6 h. ago The stunning UK beach that 'looks like Caribbean' with crystal blue water

The Caribbean may be out of your budget this year, but if you want a beach break that's a little closer to home, you might want to consider this stunning UK destination

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7 h. ago The beautiful Scottish beach that 'looks like Caribbean' with bright blue water

Dreaming of a beach getaway? While the Caribbean may be on your bucket list, you don't need to travel as far as you might think to enjoy crystal blue waters and white sands

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5 d. ago Common kitchen ingredient hack can help your hydrangeas bloom bright blue

You probably have this ingredient somewhere in your kitchen already

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5 d. ago Garden hack makes your hydrangeas bloom bright blue using kitchen ingredient

Hydrangeas are popular plants for many gardeners thanks to their ability to produce large, showy blooms every year - and there's a way to make them bloom a particular shade of blue

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5 d. ago Make your hydrangeas bloom bright blue by adding this 1 common kitchen staple to your soil

The common ingredient can transform the colour of your flowers.

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6 d. ago Kate Lawler 'in trouble' after taking action over neighbour's bright blue shed

Big Brother star, Kate Lawler, told fans she's 'in trouble with her neighbour' for painting the back of their shed, as she reached out for advice, asking: 'Am I an a******e?'

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9 d. ago Beautiful Scottish isle was home to Neolithic villages older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids

Orkney’s stunning islands were home to advanced Neolithic communities who built monuments older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids

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9 d. ago Royal Caribbean unveils 'perfect beach day' resort for cruise passengers

Perfect Day Mexico will launch in 2027, and promises Western Caribbean passengers six swim-up bars, a vast waterpark and 12 Mexican themed dining areas.

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1 week ago ‘Migration is not always a story of suffering’: the Dutch museum telling the full story of global diaspora

Set to become a major cultural destination, Fenix Rotterdam shows the harsh realities of the migrant experience alongside esoteric art – giving a necessary and nuanced view of the subject’s fraught politicsWhat does a boat seized from the Italian island of Lampedusa, a piece of the Berlin Wall, two giant bright blue slippers and a New York City bus made of fabric have in common with paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and Willem de Kooning? They all vie for space in a new museum, opening this week in Rotterdam, which focuses entirely on migration, the movement of peoples that defines each century of humanity and which in recent years has acquired a new political toxicity.Situated over two floors in what was one of the largest warehouses in the world, it is the centrepiece of a regeneration project in Katendrecht, the city’s southern docks and former red-light district that is redolent with history. Across the water, now a hotel, stood the headquarters of the Holland America Line, ...

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1 week ago Dramatic moment tourists sent flying as plane takes off just metres away

In the clip, thrill-seeking tourists are sent flying into the sea after being hit by a powerful jet blast from a plane taking off near Maho Beach in the Dutch Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten

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2 w. ago Beautiful loch hidden in Scottish Highland wilderness can only be reached by UK’s highest train station

Loch Ossian is a remote hidden gem on the edge of Rannoch Moor, a vast wilderness spanning 50 square miles across Perthshire, Lochaber and Argyll

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2 w. ago 'A wonderful lifestyle': Man offers business on beautiful Scottish island for free to help boost population

The move to give away the business for free is to encourage a family to the island to help restore population numbers.

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2 w. ago Beautiful European beach just three hours from UK is just like the Caribbean

From its stunning scenery to its tranquil atmosphere and unique ecological value, this natural paradise can be reached in around the same time as a train journey from London to Manchester

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3 w. ago Tiny European beach that could be in the Caribbean named among 10 best

According to a ranking by travel professionals, this tiny beach in Santanyi has been named one of Europe's best beaches of 2025 despite being the site of a major protest in 2024

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3 w. ago 10 of the best pictures as beautiful new giraffe welcomed by Blair Drummond Safari Park zoo

The intention is to breed the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe with a mate at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling.

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3 w. ago RFK Jr likes to think his views on food dyes are pioneering. In fact, he’s way behind the curve | Devi Sridhar

Britain and the EU identified the risks and clamped down on them long ago – Trump’s health guru is just playing catch-upOne of my favourite memories as a child growing up in Miami was going to the local fair and having bright-blue cotton candy – candy floss, as you’d call it in Britain. My siblings and I would stick out our tongues to compare how blue they were. Sometimes as blue as the milk in our Lucky Charms cereal bowls, where the marshmallows shaped like blue moons, horseshoes and rainbows coloured anything that got in contact with them. Candy corn was a staple on Halloween, and corn syrup jugs were ubiquitous at Thanksgiving to bake pumpkin and pecan pies. These were rare treats – we were an immigrant family who largely ate traditional Indian food – and for that caution, I’m grateful.We now know how artificial food colourings affect the cognitive, behavioural, metabolic and nutritional development of children, and how they are linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...

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3 w. ago The UK and EU cracked down on food dyes long ago – Maga is way behind the curve | Devi Sridhar

For years, artificial dyes have been linked to health issues and even ADHD in children, but the US is only now looking at banning themOne of my favourite memories as a child growing up in Miami was going to the local fair and having bright-blue cotton candy – candy floss, as you’d call it in Britain. My siblings and I would stick out our tongues to compare how blue they were. Sometimes as blue as the milk in our Lucky Charms cereal bowls, where the marshmallows shaped like blue moons, horseshoes and rainbows coloured anything that got in contact with them. Candy corn was a staple on Halloween, and corn syrup jugs were ubiquitous at Thanksgiving to bake pumpkin and pecan pies. These were rare treats – we were an immigrant family who largely ate traditional Indian food – and for that caution, I’m grateful.We now know how artificial food colourings affect the cognitive, behavioural, metabolic and nutritional development of children, and how they are linked to attention deficit hyperact...

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3 w. ago Idyllic Scottish Borders cottage with 'beautiful gardens' for sale

The garden features a lovely timber summerhouse.

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3 w. ago Prince William and Kate Middleton return to Isle of Mull on their wedding anniversary

Today, the couple arrive on the Isle of Mull again on their 14th wedding anniversary for a two day official visit. But, it can be disclosed, it is not their first.

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4 w. ago Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers

As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?If you find it difficult to think of a river as alive, try picturing a dying or dead river. This is easier. We know what this looks like. We know how it feels. A dying river is one who does not reach the sea. A dying river’s fish float belly-up in stagnant pools. Swans on the upper Thames near Windsor now wear brown tidemarks on their snowy chest feathers, showing where they have sailed through sewage. I recently saw a Southern Water riverbank sign badged with a bright blue logo that read “Water for Life”. The sign instructed passersby to “avoid contact with the water. If you’ve had contact with the water, please wash your hands before eating.” In parts of this septic isle, fresh water has become first undrinkable, then unswimmable, then untouchable.How did it come to this – and where do we go from here? The crisis is one of imagination ...

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