British airline passengers often fail to appreciate how lucky they are. The UK is the main operating base for easyJet and Ryanair: Europe’s biggest budget airlines offer wider horizons at lower prices than any other country in Europe. Jet2 and Virgin Atlantic have well-earned reputations for excellent service. And that leaves British Airways with a… Read More »
An Anglesey woman has done everything she can to block plans to turn a beloved village hall into a holiday home. Fundraiser Di Mills endured 24 hours on a deserted islet off the coast of Anglesey and said she would reject an offer of £10,000 to go through the ordeal again. Visibly shaken by the… Read More »
A mother has told of her experience of being arrested after reporting a sexual assault, which led to her attacker walking free for almost two years. Helen Ingham, 48, from Warrington, contacted police to report that she was the victim of a reign of terror by hotel manager Ahmed Fahmy, 45, who preyed on women… Read More »
Rachel Reeves, who is trying to quell a rebellion against Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts, has said pensioners will be given a £1,700 increase. Writing in The Telegraph ahead of Monday’s crucial vote on the policy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer revealed the Treasury’s forecasts for the expected rise in state pensions over the next… Read More »
Taylor Swift’s trip to the US Open Men’s Final on Sunday looked, at first glance, like just another day in the life of the world’s biggest pop star. Swift was joined in the VIP box at Flushing Meadows by boyfriend Travis Kelce, the Haim brothers and Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes — and,… Read More »
A British tourist has described his holiday hell after being arrested by police in Tunisia after being mistaken for a convicted cigarette smuggler. James Colley, 57, known as Jim, went on a package holiday to the North African country with his wife Louise Colley, 51, on August 2 to celebrate his retirement. But on arrival… Read More »
Thousands of passengers flying to and from the UK have had their flights cancelled due to poor weather conditions and a shortage of air traffic control staff. Around 3,500 passengers waiting to board 20 flights to or from London Gatwick on Monday morning were grounded. Most were booked on easyJet, which cancelled six flights, including… Read More »
A UK teacher has said she is “sick” about returning home to Spain after a three-year battle to get a post-Brexit residence permit, after her application for a residence permit was rejected because she missed a month of health cover in the first year after the UK left the EU. Mark Saxby, 56, says he… Read More »
Holly Willoughby is back on social media and looking radiant in a series of photos taken to promote her lifestyle brand Wylde Moon. Holly cut her hair into a chic wavy bob (Instagram) The presenter has endured a difficult summer following a harassment case and the failure to publicly acknowledge her friendship with former This… Read More »
Up to 50 Labour MPs could refuse to back the government’s controversial plan to cut the winter fuel allowance, despite Keir Starmer urging his backbenchers to back a measure he admits is “unpopular”. Few on the government benches are expected to vote against the policy in Tuesday’s vote, with dozens thought to abstain or abstain.… Read More »