A Dubai desert barbecue and camel ride trip has been named by Tripadvisor as its No1 experience, with a pizza and gelato cooking class in a Tuscan farmhouse in second place. They have both been honoured in the 2020 Travellers’ Choice Experiences awards, with the Harry Potter Walking Tour for Muggles in London claiming the … Read more
The number of NHS patients forced to wait longer than a year for routine treatment in London is now 20 times the figure for the whole of England in 2019. Leaked performance data showed 19,775 patients in the capital were waiting longer than 12 months for procedures such as hip or knee ops by July … Read more
No10 today refused to rule out effectively sealing off London if coronavirus cases spike as Sadiq Khan accused Boris Johnson of ‘riding roughshod’ over the city’s best interests. The Mayor of London has written to the PM to voice ‘great surprise’ at suggestions a quarantine zone could be created within the M25, complaining that it has … Read more
Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s College London, said the UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are ‘ripples’ caused by a failure to completely flatten the first epidemic The UK’s mini coronavirus outbreaks are just ‘ripples’ caused by the failure to completely flatten the first epidemic and not proof of a second wave, according to a … Read more
British Airways permanently grounds its unique all-business-class service between London City Airport and New York The transatlantic service was operated on a specially adapted Airbus A318 The aircraft only had 32 seats – and they could all be converted into 6ft flat beds BA says the service has been scrapped as a result of the … Read more
Saddle up for a Norfolk ride… to discover Black Beauty and trace the author’s own story back to the county where she grew up Anna Sewell dictated Black Beauty, published in 1878, from her sickbed Her childhood home is now a tearoom called Kirsty’s Cakery in Great Yarmouth Stay on Somerleyton Estate – in the … Read more
An Inspector calls… at Bicester Hotel Golf And Spa, which has a new huge gym, assault course and swimming lake – but the rooms could do with some ‘invigorating’ Bicester Hotel Golf And Spa is a sprawling resort within earshot of the M40 It has recently added a huge gym, assault course and 200-metre swimming … Read more
A slice of Sunshine By Carolyn Asome Published: 00:01 BST, 2 August 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 2 August 2020 Food writer Skye McAlpine’s London home is a feast of ice-cream shades and vintage treasures – with the light, bright kitchen at its hear Skye feels most content pottering in her bright, sunny kitchen – … Read more
Do you know a health hero? The Daily Mail, in partnership with eBay and NHS Charities Together, wants you to nominate special people in the healthcare sector who have made a difference to your life, or to a loved one’s life. Seven finalists will get an all-expenses-paid trip to London for an awards ceremony. The … Read more
How do you visit historic Stratford-upon-Avon without feeling like you’re on a school trip? Check-in at the town’s ‘time tunnel’ 16th-century Hotel Indigo for starters… Formerly one of Stratford’s oldest pubs, the Falcon Inn, the 93-room boutique hotel opened last year It has walls lined with wooden panels salvaged from Shakespeare’s final home across the … Read more