Hurricane Michael: Flights and travel update as ‘devastating’ storm batters Florida
10/11/2018, 9:37:59 AMHURRICANE Michael has devastated Florida after the category 4 storm made landfall yesterday with wind speeds as high as 155mph, leaving 500,000 people without electricity. So how safe is it to travel and are flights affected? ✔ A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spokesman said: This is going to be a devastating storm, possibly historical ✔ According to Flightaware.com 23 flights were due to be cancelled today ✔ Pensacola Airport reopened yesterday with minimal operations just hours after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle
The Ritz-Carlton yachting cruise line's first ship floats out. Its debut sailing is set for February 2020 - Los Angeles Times
10/11/2018, 11:14:09 AMThe luxury hotel brand promises more luxury travel on its customized yachts that each will hold 298 passengers. ✔ The first of Ritz-Carlton’s Yacht Collection ships hit the water for the first time Tuesday at a shipyard in Vigo, Spain ✔ Destinations for the first ship include the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, Canada and the northeastern United States
Martin Lewis: This is the best time to book cheap Christmas trains and save money
10/11/2018, 8:18:16 AMMARTIN LEWIS has revealed train tickets for Christmas travel should be booked now for those looking to bag the cheapest fares, the Money Saving Expert said on ITV’s Good Morning Britain today. ✔ Trainline offers a free email alert through its ticket alert system to let passengers know when tickets are available ✔ This shows the furthest date in the future you can buy advance tickets for each train firm, explained Martin ✔ However, our data is showing the reverse to be true and it is, in fact, the most expensive day
Travelling solo is sheer joy – do it while you still can | Bidisha
10/11/2018, 9:12:30 AMThe solo travel boom may be humanity’s last hurrah before Brexit or the cold war curtail our freedoms, says journalist and author Bidisha ✔ There’s an early artwork by Tracey Emin that I’ve always loved ✔ However, this is preferable to the horror of wedlock and child-rearing in transit ✔ You could say it’s selfish – but any woman who has done anything that doesn’t involve being a mummy/wife helpmeet has been called selfish since the beginning of time
Poland vs Portugal: Live stream, TV channel, team news and kick-off time
10/11/2018, 9:37:29 AMPORTUGAL travel to Poland for their second UEFA Nations League game on Thursday. Fernando Santos’ side currently top the table after beating Italy 1-0 in their first game whilst Poland drew t… ✔ Sky subscribers will be able to get this online and on the Sky Sports Mobile app ✔ After Cristiano Ronaldo’s rape accusations he will not feature in the squad after not being in the Juventus squad in the Champions League ✔ This will give Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva a bigger role to play as the creator in the team ✔ UEFA's brand-spanking new tournament the 'UEFA Nations League' explained
Take a 2-night Xmas Disneyland Paris trip with flights, entry AND hotel for £199pp
10/11/2018, 11:03:53 AMEUROPE does Christmas well – with Lapland and festive markets providing plenty of holiday options for families in December. But for many kids, the thought of visiting Disneyland with the Xmas… ✔ 2 A daily festive parade along Main Street features the usual characters accompanied by decorated floats, dancing sugar canes, gingerbread men and other Yuletide surprises Alternatively, guests can take part in a seasonal sing-along in front of the Town Square’s giant Christmas tree with Santa, Mickey, Minnie, or at a festive Broadway show with Mickey's Christmas Big Band in Walt Disney Studios Park
36 Hours in Athens
10/11/2018, 10:11:20 AMFrom the ancient Acropolis to a daring Renzo Piano-designed cultural center, the Greek capital is luring record numbers of tourists to explore its monuments, new and old. ✔ From the famous gold mask of Agamemnon to the sinewy Artemision Bronze statue, pottery fragments to exquisite jewelry, the museum’s timeless treasures stand as testaments to the longevity of art ✔ Now Tony Cenicola/The New York Times West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival Jada Yuan/The New York Times The 52 Places Traveler: São Tomé and PrÃncipe, Where Nature has the Upper Hand Daniel Rodrigues for The New York Times A New Taste of Marrakesh Trending Khashoggi’s Disappearance Puts Kushner’s Bet on Saudi Crown Prince at Risk Hurricane Michael Leaves Trail of Destruction as It Slams Florida’s Panhandle Hurricane Michael Live Updates: Much of Florida Panhandle Left in Ruins Trump’s Contradiction: Assailing ‘Left-Wing Mob’ as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’ Opinion: Of Trump, Taylor Swift and the Cat Opinion: The ‘Greatest Hoax’ Strikes Florida Opinion: White Male Victimization Anxiety Naming Names, Turks Turn Up Heat on Saudis in Consulate Case Can Poland’s Faded Brutalist Architecture Be Redeemed
The most spectacular public transport system on the planet – with tickets for 33p
