year, with the Northern Irishman one of the favourites to don the green jacket

Politics

47 m. ago Driver now WON'T have to pay £252 hospital car park charge after 'years of hell'

Gordon Clark and his wife Jennifer visited the QE Hospital in Gateshead in 2022 to see a friend who had a broken leg, but were later sent a fixed penalty charge

Economics

53 m. ago People joke they'd 'never check their bank again' after man shares eye

Ryan had been enjoying a holiday in the Irish capital but was left stunned after forking out €107.20 (£91.16) at the bar in Dublin's tourist hot spot.

Economics

66 m. ago Scarlett Moffatt confidently poses in a black swimsuit on holiday in Dubai as she shares empowering body positivity post

Scarlett Moffatt confidently posed in a black swimsuit on holiday in Dubai as she shared an empowering body positivity post on Saturday.

Politics

70 m. ago Weather maps reveal bright and warm start to Easter holidays as temperature hits 21C

Met Office weather maps show it has been a warm and sunny start to the Easter holidays with temperatures hitting 21C.

Events

74 m. ago European 'visa' rules started on April 2 and it's causing confusion

Travel regulators ABTA have issued a warning for UK holidaymakers going to Europe

Politics

89 m. ago Hillwalker airlifted to hospital after horror leg injury on Arran

Arran Mountain Rescue Service scrambled to the scene at the weekend.

Events

95 m. ago Massive Galloway wildfire still burning as warnings remain in place

The blaze broke out in the Glen Trool area of the Galloway Forest Park, but has since stretched up to Loch Doon in East Ayrshire.

Events

1 hour ago Gardening expert reveals essential jobs to do in your garden this April

With warmer weather finally here and lots of spring shoots beginning to appear, it can be a busy time for those with green thumbs and Louise, who is based in London, has shared her tips.

Politics

1 hour ago Coronation Street star John Saint Ryan dies as heartbroken family say 'there will be no funeral'

The actor and horse trainer died on on April 3 surrounded by his family after suffering a heart attack.

Events

1 hour ago Woman, 33, with just months to live confused when doctor asked her about 'taking a flight'

Olivia Knowles, 33, from Blackpool, said people with her condition are advised to avoid aeroplanes, but then the penny dropped

Society

1 hour ago Woman airlifted to hospital after being hit by car near Scottish park

The collision between the pedestrian and a car happened near Battery Park

Events

2 h. ago David and Victoria Beckham's British former bodyguard is found dead in Spain: Ex

Craig, believed to have been aged 40 when he died, worked for the Beckhams from 2013 to 2015 when they lived in London's Holland Park.

Events

2 h. ago Football club pays tribute to 'hugely popular' boy, 15, after lake tragedy at Beckenham Place Park

Izaiah Smith was ‘just starting his life’ and greeted everyone ‘with the most adorable smile’ according to his friends and football coaches

Politics

2 h. ago Camping in the wild heart of Italy – en suite rooms and fabulous restaurant optional

In the rugged Maiella national park, a secluded campsite offers everything from pitches to hotel-style rooms, guided walks to Abruzzo hospitalityThere was a shift in atmosphere as a pewter cloud rumbled overhead. As we approached the end of our walk in the Maiella national park, we stopped beside the remains of a second world war prison camp, deep in the park’s corn-coloured hills, and Lisa, our guide, told us a story as dramatic as the simmering sky. In 1943, a band of prisoners, including New Zealand corporal John Broad, fled the camp and spent seven bitter winter months hiding out in caves before eventually making it across British lines. That they survived was thanks to the kindness and bravery of local families, who risked their own safety, and hunger, to help them stay alive and avoid German patrols.Lisa told us that Broad later described the impoverished Abruzzesi as the country’s true gold, and the sun suddenly sliced through the cloud as though in d...

Politics

2 h. ago Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne review – complicity, courage and cowardice examined in a slippery marvel

The Submarine author employs that novel’s warmth and wit in his investigation into whether his great-grandfather knowingly helped to make chemical weapons for the Nazis Joe Dunthorne tells us he originally envisaged this book as a story of his grandmother’s childhood escape from the Nazis; the reality turned out to be more complex. Narrated with the twists and turns of a detective story, Children of Radium is a family memoir that records the mazy path by which the prize-winning Welsh novelist discovered just how little he knew of his German Jewish heritage. His journey begins with “a foot-high block of A4”: a 2,000-page unpublished memoir by his great-grandfather, Siegfried, a Jewish scientist who worked at a secret chemical weapons laboratory near Berlin before he and his family left for Turkey – not the panicky flit Dunthorne imagined, but a relocation bankrolled by employers with plans for what he could yet do.Hunches, tip-offs, false trails and dead ends abound in Dunthorne’s qu...

Events

3 h. ago Major disruption promised for holidaymakers heading to Spain

There are warnings that scenes from last year will be repeated and will be even worse

Politics

3 h. ago East Kilbride woman wins Scottish First Aid award after 40 years of service

Susan Adamson was named the The Douglas Bremner Volunteer of the Year’.

Events

3 h. ago Edinburgh University staff threaten strike action amid job loss fears due to funding crisis

Union says institution has refused to rule out compulsory redundancies as it plans to slash £140m from its budget

Events