Artworks, cabaret and National Pet Show: The best things to do this week

FROM Japanese art and French cuisine to pets and entertainment from around the globe, this week’s hot tickets are world class. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PXzv...

Get packing: A guide for your winter breaks

PACKING can be a stressful ordeal, but this handy guide is sure to keep you stress-free before your winter holiday begins. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1KMCk...

Iran joins talks in Vienna about the Syrian civil war

IT COULD have been worse. That was more or less the read-out after talks on Syria in Vienna on October 30th between allies and foes of President Bashar al-Assad including America, Saudi Arabia, Russia and, for the first...

City and Business: Profits slump at bailed-out RBS

TAXPAYER-BACKED Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed a sharp fall in third-quarter profits. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/1PbJr...

Living oasis in the heart of New York City

THE roads are gridlocked. It’s 35 degrees and tempers are flaring. Not least of all mine as I sit in a taxi on New York’s Sixth Avenue. Welcome to New York. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PWe3...

Celebrity traveller: Russell Watson

Four-times classical BRIT Awards winner Russell, 48, lives in Cheshire with wife Louise, and has two daughters. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PWe3...

Celebrity traveller: Russell Watson

Four-times classical BRIT Awards winner Russell, 48, lives in Cheshire with wife Louise, and has two daughters. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1PWe6...

Britain is in population crisis and millions more are set to come

Poor Birmingham always tends to be used to illustrate the effects of population growth but so dramatic is the latest forecast that the city, which has 1.1 million residents, is no longer a sufficient unit of measurement. Source:...

Wrong for Home Office to harass an elderly widow

DESPITE being 91, in poor health and living happily with family members at their home in Dorset the Home Office are still trying their hardest to get Myrtle Cothill out of the country. Source: Daily Express :: Comment...

New York: Christmas in the Big Apple

AS temperatures start to drop and snow begins to fall, New York City comes alive. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1M7k3...

Forgotten Verse: The Housekeeper by Charles Lamb

THIS charming poem must be a rare example of a sonnet in praise of the humble snail. It has been requested by Austin Winstanley, of Burnhamon-Sea, Somerset. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1jYFJ...

Spectacular views and delicious local food: Discover the villages of Cinque Terre, Italy

OUR WRITER hikes the trail of Italy’s famous five – the villages of Cinque Terre. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1NGXl...

Crusader exclusive investigation: hidden charges for retirement flats face legal curbs

Maisha Frost reports on an urgent need for older residents to get a fairer deal, and the cost to families struggling with extortionate charges. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/1is19...

China's child crisis: Is it too late to ditch the country's one-child policy?

THE world’s most populous country has ditched a policy that’s left it with a shocking shortage of women. But is it too late? Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1HhVC...

Caravans holidays: sector shows record growth

Caravan sales and park home holidays have reached new highs, with comfortably-off baby-boomers and their families keen to explore the British countryside whatever the weather thought to be driving the trend. Source: Daily...

Five must-see Christmas markets in Scandinavia

MOST Baltic and Norwegian fjords cruises take place in summer when the scenery and cities are spectacular, but during December trips to Scandinavia and Baltic capitals the Christmas markets are a must-see. Source: Daily...

BREAKING: Barclays customers report problems with debit card use and mobile banking

BARCLAYS is urgently looking into technical issues after customers reported problems accessing money and making payments. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/1Oe0z...

Fury as RBS and NatWest shut 165 'last banks in towns'

TAXPAYER-backed RBS and NatWest banks were responsible for one in three UK bank branch closures over the past year, leaving many communities without any means of financial services at all, according to a campaign group. Source:...

City hero Peter Hargreaves- Why he backs Brexit and why Mark Carney should keep out of it

CITY legend Peter Hargreaves has revealed why he decided to throw his weight behind the campaign for Britain to leave Europe. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/1iqOu...

Seven things to see in Cuba NOW before it changes forever

WITH a predicted mass-influx of Americans visiting Cuba next year, we've looked at what YOU should do in the country before it all changes. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1Riyt...

Tanzania’s elections go off well, except on Zanzibar

ZANZIBAR, wrote Ryszard Kapuscinski, is a “sad, dark star, a grim address, a cursed isle”. That may seem an odd claim for a place of white sandy beaches beloved of Western honeymooners, but it is not wrong. As well as its...

REVEALED: Ski resorts to the stars that WON'T blow your holiday budget

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Greece reconsiders a tax on private education

BEFORE Greece’s snap elections in September, the outgoing left-wing government laid out plans for a value-added tax of 23% on private education. The measure, dreamed up by the governing Syriza party as an alternative to...

US claims it WON’T sign a trade deal with UK if Britain leaves EU – but we’d STILL prosper

AMERICA has been accused of spreading EU propaganda to make Britain remain part of the Union after the US claimed it wouldn’t sign a free trade deal with an independent UK. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http:...

The latest battleground in transgender rights: the school changing room

A DISAGREEMENT about the treatment of transgender students is pitting the largest high-school district in Illinois against federal authorities. The bone of contention is the access to changing rooms for a transgender...

Britain’s cheapest – and most expensive – countryside locations to buy a home

THE most expensive and cheapest places to buy a country retreat in Britain have been revealed, as it emerges rural homes can be tens of thousands of pounds more expensive than city equivalents. Source: Daily Express ::...

Why has Chilcot’s war inquiry taken so long to report?

HOW absurd is this? The inquiry into how and why we went to war in Iraq has already lasted longer than the time British combat troops spent fighting there. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1P9h4...

Our population problem has a very simple solution

THIRTY-SIX years after it was first implemented China yesterday scrapped its one-child policy. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1PU9V...

Nigel Farage: It's official...Britain’s population surge is TOTALLY out of control

NEW projections from the ONS yesterday expose how Britain’s population surge is totally out of control. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1NbS6...

Seven iconic James Bond film locations you can visit on cruises

PREPARE to be shaken and stirred when you visit some of the fascinating locations of James Bond films. Source: Daily Express :: Travel Feed http://ift.tt/1LF2j...

Beachcomber: 98 years old and STILL as untheatrical as ever...

GOING to the theatre without going to the theatre can be, I now realise, a thoroughly enjoyable if totally oxymoronic experience. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/1kf3x...

Households warned over interest rate rises as debt levels soar

BORROWING among British households has seen the biggest annual jump since 2006, leading to fears that families could suffer when interest rates start to rise. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/1kWfo...

Christmas and Black Friday set for delivery mayhem amid lorry driver shortage

CHRISTMAS and Black Friday shoppers face delays and chaos in getting their online orders this year amid an acute shortage of lorry drivers in Britain, experts have warned. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http:/...