Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Explore the Scottish Highlands by rail with TV’s Carol Kirkwood By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 24 April 2021 It’s familiar to anyone who’s watched any of the Harry Potter films – the famous Jacobite steam train, better known as … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrate their tenth anniversary next week — presumably exchanging tokens of tin Wedding anniversaries are traditionally marked with a gift between couples that starts with paper after the first year then progresses to diamonds at the 60th. But why not use the associated present as an excuse to go … Read more
If you’re looking to truly get away from it all when travel reopens, one of these dreamy private islands might fit the bill. Drenched in sunshine and surrounded by azure waters, these Robinson Crusoe-esque tropical retreats, from Belize to Australia, are an ideal base to let your cares slip away. Scroll down and allow that … Read more
Escape to the Chateau stars Dick Strawbridge and wife Angel deny claims they ‘bullied’ staff during filming of Channel 4 show and accuse producers of trying to make it a ‘trashy reality programme’ Escape to the Chateau followed Dick and Angel Strawbridge’s renovations Bought run-down 45-room chateau for £280,000 in the Pays de la Loire … Read more
‘Car thief’ reverses Range Rover on top of VW Golf ‘during botched escape while being chased by furious owners’ The crash happened in Brigadier Hill, Enfield, on April 8 after the car was stolen An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of stealing the vehicle from property Believed the cars were owned by same couple who … Read more
Overseas trips are to be permitted under a ‘traffic light’ country classification scheme with different requirements. But which countries will be classed ‘green’? This is a watershed moment. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has come to his senses at last, with travel abroad possible from as early as May 17. ‘I’m not advising against booking summer holidays,’ … Read more
Off the tourist map: Why travel writer TOM CHESSHYRE is dreaming of Makunudhoo in the Maldives – one of the most remote islands in the archipelago While there, he was the only tourist on the island and says that he stayed in a local’s comfortable spare room He describes the island as having a ‘delicious … Read more
This is the horrifying moment a young woman was ambushed by three men on her way home from work and shoved into a car in Kyrgyzstan – hours before she was found murdered in a case of ‘bride kidnapping’. Security camera footage shows Aizada Kanatbekova, 27, being surrounded by the trio before they grab her and push … Read more
Shepherds didn’t have it anything like this good. These days, their once-simple huts – long established on luxury camping sites and farms – are popping up in the grounds of upmarket hotels and pubs, where guests can do everything from feast on meals from Michelin-starred kitchens to take gin-making classes before a soak in a … Read more
Electric photography! The striking winning images in an international storm photo contest revealed, from jaw-dropping lightning to incredible tornadoes and menacing cloud formations The inaugural Storm Photos of the Year competition saw entries pour in from around the world There were two categories in the contest, Photographer of the Year and Photo of the Year … Read more