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Taking selfies with sloths and walking with lions while on holiday is unacceptable, says Abta The travel body has updated its guidelines to ‘safeguard the welfare of animals’ Other unacceptable practices are feeding apes as well as getting close to orcas Abta is also reviewing its current advice on dolphins in captive environments By Jennifer … Read more
Business Secretary Leadsom welcomes financial watchdog’s decision to extend probe into collapse of holiday giant Thomas Cook The FRC announced it will analyse financial statements by auditors EY Thomas Cook collapsed in September after failing to find a funding lifeline By This Is Money Published: 11:43 GMT, 19 December 2019 | Updated: 11:45 GMT, 19 … Read more
The pound’s Boris bounce was short-lived. Even as the nation dreamed of the heady heights of $1.40 or €1.25, the rise was fizzling out. Sterling’s climb was knocked on the head when the Prime Minister’s plan to legally rule out an extension of the Brexit transition period was laid out. At the time of writing … Read more
Anniversary: Brian Lake runs Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers wit his wife and son When you step inside Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, it looks as though Charles Dickens might materialise at any moment from behind one of the tall shelves. Named after Jarndyce v Jarndyce, the interminable legal case in his novel Bleak House, the shop in London’s Bloomsbury … Read more
Ryanair has finished bottom of the respected Which? annual airline survey for the seventh consecutive year – with British Airways slipping further down both the long-haul and short-haul rankings. In the consumer champion’s poll, passengers have given the Irish budget carrier the lowest possible rating for boarding, seat comfort, food and drink, customer service and … Read more
Caroline Flack is ‘staying at a London hotel because she doesn’t feel safe in her own home’… as ‘friends fear for her well-being’ after assault charge By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 23:20 GMT, 18 December 2019 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 18 December 2019 Caroline Flack is reportedly staying at a London hotel because she … Read more
A new interactive map has revealed the locations of the most impressive Christmas light displays in Britain. But the map doesn’t pay any attention to town or city centre displays. Instead, it champions the efforts Britain’s residents have gone to in bringing twinkling festive cheer to their streets. In total, 200 dazzling spots have been … Read more
The poor quality of the air we breathe has become a huge issue for many pockets of Britain in recent years. Cities such as London and Bristol are already planning to ban diesel cars from some roads to cull the emissions in built-up areas. But there might be another solution that doesn’t require the introduction … Read more
They said this French ski resort could never work… but 60 years later La Rosière is thriving (and the pistes never get crowded!) During the Sixties La Rosière’s first ski-lift, called the Poletta drag, opened Since then, the French resort town on the Italian border has continued to grow And with a 1,900-room Club Med … Read more
Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out Pearson has struck a £530million deal to sell its stake in Penguin Random House The deal values book publisher Penguin Random House at around £2.8billion. John Fallon will step down as boss in 2020 once a successor has been named By This Is … Read more