12 h. ago Northern slashes ticket fares for families travelling this summer

Families can save up to £65.20 on fares to Blackpool and £71.40 to Manchester Airport

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30 h. ago Brits heading on Spain and Portugal holidays this summer face huge price hikes

Brits heading to the likes of Spain, Egypt and Portugal for their summer holidays could find they're paying pay hundreds of pounds more this year

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3 d. ago UK travellers prefer familiar holiday destinations, with 77% revisiting the same spots, survey finds

A poll of 1,200 UK travellers found 77% at least sometimes revisit the same place they've been before, with seven in 10 of those who have ever gone back to a familiar location have also chosen to book the exact same accommodation at some point

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1 week ago Travellers terrorised families with drills and threatened to burn down their homes after they ask them to leave a park

Terrified residents claim travellers attacked their cars with drills and threatened to torch their homes after they begged them to leave a park.

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1 week ago Eurocamp is looking for families to volunteer to test its new pools and waterparks

Outdoor holiday specialist Eurocamp is offering five families the dream job of becoming official ‘Pool Testers,’ a role that requires them to try out its newest pools, waterslides, and aquatic areas this summer

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2 w. ago ‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts

As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanagesAs many as 35,000 Ukrainian children are still missing and thought to be held in Russia or Russian-occupied territories, according to an American team of experts, with families saying they are being forced to take desperate and risky measures to try to rescue them.As Russian forces began their invasion in February 2022, children were abducted from care homes, from the battlefield after the death of their parents, or under coercion directly from their families. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Families to be allowed back to Traveller site closed for the past year following ‘unacceptable levels of crime and violence’

The Crompton Lodge site was forcibly closed in June 2024 after the police and council said the local community had been subjected to 'unacceptable levels of crime'

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2 w. ago Experts reveal the motion sickness remedies that actually work

Whether you’re in a ship, car, plane, or riding a rollercoaster, motion sickness can make you vomit, sweat and become pale

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2 w. ago Tense moment fare dodger is confronted by ticket inspectors after 'falling £1.30 short for his ticket'

The South Western Railway passenger was caught at Weybridge station in Surrey using the ticket which gives a half-price discount on adult prices for children aged five to 15.

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3 w. ago Moment commuter who dodged fares for eight months is confronted by investigaros after racking up £1,650 in unpaid tickets

The passenger who regularly commuted on Elizabeth line from Harold Wood or Romford to Stratford in East London was confronted with 35 pages of evidence dating back eight months.

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3 w. ago Moment London fare dodger is confronted by ticket inspectors — only to walk away scot

The incident is the latest to feature in the popular Channel 5 programme Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law

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3 w. ago The Goldilocks zones: Scientists pinpoint the suburban sweet spots where families will be happiest in Britain

Scientists say residents in these areas (pictured) - not too busy, not too quiet but just right - sandwiched between city centres and the countryside, are less likely to suffer anxiety and depression.

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4 w. ago Families have a fantastic fun weekend at Drayton Manor thanks to Wishaw's DreamMaker Foundation

Nine children travelled with their families travelled by coach down to the Midlands

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