6 h. ago Sanatorium review – Ukraine health resort guests seek sanctuary amid shelling

Poignant documentary by Irish director Gar O’Rourke peers into a faded Soviet-era institution where visitors search for relief while war grinds on outsideThere is something ever so slightly Martin Parr-like about this documentary, filmed inside a shabby rundown health resort near Odesa, in Ukraine. It’s not the colour palette, which is Soviet-era pale beige, but the images of holidaymakers: elderly men strutting about in thongs and playing ping pong in their vests; retirees of both sexes glad-ragged at the disco. Like Parr’s photos, the images are funny but not unkind; everyone retains their dignity. The director is Irish film-maker Gar O’Rourke, who planned Sanatorium before the war, but filmed it after Russia invaded Ukraine, which adds a layer of melancholy to the guests’ search for health and happiness.The huge Kuyalnik sanatorium is a time warp with its brutalist architecture and institutional interiors. Back in its glory days, people must have come here in their thousands. Now...

Politics

4 d. ago Tourists fall ill after 'eating sausage and chips' at popular holiday hotspot

The 60 guests at a tourist resort experienced symptoms consistent with botulinum food poisoning after eating a meal of hot dogs and chips at the resort's restaurant

Politics

6 d. ago Kid's treasure hunt at Butlin's leaves guests doing 'double take' for rude reason

A young boy who designed a treasure hunt game at the iconic Butlin's holiday resort in Skegness caused a stir after other guests saw what it was they were searching for

Politics

8 d. ago Costa hotel hit by food poisoning as over 100 tourists including baby fall ill

More than 100 of the 800 guests at the four-star Izan Cavanna Hotel in the popular resort of La Manga near Murcia, Spain have fallen ill with what's believed to be salmonella

Society

2 w. ago Two Carnival cruise guests drown at new Bahamas resort on same day

Deaths of Americans aged 74 and 79 occurred at Celebration Key, a private destination for Carnival cruise passengersTwo US nationals in their 70s apparently drowned in two separate incidents on Friday at a new resort in the Bahamas, according to officials.The deaths happened at Celebration Key, a $600m private destination created for Carnival Cruise Line passengers that launched in July about 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Florida. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Two cruise passengers drown at Carnival's new £450million private island resort

The tragic events unfolded at Celebration Key less than a month after the £450 million Grand Bahama Island resort welcomed its first guests

Economics

2 w. ago Huge new £200m UK water park being built with swimming pools, slides and attractions

North American water park giant Great Wolf Lodge has chosen the UK as the home of its first European location. The indoor resort will include a pools, slides, guest suites and more

Economics