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China sees 97.9 mln tourists during Mid-Autumn Festival holiday - Travel

9/25/2018, 6:58:05 AM
undefined ✔ As the week-long National Day holiday is approaching, more tourists resorted to short-distance trips ✔ The Mid-Autumn Festival usually marks family reunions for Chinese people, who have the tradition of enjoying sights of the full moon and eating mooncakes among others


Why Sicily is Europe's greatest island for a family holiday (and now is the time to go)

9/25/2018, 7:22:58 AM
undefined ✔ And now that the school year has cranked up again, it’s almost refreshing to think that temperatures will drop a bit, look forward to that glorious autumn palette and see if the moths have had the grace to leave you anything of your favourite scarf ✔ Setting out each morning, therefore, presented an unpredictably rich menu, and one which we could alter as required


Embrace aviator style to set hearts soaring this autumn

9/25/2018, 6:10:10 AM
Embrace aviator style to set hearts soaring this autumn ✔ Tommy brown leather boots, £295, Russell & Bromley  Leather blazer, £1,795, Maison Margiela ✔ Double-faced cotton trousers, £460, and leather belt, £200, both Qasimi Black wool jacket with piping, £2,150 as part of suit, Dior Homme ✔ Photographer’s assistants: Fraser Thorne, Ethan Hart


Welcome to eco-paradise

9/25/2018, 6:32:34 AM
JANE MEMMLER heads to Ecuador, land of other-worldly creatures, cloud forests and colonial cities PRACTICALLY enveloped by dense forest on the predominantly volcanic Isabela island in the Galapagos sits Scalesia Lodge. ✔ If you can drag yourself away, a leisurely threehour cruise out of Santa Cruz brings you to the iconic Pinnacle Rock ✔ We moved on to watch the frenetic hummingbirds in vibrant colours as they dart back and forth, their wings flapping manically to sup from feeders filled with a water and sugar mix ✔ Right then, there was no other place I wanted to be..


Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling recovers as Brexit hope is renewed

9/25/2018, 7:13:50 AM
THE POUND is looking stronger today thanks to new comments from Brexit minister Dominic Raab after Friday’s dramatic slump following fresh fears of a no-deal Brexit ✔ Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling recovers as Dominic Raab renews Brexit hope (Image: Getty Images) As a result, many have claimed that Theresa May’s latest Chequers plan won’t work ✔ Vlieghe will be speaking at Imperial College Business School, London and what he says might boost the pound if there are any hints of a future interest rate hike


Mesmerising video captures the best of Britain in 100 seconds

9/25/2018, 7:22:57 AM
Daniel Raven-Ellison is a self-proclaimed ‘guerrilla geographer’. ✔ It means he is the type of person to walk across the UK’s national parks and cities while wearing a ‘mind-reading device’, or launch a campaign to make London the world’s first National Park City ✔ The video, launched today and narrated by poet Benjamin Zephaniah, can be streamed below


Sheshan offers a cool break for families escaping the summer heat

9/25/2018, 5:36:31 AM
undefined ✔ Three museums, partially underwater, make for a spectacular scene at the Guangfulin Cultural Relics Park ✔ [Photo/ China Daily] Gleetour Hotel Shanghai, which will be open this summer, will provide a new choice for family outings.[Photo/China Daily] A journey back to ancient times Visitors who come to Sheshan can also stop by the Guangfulin Cultural Relics Park, a historical site dating back to the Neolithic Age ✔ Previous Page 1 2 Next Page Previous Page 1 2 Next Page


BBC weather forecast UK: 60mph gales to TORE through the nation ahead of Indian HEATWAVE

9/25/2018, 5:59:33 AM
STRENGTHENING gusts are set to ravage the UK as temperatures take a nosedive across the nation, with heavy showers pursuing Britons. But this will later be replaced by an Indian summer, bringing highs of 20 Celisus. ✔ Western and northern Scotland will also be affected, with the wind speed potentially topping 60 miles per hour ✔ Plenty thought our summer was over but a change in the temperatures means we're now on course for a record-breaking September, said Ladbrokes spokesperson Alex Apati


Campaigners fear creeping privatisation of El Salvador's water

9/25/2018, 6:43:31 AM
Activists say despite politicians’ denials, recent proposals would put supplies in hands of private sector, intensifying country’s profound water crisis ✔ In June, right-wing politicians introduced a proposal for an integral water law which would create a governing body to regulate water, approve permits for water use and establish taxes and tariffs ✔ What’s clear is that there is no fight more valid than the fight for life … If they take away water, they take away life


Brexit chisels away any right Britain had to the Parthenon marbles | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

9/25/2018, 5:08:37 AM
If we leave Europe, we should have the decency to return Greece’s plundered heritage, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett ✔ The Acropolis Museum in Athens is an architectural marvel that has rightly won awards ✔ Greek protesters hold candlelit vigil demanding return of Parthenon marbles One of the arguments most frequently made against returning the marbles is that the British Museum is a museum for the world hosting global treasure


Is this proof that Meghan Markle is NOT pregnant?

9/25/2018, 4:18:05 AM
MANY royal fans are eagerly looking out for signs that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could be expecting their first baby together. Today the duchess gave a huge hint that she’s not yet with … ✔ Hair treatments obviously aren’t taken internally, like tablets, but small amounts can be absorbed through the scalp and if there are fumes you can breathe them in ✔ Meghan wore £23,000 worth of designer clothes in 24 hours while on royal visit to Ireland


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