As bathers in Margate enjoy higher temperatures than tourists in Tenerife and the Algarve, Britain’s heatwave is hitting foreign-holiday bookings as badly as the volcanic ash crisis did in 2010.
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How does Murray match compare to the most watched TV of all time?
Thursday 04 July 2013
Millions watched Andy Murray’s tense blockbuster of a quarter final against Fernando Verdasco last night.
CD of lullabies by Hayley Westenra to be delivered to mothers who give birth on the same day as Kate
Thursday 13 June 2013
Expectant mothers who give birth on the same day as the Duchess of Cambridge can expect an extra delivery - an album of lullabies by soprano Hayley Westenra.
Tracey Emin performs a spectacular hat-trick
Sunday 10 March 2013
There used to be a habit, among ladies who didn’t wear hats very often, of putting the said number too far back on their heads. Wedding parties could be recognised by the number of coloured acrylic wide brims teetering backwards.
You big Pez-heads: One Direction candy dispensers raise go on sale
Monday 04 March 2013
Boy band One Direction look sweet as candy after being transformed into Pez-heads to help raise money for Comic Relief.
As the the recent incident in Soho shows, police attitudes to trans people must change
Saturday 23 February 2013
It's time police forces across the country presented a coherent and humane approach to gender recognition - for the sake of trans people and their public image
As Barack Obama is inaugurated again, shouldn't we Brits be feeling a little embarrassed by all this?
Monday 21 January 2013
It is a huge public affirmation of everything Americans and citizens of democratic countries value above all else. It is utterly inspiring. How does a coronation compare?
Morrissey: I nearly voted for Ukip. I like Nigel Farage a great deal
Thursday 10 January 2013
The Smiths frontman's latest outburst is not quite as bad as the time he lambasted the 'blustering jingoism' of the Olympics; or when he called the Chinese a 'subspecies'
Spotlight On... Alexander Anton, Victoria Carpets
Wednesday 03 October 2012
I've not seen this chap before?
It's still a man's world of Wikis
Thursday 16 August 2012
There are more than four million articles in English on Wikipedia, not to mention the entries in 270-odd other languages. In spite of its almost infinite reach, however, the site's conscientious volunteer editors still argue over the inclusion of certain topics.
London tourism struggles during Olympics
Tuesday 31 July 2012
London's tourism industry is struggling to compete with the impact of the Olympic Games, which has left the host city a “ghost town”, businesses said today.
Protesters lose royal wedding High Court case
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Royal wedding protesters have lost their High Court claim that they were the victims of unlawful searches and arrests.
Cold, wet and gridlocked, but still they come
Sunday 15 July 2012
Tourist chief wants budget boost as record numbers flock to Britain
Northamptonshire family murder suspect arrested in Morocco
Tuesday 10 July 2012
A Chinese businessman wanted on suspicion of murdering a family of four in their own home has been arrested in Morocco, police said.
Trending: Royal Box? Actually, I'm invited to join the Federers…
Monday 09 July 2012
Watching the Men's final in the Royal Box at Wimbledon yesterday was a mix of aristocrats, politicians, Olympians and, er, the Beckhams.
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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