A plant expert has revealed how to keep houseplants alive while you’re on holiday, including huddling them together for warmth – or even using a plant-sitter. With the UK finally saying goodbye to winter, millions will be eager to escape to sunnier
The air traffic control (ATC) meltdown during the August bank holiday has been linked to a “significant lack of pre-planning” and engineers working from home, according to an investigation. Because of a technical hitch whilst handling a flight plan, close to 750,000
Costa del Sol, visited by several hundred thousand UK tourists every year, is one of the areas in Spain being affected by an acute water crisis sparked by a long-lasting drought. Local governments around the country have taken steps to mitigate the
Jeremy Hunt had the most difficult of tasks today – maintaining Britain’s economic recovery but offering voters enough feel-good measures to help win a general election later this year. He had to do all this while not triggering another spike in inflation
Several Spanish areas are experiencing a long-lasting drought, which is forcing local governments to enforce rules to reduce water consumption. The areas most affected are, incidentally, those most beloved by tourists – Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia. As reservoir levels run worryingly
A report has said school summer holidays in England should be reduced to four weeks, with half-terms and the Christmas break extended. This proposal is part of a suggested overhaul of the academic calendar, which has been in place since Victorian times,
Angry farmers could throw Brits’ holidays into chaos as they take to the streets in their tractors to protest in the Canary Islands. Agricultural workers drove tractors through city streets across the country and disrupted traffic today as they protested against soaring
French ski resorts are growing increasingly alarmed at the warm weather that threatens to melt all the snow during the peak skiing season. A temperature of eight degrees was recorded this week in the popular skiing Haute-Maurienne region of Savoie at an
The Foreign Office has issued a warning to British travellers heading to Kenya for a safari over the threat posed by terrorists operating in neighbouring Somalia. Attacks could take place at nightclubs, bars, hotels and anywhere else likely to be frequented by
Parents are being fined in record numbers for taking their children on holiday during term time. The new statistics from the Department for Education (DfE) reveal that nearly 400,000 penalty notices were issued to parents in the 2022/23 school year – the