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21 of the best places for short-haul sun (and low prices) this winter
By November, summer feels like a distant memory. When months of grey skies and dark mornings loom ahead, a mood-boosting blast of vitamin D can see you through until spring — and you don’t need to take a pricey long-haul flight to find it. Each year, I jet away in …
25 of the most epic adventures in the US
I’ve travelled to the United States so many times that a suspicious airport customs officer once queried why I visited so often. I’d barely noticed until he pointed it out: in fact, depending on the destination, focus and season, almost every trip had felt like visiting a different country. I’d …
Holi celebrations in India: where to go and what to do in 2025
India goes technicolour once a year, when the country welcomes spring with the Hindu festival of Holi. Held each March for centuries over one evening and the following day, the celebration has its origins in various legends. One tells of a female demon, Holika, who was so enraged by her …
Backlash over plans for private luxury golf resort near St Andrews
Plans to build an exclusive golf club near St Andrews have sparked anger from local residents amid fears over how accessible it will be to the public.The American consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has submitted plans for a multimillion-pound golf club that will stretch across 100 hectares of land at …
Shortlist for the best building in Scotland announced
Blending into the grit of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, the Fruitmarket Gallery may appear unremarkable at first glance. But behind the chipped brick and smatterings of careless graffiti is an artistic space reborn and redefined through careful and extensive refurbishment.In November, the gallery has a chance to be crowned Scotland’s best …
Mauritius honeymoon ideas: the 10 most romantic places to stay
Picture a classic honeymoon destination. What do you imagine?
Santa Marina hotel review: a longstanding Mykonos five-star with the only private beach on the island
It’s a toss-up as to what you notice first on arriving at Santa Marina, tucked away on the eastern corner of Ornos Bay: the helipad just beyond the entrance, or the superyachts docked by its private beach....
Reges Hotel & Spa review: a stylish family resort on Turkey’s Aegean coast
Tucked away off a main road on a small peninsula jutting into the Aegean, the Reges, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa, is not just one hotel, but two...
The underrated crowd-free alternatives to Venice
Foodie powerhouse Bologna sits 50 miles to the west; cultural corker Florence 90 miles southwest; needs-no-adjective Venice 90 miles to the north. But choose instead Ravenna and its little canal-laced coastal neighbour Comacchio and you’ll find this distinctive pairing mixes the magical elements of all three — but without the …
Labour to disperse more asylum seekers around UK
Labour is preparing to end the use of large military sites to house asylum seekers and will instead scatter migrants around the country to cut pressure on local services.
The army of digital sleeper agents who propelled Labour to power
It’s mid-June and Emma Reynolds, now the MP for Wycombe, is doing what her colleagues are doing all over the country — knocking on doors. Treading the well-worn path of an election candidate, she picks a street and spends the day hoping to convince those over the threshold to vote …
Tory seats bear the brunt of new housebuilding targets
Shadow cabinet ministers will see nearly double the average rise in new homes targets compared with the Labour cabinet, analysis shows, although the government denied Conservatives were being unfairly hit by new planning goals.
I used this hot tip to secure the house of my dreams
We all have tales of the dream homes that got away. But what if I told you there is a trick that could help you to secure it.
Matt O’Riley shines as Celtic dominate DC United in Washington
On a humid night in the US capital, Celtic began their tour with a 4-0 victory against hosts DC United. The scoreline was indicative of the gap in strength between the Scottish champions and the MLS side currently sitting 13 out of 15 in the Eastern Conference standings.Midfielder Matt O’Riley, …
Is Angela Rayner being frozen out of the cabinet?
Angela Rayner once compared herself to “John Prescott in a skirt” because of their similar political styles and praised the former Labour deputy leader for changing her life. But now Rayner, a 44-year-old grandmother from Stockport, is finding her own feet as the second in command.
The ultimate guide to Niagara Falls: everything you need to know
With around 12 million visitors each year, Niagara Falls is one of North America’s most spectacular natural wonders with bonafide bucket list appeal. Though it’s by no means the world’s tallest waterfall — that’s Venezuela’s Angel Falls — Niagara’s roaring curtain of water makes it one of the most beautiful, …
The ultimate guide to visiting the Taj Mahal: everything you need to know
There are few buildings anywhere in the world as recognisable as the Taj Mahal. Made entirely of white marble in Agra in northern India, it was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, when she died in 1631. It took 20,000 of the …
Rishi Sunak: Russian bots threaten our democracy
Rishi Sunak has warned of “concerning evidence of malicious foreign actors trying to malign our democracy” as the government’s disinformation unit opened an investigation into suspected Russia-linked interference.
Reform candidate ranted about women and said Sturgeon should be shot
A Reform UK candidate advocated for Nicola Sturgeon to be shot and called JK Rowling a “wild bitch”, it can be revealed, as Nigel Farage pledged to put the party under “much stricter control”.
Farage or no Farage, this seaside town is rooting for Reform
If not Clacton, it would have been Great Yarmouth. The seaside town on the east coast, let down by governments over decades, would have been prime ground for Nigel Farage. T
Best audiobooks to listen to this summer
An unreliable narrator can be exhausting for a reader who must cleave through prevarications, inconsistencies and concealment. But Juniper Hayward, the antiheroine of Rebecca Kuang’s snarky novel Yellowface, is a potent blend of megalomania and self-laceration. The narrator Helen Laser masterfully captures Juniper’s feverish ecstasy when she secures a multimillion-dollar …
Best audiobooks to listen to this summer
An unreliable narrator can be exhausting for a reader who must cleave through prevarications, inconsistencies and concealment. But Juniper Hayward, the antiheroine of Rebecca Kuang’s snarky novel Yellowface, is a potent blend of megalomania and self-laceration. The narrator Helen Laser masterfully captures Juniper’s feverish ecstasy when she secures a multimillion-dollar …
Labour plans heavy blow to end 70 years of Tory rule in Wycombe
Every May since 1678, the people of High Wycombe have been weighing their leading elected official. In an attempt to curb exuberance at the taxpayer’s expense, a brass weighing machine is set up in the town centre with a mace-bearer declaring “and some more” if weight has been gained or …
Labour will ban conversion therapy despite ‘test case’ fears
Labour will introduce a full ban on conversion “therapy” if it wins the election, despite warnings that doing so may encroach on the freedom of parents and therapists to talk to children about gender identity issues.
Labour to simplify ‘undignified’ gender transition process
Labour will make it easier for people to legally transition by removing the need for them to prove they have lived as their preferred gender for two years.
New York v Toronto: which is better?
With their subways, skyscrapers and big city sights, New York and Toronto have plenty in common — and not just the traffic. Both waterfront cities have thriving arts scenes, major financial districts, multicultural neighbourhoods as well as shopping, galleries and museums aplenty. In fact, they look so similar that Toronto …
Edinburgh Fringe play about JK Rowling struggles to cast actresses
An Edinburgh Fringe show criticising JK Rowling’s views on gender is struggling to cast actresses as people are “scared of the subject”, its producer has said.
Labour attacks SNP over cancer patients forced to go private
Cancer patients were forced to go private and pay for more than 1,000 rounds of chemotherapy last year because of lengthy NHS waiting lists, Scottish Labour has claimed. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, accused John Swinney of having his “head in the sand” over the issues facing the health …