London’s Big Ben to be silenced for the next 4 years
729 Hear all about it! Big Ben is about to be silenced. The world heritage site, which overlooks the Thames, sits in the belfry of the Grade I listed 96…
Hundreds of holidaymakers left Gatwick Airport without their luggage
350 Holidaymakers were left without their luggage this weekend because of a system failure at Gatwick Airport. A number of bags were not put on the flights leaving from the…
British holidaymakers get takeaways delivered to their deck chair by jet ski
562 London-based online food delivery company, Deliveroo, is trialling an innovative way of transporting takeaways from kitchen to beach. Hungry holidaymakers relaxing on Bournemouth’s sandy beaches were able to order…
Tour operator ends price discrimination for single-parent family holidays
427 A tour operator has come up with package deals that it claims puts an end to “pricing discrimination” for single parent family holidays. Resorts normally base prices on two…
How trusting are you? Would you join a cruise to destination unknown?
511 Passengers will have to throw caution to the wind for 21 days when they join Saga Sapphire’s new three-week secret cruise because they will have no idea where they…
Ras Al Khaimah – The World’s Longest Zip Line
982 UPDATE AS OF 01 FEBRUARY 2018: the ‘Jebel Jais Flight’ zip line has officially been declared a world record breaker at 2.8km (almost 10,000ft) long, beating the previous record…
Virgin Atlantic now provides Wi-Fi on board its entire fleet
381 Whilst being able to surf the net at 35,000ft is nothing new, Virgin Atlantic lay claim to an industry first by becoming the first airline in Europe to offer…
Eataly World, Bologna – a theme park dedicated to Italian food is about to open
528 If the thought of Italian food makes you salivate, then you must visit Bologna. Eataly World, a free to enter theme park stretching over a massive 100,000m² is opening…
Hey President Trump – It’s Namibia not Nambia
697 Last Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump erroneously referred to the southern African nation of Namibia as ‘Nambia’, a country that doesn’t exist, twice in a speech to African leaders…
Uber is being banned in London
759 Uber taxi company has been told that its licence to operate in the British capital will not be renewed. Transport for London (TfL) the regulator has rejected the U.S.-based…