81 m. ago Algarve holiday resort issues new tourist rules which could cost Brits thousands

Brits will face penalty charges of up to £3,375 for tourists who flout behaviour codes in the Algarve resort of Albufeira after city hall legislators approved the strict new rules

Politics

3 h. ago Love Island's first bombshell unveiled as American 'party girl' from Vegas

Love Island's first bombshell has been revealed to be a Las Vegas pool party waitress who looks after the VIP cabana huts at the Fontainebleau Resort

Society

7 h. ago Tskaltubo, Stalin’s spa resort: the decay of a Soviet past in Georgia

Tskaltubo enjoyed years of prosperity as a jewel of Soviet architecture. But after the collapse of the USSR in December 1991 the sanatoriums were abandoned, and in 1992 people fleeing the war in Abkhazia found refuge here. While efforts continue to restore the spa town to its former glory, silence and greenery prevail as a few families hold out amid the rubbleThe right to rest for workers was enshrined in the 1936 constitution of the Soviet Union. Article 119 guaranteed “annual vacations with full pay for workers and employees and the provision of a wide network of sanatoriums”. Fourteen years earlier, the 1922 labour code had established that every worker was entitled to two weeks of annual leave and hundreds of sanatoriums were built across the vast territory that made up the Soviet socialist republics. These establishments, conceived as a combination of health resorts and medical centres, served as places for workers to rest and recuperate, thus helping to optimise their producti...

Politics

13 h. ago Abandoned UK Butlin's resort once wrecked by tornado is now huge holiday park

Tourists 'ran in terror' after a 90mph tornado flattened a popular Butlin's resort, uprooting trees from the ground and ripping roofs from chalets. Now, the site looks completely different

Politics

18 h. ago Ginny & Georgia fans confess fears for season 4 after 'diabolical' finale

Ginny and Georgia Season 3 ended with a major cliff-hanger, and fans have shared the same concern about the next instalment

Sport

21 h. ago Ginny & Georgia fans just realised Felix Mallard ‘played’ Harry Styles in little

The Netflix star has just opened up about his connection to Harry Styles

Politics

24 h. ago Second Brit tourist found dead and 'naked' in Albufeira holiday resort horror

The tourist is believed to have died in a drunken fall in the Algarve holiday resort just days after a Scottish tourist was found dead in the same location earlier this week

Events

24 h. ago Brit tourist, 21, found dead on streets of popular party resort as probe launched

Portuguese police are understood to have ruled out any link to a crime and are said to be treating the death as a tragedy linked to excessive alcohol consumption

Society

25 h. ago Will there be a series four of Ginny and Georgia after huge plot twist finale

Series three of Ginny and Georgia left on a huge cliff-hanger- so will there be a series four?

Politics

27 h. ago Ginny and Georgia season 3: Netflix slammed as awkward age leap 'ruins' new series

Fan favourite show Ginny and Georgia has returned to Netflix for an all new series which sees more dramatic storylines than ever but not all viewers are happy with the new episodes

Events

28 h. ago 'I spent a week holidaying in UK seaside town and came home broke'

Journalist Jess Flaherty ventured to a popular seaside resort with her fiancé and family for a week long staycation, naively thinking it would be a cheap getaway while saving for a wedding

Politics

32 h. ago UK's 'worst seaside resort' insists abandoned £18.5m investment isn't a 'blow'

A popular seaside resort that has grappled with its image in recent years is facing yet another blow, as it seemingly struggles to sell a huge £18.5 million shopping complex

Economics

32 h. ago I spent a night at the luxury hotel where Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds stay on Wrexham visits

Carden Park Hotel and Spa in Cheshire is a beautiful hotel resort in the rolling countryside that's just a short drive away form Wrexham AFC's ground and has had a host of celebrity guests

Society

34 h. ago ‘I visited Justin and Hailey Bieber’s mountain retreat and couldn’t stop looking at one thing’

We discovered an exclusive escape loved by A-listers tucked away in Italy’s Dolomites mountains, where you'll find unbelievably beautiful views, fine dining and a first-class spa

Politics

43 h. ago Dad killed after being attacked on lads' Benidorm holiday as family left 'in the dark'

Mike Rydings, 47, was on a lads' holiday of a lifetime to the Spanish resort of Benidorm when he was set upon by a brute – his family are still waiting for answers

Events

45 h. ago ‘Every parent’s nightmare’: after 18 years, was this the final search for Madeleine McCann?

As visitors pose for selfies in the Portuguese resort where the British child disappeared, a breakthrough seems further away than everThe police have packed up, the diggers and radar scanners gone from the Algarve scrubland. The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough.After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last. In Praia da Luz, a seaside town etched into the world’s memory by the tragedy, that realisation lands with a mix of relief and weariness. Locals barely speak about the case now, if at all. The McCann investigation brought an unrelenting glare of media attention that many here would prefer to forget. Continue reading...

Politics

46 h. ago 'Gateway to Hell' crater is finally closing after 50 years of the blaze burning non

After clumsy Soviet scientists set alight an underground pocket of gas in 1971, the 'Gateway to Hell' crater in Turkmenistan has been burning constantly until efforts were made to stop the flames

Events

46 h. ago And they're off! Hilarious moment Brits on holiday race each other to reserve sunbeds in Magaluf the second resort's pool opens

Brits on holiday race each other to reserve sunbeds in Magaluf the second resort's pool opens

Politics

47 h. ago Inside Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright's £1,300 a night luxurious Spanish holiday resort hidden away in the countryside with baby daughter Palma

With everything you could need within its grounds, it's no wonder Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright chose this hotel in the Spanish countryside for their first holiday with baby daughter Palma.

Economics

48 h. ago Georgia O'Connor was 'shrugged off' by doctors before dying of incurable cancer aged 25

Boxer Georgia O'Connor shared a scathing rant aimed at doctors as she claimed she was "shrugged off" and "gaslit" by medical professionals - just before her tragic death aged 25

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