Tourists stroll the city of Venice amid travel surge Visitors have poured back into Venice, with outsiders often vastly outnumbering the 50,000 residents of the city center, overwhelming the narrow alleys and putting the daily charge back on the mayor’s agenda. (SOURCE:
MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month will face fines starting at 10 times the
The BBC has announced plans to make swathing cuts to its programming, with hundreds of hours worth of content to be ditched as part of its Annual Plan. The 2024/2025 Annual Plan will dispense with 100 hours of content, primarily drama and
A furious caller to Jeremy Vine on 5 has taken a swipe at Gary Lineker in a debate about whether richer people should pay more for a TV licence. Sarah from Surrey told the show she would scrap the fee, which she
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg branded proposals for wealthier Britons to pay a higher BBC licence fee as “monstrous”. BBC director-general Tim Davie floated the idea of a more progressive model as part of reforms. But speaking on his GB News show, the Tory
Criminal sanctions for people who fail to pay the television licence fee are “increasingly disproportionate and unfair,” according to Culture Minister Julia Lopez. Ms Lopez says she is “concerned about the impact that a licence fee enforced by criminal sanctions can have
A Spanish court has agreed to release Dani Alves on bail if the former Barcelona defender pays £854,000 (€1million) and hands in two passports. Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in Barcelona last month after being found guilty of rape.
A stunning and wildlife-rich holiday destination is doubling its entry fee for tourists. The Galapagos Islands’ tourist tax hike will come into force in August, in a bid to crack down on over-tourism and raise funds to protect the environment, support the local
Pensioners feel pressured to pay the TV licence fee after receiving “nasty letters” from “scaremongering” officers, new claims suggest. The annual fee to watch live TV is set to go up from £159 to £169.50 in April, with some over 75 and
The BBC licence fee was blasted as “ludicrous” and a “tax just to watch Strictly Come Dancing” after it emerged the Government had approved a plan to cut the planned annual rise by a third. Tim Davie, the director general of the