13 h. ago How to avoid the TikTok travel crowds this summer: As influencers swarm British beauty spots, here are the glorious hideaways YOU need to visit

From the 'secret spot' to take an amazing snap of Tower Bridge to the 'quintessential English village you just have to visit' in the Cotswolds, the big new travel trend for 2025 is TikTok tourism.

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18 h. ago The city with '300 days of sun', pints for under a fiver and £14.99 flights from Manchester Airport

It's the latest route from Manchester Airport to one of the world's most in-demand holiday destinations

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41 h. ago Manchester Airport Pub playground reopens after revamp with spectacular views of the runway

It's a popular place for families to spend time watching the planes take off and land

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2 d. ago JD Vance to expect frosty reception in Greenland amid diplomatic row

Visit by US vice-president and wife met with hostility by leaders after Trump’s threats to acquire territoryThe US vice-president, JD Vance, and his wife Usha are due to touch down in Greenland on Friday in a drastically scaled down trip after the original plans for the unsolicited visit prompted an international diplomatic row.The visit to Pituffik, a remote ice-locked US military base in northwestern Greenland, will be closely watched by leaders in Nuuk and Copenhagen, who have aired their opposition to the trip amid ongoing threats by Donald Trump to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cosy Scottish restaurant with ‘epic’ loch views named best in the country in national excellence awards

A host of Scottish businesses have won accolades at an annual awards ceremony.

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3 d. ago Direct flights to start biweekly between Kolkata and London on Mamata’s request: Trinamool

Direct flights to start biweekly between Kolkata and London on Mamata’s request: Trinamool  The Hindu

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3 d. ago Human rights groups rebuke Kristi Noem’s visit to El Salvador prison: ‘political theatre’

Homeland security chief went to infamous prison holding deported Venezuelans as White House targets immigrantsUS politics live – latest updatesHuman rights organizations on Thursday denounced the US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem’s, visit to the notorious prison in El Salvador that is holding hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the US earlier this month without a hearing, calling her actions “political theatre”.Critics condemned Noem’s visit as just the latest example of the Trump administration’s aim to spread fear among immigrant communities, as the cabinet member stood in a baseball hat in front of a line of caged men bare from the waist up. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Human rights groups rebuke Kristi Noem’s visit to El Salvador prison: ‘political theater’

Homeland security chief went to infamous prison holding deported Venezuelans as White House targets immigrantsUS politics live – latest updatesHuman rights organizations on Thursday denounced the visit by the US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, to the notorious prison in El Salvador that is holding hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the US earlier this month without a hearing, calling her actions “political theater”.Critics condemned Noem’s visit as just the latest example of the Trump administration’s aim to spread fear among immigrant communities, as the cabinet member stood in a baseball hat in front of a line of caged men bare from the waist up. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out

Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to her name

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3 d. ago TUI holiday jet forced into Manchester Airport emergency landing

The captain of the Dreamliner decided to turn back while over the Irish Sea

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3 d. ago The ‘magical’ Jet2 destination facing 'massive demand' from holidaymakers

The airline and holiday operator is expanded its services from Manchester Airport to this stunning European location

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3 d. ago Europe's cheapest country for 2025 with pints for less than £2 and £28 flights

Bulgaria has been named the cheapest country in Europe for Brits to visit in 2025 - with pints for less than £2 and return flights for under £30

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4 d. ago Moment man is hauled off plane after landing at Manchester Airport

A 35-year-old man was arrested on the plane shortly after it landed at Manchester Airport from Alicante in Spain on suspicion of violent disorder at Southport last year

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4 d. ago Moment Southport riots suspect is hauled off plane after landing at Manchester Airport

The 35-year-old man from Greater Manchester was arrested by cops investigating disorder in Southport

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5 d. ago Man arrested moments after landing at Manchester Airport over 'missile' incident

Detectives from Merseyside Police had been waiting for the suspect to land at Manchester Airport from Spain as part of investigations into violent disorder in Southport last summer

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5 d. ago Man arrested by police moments after landing at Manchester Airport over 'missile' incident

A man from Wigan was detained after landing from Spain

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5 d. ago Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ as JD Vance says he will join Greenland visit

US vice-president says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland – which she has vowed to resist – before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.Later, just hours after her comments, the White House sprang a fresh surprise, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, announced he would join his wife on a trip to the territory this week. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Qantas to start world’s longest direct flights from Australia in 2027

Carrier says customer satisfaction is high on its current direct service between London and Perth

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5 d. ago Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now | Arwa Mahdawi

Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holidayDo you like being shackled and strip-searched? Absolutely no judgment if so, but anyone who isn’t into that sort of thing may want to avoid a holiday to the US at the moment. Although I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that. Unless you’ve been hiding under a news-blocking rock (in which case: what’s the address? And can I join you?), you’ll have noticed that Donald Trump’s America hasn’t exactly been rolling out the red carpet for visitors. There have been a number of recent incidents where white westerners – people who aren’t normally targeted by overzealous US immigration authorities – have been detained, deported or denied entry for obscure reasons.Take the 28-year-old Welsh artist Rebecca Burke, for example. She was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) for 19 days in what her father described as “horrendous...

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5 d. ago Ryanair pilot's announcement saw dad vow to never to fly again after 'flight trauma'

Liverpool resident Ashton Small was on a Ryanair flight from Manchester Airport to Agadir in Morocco with his girlfriend and her friend when the incident occurred

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