A quarter of Britons will spend only £100 to £300 on their staycation this year

Revealed: A quarter of Britons will spend only £100 to £300 on their staycation this year compared to the average of £534 UK travellers spent an average of £855 per person on their last holiday abroad   Popular places for family staycations include London, Devon and Bournemouth  A quarter of holidaymakers revisit the same place each … Read more

Former BBC broadcaster ‘gaslighted’ his estate agent ex-boyfriend

Ebunolu Akintade, 38, outside Hendon Magistrates’ Court A former BBC broadcaster ‘gaslighted’ his ex-lover and tried to convince him he was mentally ill in a six-month campaign of harassment. Ebunolu Akintade, 38, became obsessed with estate agent Tom Chandler and stalked him for months after their breakup last August. Akintade told his ex he must be … Read more

Human lungs that are too damaged for transplant can be ‘fixed’ by hooking them up to a living PIG

Damaged lungs from a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone in need of the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the state of lungs which are deemed too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists at both Columbia and Vanderbilt University channelled their inner … Read more

Female police officers deliver baby before they are injured by missile-hurling crowd

Female police officers deliver baby before they are injured by missile-hurling crowd as they battle to shut down illegal rave on the same shift Officers Siobhan Singh and Isabella Taborro delivered baby girl Clara inside car The pair were later injured as they shut down an illegal block party in White City   PC Singh suffered … Read more

200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship

200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to welcome three million Hong Kong residents   The Foreign Office is working on estimates that 200,000 will take the offer Alan Mak, a Conservative of Chinese descent, said he doesn’t think … Read more

Quiz suspends supplier over £3-an-hour clothing factory claims

Fast-fashion brand Quiz has suspended one of its suppliers amid claims that its factory workers in Leicester are paid as little as £3-an-hour.  The company has vowed to investigate the allegations and said it would drop any companies that failed to meet its ethical standards. It comes after a Sunday Times investigation revealed that workers in … Read more

Bride collapses and dies from ‘nut allergy’ caused by dessert during her lavish wedding reception

Bride collapses and dies from ‘nut allergy’ caused by dessert during her lavish wedding reception at royal palace Alexandra Erokhova, 25, suffered anaphylactic shock while eating her dessert  Cooks at Tsaritsyno Palace had been warned by Alexandra’s relatives of her nut allergy An ambulance crew was called but were unable to save the suffering bride By Will … Read more

Prince Charles, 71, visits a holiday business in Wales

The Prince of Wales met staff at a travel and holiday business in Wales in his first engagement in the country since the coronavirus lockdown. Prince Charles, 71, visited family-run Edwards Coaches in Abercynon in Mountain Ash, south Wales, today. He heard how staff had helped residents from 90 homes to safety after devastating flooding … Read more