10/11/2018, 10:48:09 AMundefined ✔ Perhaps it’s this kind of nimbyism that has kept similar transit systems out of other hilly cities – Los Angeles, say, or Edinburgh ✔ The yellow line takes me to Sopocachi, a convivial neighbourhood of restaurants, low-slung houses and little bars ✔ Guided ours bookable through boliviamilenaria.com and, in the UK, geodyssey.co.uk
The best/worst brutalist buildings around the world
10/11/2018, 11:13:56 AMThe best/worst brutalist buildings around the world ✔ Fancy an alternative architectural tour ✔ Because Brutalism is like Marmite – loved and loathed in equal measure ✔ It's an icon, said John Boardman, a 56-year-old resident, at the time ✔ Geisel Library, San Diego The University of California opened this library in 1970
Disneyland scraps a big favourite among guests - and fans are devastated
10/11/2018, 11:41:25 AMIT turns out the new Star Wars land coming to Disneyland is a bittersweet event for some fans. Because the park has had to get rid of their Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple in order to make way … ✔ Novice knights were then challenged to use their new skills when they came face-to-face with Kylo Ren or Darth Vader ✔ Unlike other theme parks, a plot line can follow guests throughout their day on the different attractions as the entire park is being created as an immersive theatre experience
15 perfect stopover cities – and how to make the most of them
10/11/2018, 9:41:07 AMundefined ✔ Never does Robert Louis Stevenson’s much referenced (and often mis-recited) snippet of wisdom about how to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive (from his 1878 essay El Dorado) seem more nonsensical than when you are halfway through a long flight ✔ The airline sells official Singapore Stopover Holiday packages with hotels from £32 per person a night, room only
The world's best hotels for chocolate lovers
10/11/2018, 11:18:33 AMWe've rounded up some of the best hotels for chocolate lovers and the experiences they have to offer, including chocolate body treatments, truffle-making classes, cocoa-inspired cusine, chocolate-themed afternoon teas, ridiculously expensive desserts and the homes of the Pudding Club and the Original Sacher-Torte. ✔ A couple of years later, they bought a beautiful 19th-century Grade II-listed hotel and renovated it to become a chocolate-themed hotel ✔ They also run chocolate lunches with demonstrations by their chefs, as well as overnight chocolate indulgence breaks from £145 each ✔ Chocolate-making classes are a hit with the children, and the hotel has its own actual chocolate museum
China through the eyes of a Scottish photographer - Opinion
10/11/2018, 8:37:30 AMundefined ✔ Bruce Connolly, a photographer from Scotland, was one of them ✔ Another dramatic change that Connolly has felt in China is the widespread use of new technology ✔ Naturally, the conformity images from my childhood are long gone people are much more individualistic about their dress, travel and lifestyles
Love Island Paul Knops reveals sexist reason for dumping Laura Anderson
10/11/2018, 10:50:10 AMPaul tells all about why the Love Island couple became the second couple to split ✔ Paul told The Sun that ex-girlfriend Laura wasn't wife material (Image: REX/Shutterstock) Is it safe to travel to Majorca after the floods ✔ Laura wouldn’t have come second without me and vice versa ✔ I trusted him not to do things with other girls, which he didn’t ✔ I was hoping that when he came back we’d spend more time together and build a proper relationship out of the villa
The tech driving change
10/11/2018, 9:52:33 AMIt's hard to imagine a world where most vehicles are driven autonomously but technology is taking us there. Here's how ✔ Prasad Satyavolu, chief digital officer in the manufacturing and logistics department of IT multinational Cognizant, says: Technologies such as sensors, analytics, AI, cloud and machine learning are redefining the automotive industry and enhancing consumers’ driving experiences
Why you can never truly understand another country without learning its language
10/11/2018, 10:11:59 AMThe first thing I asked for on getting ashore in Spain was a glass of red wine. ✔ The first thing I asked for on getting ashore in Spain was a glass of red wine ✔ The woman behind the bar was nonplussed, since each word I’d used and the whole sentence were erroneous ✔ Then she explained to me that she’d done this in order to attend to me without hurry
30 Outlandish Laws That Really Exist in the US
10/11/2018, 8:37:24 AMIn Tennessee, students cannot hold hands while at school, while in Arizona, when you get your driver’s license, you can take your photograph while wearing a colander. Do you think we’re joking? Trust us, we aren’t! Most American states have eccentric laws. ✔ Bright Side created a collection of such wacky laws that will shock you and will definitely make you laugh ✔ © Mikael Häggström / wikipedia New Hampshire: Carrying away or collecting seaweed at night is illegal ✔ Share them with us in the comments! Preview photo credit Good Morning Los Angeles / facebook
Google Maps Street View: Husband spots wife with her LOVER on Google - what happened next?
