63 h. ago Are these the caravans of the future? New ‘capsules’ that are more like a luxury hotel could launch across the UK

FORGET everything you know about holiday parks - as a new age of caravans could change them entirely. Caravan holidays have been a popular, and low cost, alternative to holidays abroad, for the last 100 years. Yet new designs could change the design of them, with many having not changed in decades. Welsh designer Craig...

Politics

5 d. ago Soaring costs, once green fields turned to mounds of earth and workers scrolling on their phones for hours

The trains were supposed to be running by now, earning Britain the bragging rights of having the fastest railway in the world. Instead, HS2 has become a national embarrassment.

Economics

6 d. ago Father given parking ticket as he visited his dying daughter hits out at 'heartless' Labour council that refused to cancel the fine

Dr Brian Farrington, 89, (pictured left) overstayed parking near The Christie cancer centre in Manchester in May 2024 while making funeral arrangements with his daughter who was dying.

Events

6 d. ago Labour MP ‘standing down’ could clear way for Andy Burnham’s Commons return

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging for the leadership of the Labour Party.

Events

9 d. ago Traveller buys land for caravans but his plans could already be over

The man behind the scheme is fighting a notice that orders him to reverse changes at the site made after he purchased it two years ago

Transport

1 week ago Wes Streeting says he will be 'horrified' if under fire West Midlands Police chief is still in a job by the end of the day after he 'misled MPs and the public' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

West Midlands Police chief Craig Guildford defied calls to step down and a Labour police and crime commissioner refused to remove him in the wake of a damning inquest.

Events

2 w. ago Lord Mandelson refuses to apologise to Jeffrey Epstein's victims with Labour peer claiming he had no knowledge of 'evil monster's' depravity because he's gay

The Labour peer, who was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US last year over his ties to Epstein, distanced himself from the depravity of the 'evil monster'.

Events

2 w. ago Queen of 9.50 Holidays shares her favourite UK caravan parks, attractions and travel hacks

THE Sun's Hols from £9.50 are back - and who better to give us their top tips on where to holiday this year than our new 9.50 Agony Aunt, Tracy Kennedy. From next week, Tracy - who runs the hugely successful 9.50 Hols Facebook group boasting more than 264,000 members - will be answering all...

Politics

2 w. ago Labour's killing the hospitality industry, so I won't be putting bunting out yet: PATRICK DARDIS

An outpouring of fury and despair from the hospitality industry over the vicious rise in business rates in the Budget seems - all too late - to have sharpened minds in Downing Street.

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2 w. ago Country diary: Everything is frozen, but still the finches come | Amanda Thomson

Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms: Thanks to a local collaborative effort, linnets, bramblings, green and goldfinches are coming to this field in joyful flocksIt’s -6C and I’m off to what has been a regular haunt recently – a field planted by a small, community-run charity, Speyside Fields for Wildlife, which works with local farmers, crofters and others to take over “spare” fields and land for wildlife-friendly crops.Some sites are planted with annuals such as cornflower, corncockle, marigold and poppy – important sources of pollen, nectar and flowers that used to grow among the grain crops before herbicides became commonplace. Others, such as this one on a hill farm, have been planted with seed crops that benefit birds and other wildlife during autumn and winter. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Cooper refuses to condemn US action in Venezuela as criticism among Labour MPs grows

Government facing mounting criticism from its own MPs urging Sir Keir Starmer to criticise the US intervention

Culture

3 w. ago Travellers buy greenbelt land for £100k then tarmac it over and move in caravans illegally...but WON'T be evicted because council says there aren't enough pitches nearby

Locals in West Malling, Kent, say there is 'one law for some and another for others' after travellers paved over a field and moved in caravans without planning permission only for the site to be approved.

Economics

4 w. ago Traveller caravans on unauthorised sites rise 20% in a YEAR: Fury as Labour refuses to act while green fields are tarmacked over by groups 'gaming the system' to build in beauty spots

Ministers have been accused of a 'soft-touch approach' after official statistics showed 4,464 mobile homes parked on land without planning permission this summer, the most since 2013.

Culture