10 reasons to visit beautiful Iceland
WITH more direct flights than ever, amazing volcanic landscapes and film locations seen in the Game of Thrones, here’s 10 top reasons to go now.
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SNEAK PREVIEW: The world’s TALLEST tower, stretching one KILOMETRE into the sky
SAUDI ARABIA is building the extravagant structure, which is set to take the Guinness title.
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Britain's baby boomers are 'frugal' generation saving twice as much as people in their 30s
BRITAIN'S baby-boomers are not spending their children's inheritance on cruises and sports cars after all, finds new research.
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Help the high street and support Small Business Saturday
INDEPENDENT shops and firms hope for a record £506 million spend by over 17 million customers during Small Business Saturday on December 5.
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Europe has a deal with Turkey, but migrants will keep coming
IN A run-down building in the Tarlabasi district of Istanbul, 24-year-old Zehra, a refugee from Aleppo, lives in a tiny apartment with her husband, mother-in-law, and children. Her youngest, a little girl, was born just a month ago in a Turkish hospital—one of 70,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey since the civil war started in 2011, according to refugee agencies. She faces a precarious future. Zehra says they have received no government aid, and her husband can find only occasional work as a rubbish collector. Few Syrian children attend Turkish schools; instead they roam the streets of Turkish cities selling water or tissues. No wonder so many Syrians brave the short ocean crossing to Greece, hoping for a new life in Europe. Some 100,000 migrants made the journey in November, following on from over 200,000 in October.
At a summit in Brussels on November 29th, the European Union finalised an agreement with Turkey to try to reduce the flow. But the deal looks nearly as patchy as the dinghies migrants are crossing in. The Europeans set aside their worries about the growing authoritarianism of Turkey’s government and promised €3 billion ($3.2...Continue reading
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WATCH: British Holiday makers stampede towards sunbeds in Tenerife hotel
BRITISH holidaymakers were among a crowd of hotel guests filmed stampeding their way towards sunbeds at a Tenerife hotel
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Crusader: Hikers' £890 uphill struggle after insurance claim
A COUPLE were relieved to come through a health scare after a bout of altitude sickness during a summer hiking holiday in the Alps.
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Space travel is now available to everyone (if you've got a spare £164,000…)
TRIPS to space are now being offered by a travel search engine - but it comes at a hefty price
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98 years and STILL tastily uploading...
SAUNTERING through the town of Marlow one evening last week I had a very narrow escape from potential disaster.
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Everyone loves traditional British cuisine: Christmas dinner bookings up 200 percent
CHRISTMAS dinner bookings have risen dramatically according to new research - and some will even enjoying as many as FIVE festive meals
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Lost City of Sharm El Sheikh: How Egypt's tourist hotpots are DEAD ZONES amid terror fear
AROUND 15 million tourists visited Egypt up until the 2011 Arab Spring - but that figure has fallen to just 9 million last year
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Airlines braced for fallout from attacks
BRITISH AIRWAYS owner International Airlines Group and budget carrier easyJet will reveal the impact of terror attacks in Egypt and Paris when they post their latest passenger traffic numbers on Thursday and Friday respectively.
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Money being poured away: Costs crackdown could save families £470 a year
FAMILIES will be able to save an average £470 a year in a Government shake-up of everyday costs.
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City News: Clyde & Co, Merlin Entertainments, Nationwide
THE proportion of women high earners has not changed over the past four years, according to a new study.
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United front against IS obstructed by Corbyn
IN THE next few days Parliament could be voting to send our young airmen into war in the skies over Syria.
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Royal Caribbean get green after sustainability report
Despite a fleet that includes some of the largest cruise ships at sea, Royal Caribbean International is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has expanded its Save The Waves goals – according to its 2015 sustainability report.
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Michelle Dockery wants to disappear for a year after Downton
SHE landed the role as one of TV’s biggest characters of recent times but Downton’s Michelle Dockery found it difficult to cope with the spotlight and wants to disappear for at least a year.
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Cross Bencher: British politics still to recover from Margaret Thatcher's downfall
IT WAS a quarter of a century ago but British politics has not yet recovered from the downfall of Margaret Thatcher says Sir Bernard Ingham, her loyal press secretary.
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PICTURED: Man BREAKS world record walking through clouds on nothing but a WIRE
APPARENTLY it is safer than it looks, but we'll let you be the judge…
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Pensioners get a boost: five minutes guide to understanding the state pension
If you no longer understand how the State pension works or how much you are likely to get in retirement, you are not alone. The system is horribly complex and next April’s new flat rate state pension will only confuse matters further. Here is the basic state of play.
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Chancellor stamps down on buy-to-let landlords
BUY-TO-LET has been the liveliest investment of the last 20 years but last week Chancellor George Osborne effectively signed its death warrant.
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Opec set to stand firm on oil price
THE OIL price stand-off is set to rage on after Opec’s forthcoming meeting on Friday, when lead member Saudi Arabia is expected to maintain the group’s high production target despite its detrimental effect on revenues.
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Businesses fear apprentice levy will hit growth
THE APPRENTICESHIP levy could hinder business growth and deter companies from hiring new staff, industry figures have warned.
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The Clothes Show, BBC Good Food Festive and Winterville: Best things to do this week
FABULOUS fashion, food, festive fun and a family musical hit all the right notes this week.
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A trip to light up your lives
THE Northern Lights, nature’s winter spectacle, are back and bright until April, so we picked six spots to see the show at its best
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IN PICTURES: Daredevil climber LEAPS from summit of UK’s highest mountain
REACHING the summit of Ben Nevis was simply not enough for this mountain climber.
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Forgotten Verse: Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt
This poem has, for many years, been the most frequently requested.
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City news: Patisserie Valerie, Bank of England, Clydesdale Bank and Alliance
THE owner of cake shop chain Patisserie Valerie has more expansion on the menu after serving up tasty annual profit.
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A global coalition can beat the evil of Islamic State, states CHRIS ROYCROFT-DAVIS
THEY are curious bedfellows to be leading the war on Islamic fanaticism: François Hollande, the cautious and insular president of France and Vladimir Putin, the risk-taking and rapacious president of Russia.
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Soft approach not enough to tackle this huge influx of migrants
A DEVELOPER is planning to build a refugee centre for 1,000 migrants in the small village of Littleton?upon-Severn in Gloucestershire.
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On the slopes with Santa: Family-friendly skiing in the French Alps
OUR WRITER and her family escape to the festive French Alps for Christmas.
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Lucy Mecklenburgh: I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of cystic fibrosis
LUCY Mecklenburgh, 24, found fame on The Only Way Is Essex. The owner of a fitness empire, she dates Olympic gymnast Louis Smith.
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