10/11/2018, 10:54:59 AMGOOGLE Maps Street View often catches people unawares in funny or bizarre situations but sometimes it can serve as an eyewitness to illicit activity - as this shocking image proves. ✔ One Facebook user commented: What a small world it is.. ✔ The incident was reported to the police who began to look into the apparent crime scene ✔ The little girl was revealed to be nine-year-old Azura Beebeejaun - and in fact, she was alive and well ✔ She had no idea it was there and was playing dead for her friends after falling over
Broadstairs: the timewarp town that escaped the UK seaside's downward spiral
10/11/2018, 8:17:31 AMI'll confess. ✔ To investigate whether Broadstairs still offers much appeal or whether, like so many of Britain's seaside resorts, its heyday is now a mere dot on the horizon of the past: long abandoned by the public in favour of cheap package holidays abroad, and resigned to its tired, tattered status as a has-been
The world’s longest flight is about to take off from Singapore – minus economy class
10/11/2018, 10:26:29 AMundefined ✔ At 4.35pm today (11.35pm in Singapore), Flight SQ22 will leave the tarmac at Changi Airport ✔ wait for it, a non-stop service between Singapore and Newark ✔ Enough to watch approximately ten films, learn basic Spanish (according to the guys at Babbel) and read a couple of classics: aptly-titled tomes include Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities and Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd
“We believe Ibiza needs to go back to its roots” – Café Mambo and the next chapter of hospitality on the White Isle
10/11/2018, 9:41:08 AM“We believe Ibiza needs to go back to its roots” says the Mambo group about its host of recent openings. ✔ A marketing degree and a savvy nose for trade and trends undeniably played roles in a career that’s seen him build one of Ibiza’s most successful business empires ✔ But if he hadn’t been in the right place at the right time, it could all have unfurled differently ✔ I really believe in luck, the silver-haired, 64-year old Spaniard affirms with a smile
The UK’s best driving roads have been revealed
10/11/2018, 10:35:28 AMExperts used key criteria to judge roads around Britain including the scenery, how close they are to points of interest, and which ones offer the most optimal driving conditions. ✔ Ranking second on the list is the tunning 70-mile drive through the Cairngorms National Park between Forres and Alford The third best driving road in the UK is the A701 from Moffat towards Edinburgh in Dumfries and Galloway in the Scottish Borders The GTI Superdrives function within Waze lets drivers know when they’re coming close to one of the roads on the list via a GTI badge popping up when the app is active
Jaguar I-Pace debuts feature which solves one of the biggest problem with electric cars
10/11/2018, 9:53:39 AMJAGUAR has debuted a groundbreaking new piece of technology on the I Pace that could help save pedestrian’s lives and solve one of the biggest safety problems associated with an electric car. ✔ It puts the pressure on Tesla as a credible rival to the Model X while also debuting before German carmakers such as BMW, Audi, and Mercedes give it an extra edge ✔ We developed the Audible Vehicle Alert System for the I-PACE to ensure the safety of all road users ✔ It is also fast off the line and can sprint from 0-62 mph in just 4.5 seconds and costs from £58,995 (including government incentives)
Mum's suspicion about husband and babysitter after he makes her the 'wrong tea'
10/11/2018, 9:30:30 AMShe listed a series of potential clues that suggest something might be going on between her partner and the young girl ✔ If you've been with your partner for a long time, you'll quickly know if something changes in their behaviour ✔ One evening we were upstairs and he went down to kitchen to make tea ✔ Another said: Yep something is going on I'm afraid, or they both want it to
Port Authority Warns of Two-Hour Rides From Midtown to LaGuardia Without New Rail Link
10/11/2018, 9:15:11 AMThe 10-mile trip to the airport from Midtown Manhattan might take passengers up to two hours by 2045 as a result of snarled traffic. ✔ Some residents living close to the path of the proposed rail link, which could be elevated 30 feet off the ground and run close to the Grand Central Parkway and the promenade at Flushing Bay, oppose it ✔ Christopher Jones, senior vice president at the urban planning group Regional Plan Association, said the AirTrain is necessary, but he added that the rail link will only work if New York state makes sufficient investment in the LIRR
Morning Update: Hurricane Michael's carnage
10/11/2018, 11:22:35 AMThe storm wreaks havoc on Florida, tech stocks took a heavy blow, and India's #MeToo moment. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, October 11. ✔ With dangerous winds up to 155 mph, it cut a destructive path through the state ✔ The agent’s version of events is that he only fired after being attacked by the migrants he was pursuing ✔ My favorite: In the movie Freaky Friday she does a body swap with her daughter despite being an opponent of witchcraft
A sneak peek into 2019 Hera Seoul Fashion Week
10/11/2018, 9:54:12 AMundefined ✔ Responding to high demand, she opened her first retail store in 1988 in southern Seoul's posh Apgujeong and expanded quickly into other Asian markets ✔ It is expected to provide colorful attractions through collaborations with the global fashion industry, domestic top designer brands, sponsorship and co-marketing with various companies
22 Under-$10 Beauty Products Our Readers Just Really Love
10/11/2018, 10:22:26 AMIt turns out you don't *have* to drop a ton of cash to get high-end results. ✔ The NYX liner has a more flexible brush tip for the perfect wing and it lasts a long time before it starts to fade ✔ Follow the BuzzFeed Community on Facebook and Twitter! The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews
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