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Kent resort preparing to welcome foodies

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The coastal resort of Broadstairs in Kent is preparing to welcome 40,000 to its annual Food Festival. Fringe events will take place from 1 to 3 October, before the main three-day food fair begins ...

Women wears wedding dress on 19 holidays

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When most people pack for their holidays, it's a case of making sure you've got enough clothes for the beach, the bar and the restaurant, but for American Jennifer Salvage, there's only on ...

Yo! Sushi to offer pre-order service at Heathrow

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From June next year, when you book a flight from Heathrow, you'll also have the option to pre-order your dinner. In a first for the sushi chain Yo! Sushi, its new restaurant opening at Termin ...

Borders hotel named best in Scotland

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Cringletie House Hotel in the Scottish Borders has won Hotel of the Year Scotland 2013-2014 at the AA Awards. The castle hotel, which is situated near Peebles and around 30 minutes from Edinburgh ...

Corfu beachgoers surprised by huge tanker

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Holidaymakers in Corfu were given a huge shock earlier this week when a 79m-long cargo ship somehow beached itself just yards from their sun loungers. The Guler, which has a deadweight of 2,421 t ...

London's first-ever digital food festival about to begin

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Crouch End in north London is gearing up for the capital's first-ever digital food festival this October. While this might not sound very appetising, the digital element of the event is merel ...

Grylls stunt at London landmark alerts fire brigade

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Bear Grylls caused a false alarm at Battersea Power Station in London last night (25 September).  The fire brigade was called at 7.50pm by worried members of the public who thought the iconic lan ...

Holidaymaker captures snaps of croc versus shark

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A Brit on holiday in Australia has captured the astonishing moment a shark went into battle with a crocodile - and lost. After these two most feared of creatures did battle on the aptly-named Eas ...

Apple map error sees drivers take to airport runway

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Apple's mapping technology has come under scrutiny once more after an error saw several motorists drive onto the runway at Fairbanks International Airport in Alaska. Rather than directing dri ...

Air New Zealand's new livery seen in the skies

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The first sneak preview of Air New Zealand's new livery has been spotted above the Antipodean country this week, as a domestic aircraft bearing the design took to the skies.In time the New Zealand ...

Sydney gears up for Opera House's 40th anniversary

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The sight of the Sydney Opera House lit up in the city's harbour is always a highlight of any holiday to Australia, but this October it will be more special than ever.That is because the iconic bu ...

Travel top of most Brits' bucket lists

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Travelling the world is more important to Brits than buying a new home or getting married, a new survey has found.According to the Post Office research, which asked respondents what was on their list ...

US rules on in-flight devices to relax

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People booking flights to the US in the coming months could see airline regulations regarding the use of electronic devices like smartphones and laptops become more relaxed.This is because, in the nex ...

India announces Himalayan tourism drive

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The Tourism Ministry in India has today (September 27th) launched a campaign to make holidays in the Himalayan Mountains more appealing, with a number of measures designed to raise awareness of the st ...

Scottish airports welcoming more passengers

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More passengers are using Scotland's main airports, with Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports all seeing an increase in numbers last month.Edinburgh Airport saw the biggest spike, with passeng ...

The Hunger Games theme park in pipeline

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The hit film series 'The Hunger Games' could soon be turned into a theme park attraction. Lionsgate, the studio that turned the best-selling novels into action movies, says it has been ap ...

Boris Island plans unveiled

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Ambitious plans to build a brand new six-runway airport in the Thames Estuary have been released. Nicknamed 'Boris Island' after the mayor who is championing it, but officially called Lon ...

FCO relaxes Egypt advisory

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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has relaxed its travel advice for Egypt as the situation in the country continues to improve. Brits are being told it is now safe to visit Aswan, Alexa ...

Norwich Cathedral to host icon exhibition

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Norwich Cathedral is preparing to host an exhibition of religious icons made in the Orthodox tradition.'Praying with icons - The work of the Walsingham iconographers' opens on 5 December and w ...

Restaurant at Lord Byron's home looking for romantics

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A restaurant situated inside the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron is looking for 'romantic' members of staff.Applicants for Byron's Brasseries at Colwick Hall in Nottingham will be as ...
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