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Bangkok tops Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index - Travel

10/12/2018, 7:27:25 AM
undefined ✔ It also noted the impressive fact that visitors stay in Bangkok for 4.7 nights on average with daily spending of over $173 per day, amounting to $16.36 billion in total in 2017 ✔ This placed the Thai capital in the 5th place of the Top Cities by Dollars Spent


Thrifty travellers can save £59 if they book their Christmas travel now

10/12/2018, 2:10:18 AM
Travellers who book now will save the equivalent of almost 10 bottles of mulled wine on train tickets ✔ VOICE YOUR EXCITEMENT – Trainline’s voice-activated train app, built for the Google Assistant, makes hands-free access to travel information as easy as (mince)pie ✔ Don't miss your train! (Image: Getty) Figures from Trainline show people booking 6 weeks ahead rather than now will pay 45% more on a trip from Birmingham to London, 50% more on a trip from London to Coventry and 53% more if travelling between Liverpool and London


John Kelly Called Elizabeth Warren An "Impolite Arrogant Woman" In An Email

10/12/2018, 5:52:44 AM
“blah blah blah,” Kelly, then serving as the secretary of homeland security, wrote. ✔ WASHINGTON White House chief of staff John Kelly called Sen ✔ She immediately began insulting our people accusing them of not following the court order, insulting and abusive behavior towards those covered by the pause, blah blah blah ✔ A spokesperson for Warren declined to comment on Kelly’s characterizations of the senator ✔ CORRECTION Oct. 11, 2018, at 22:36 PM Sen


Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip viewers in hysterics as Gino D'Acampo gets naked just seven minutes into first episode

10/12/2018, 3:28:34 AM
VIEWERS of Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip were in hysterics tonight after Gino D’Acampo lost his underwear as he jumped into the sea. The new ITV show sees the celebrity chefs do road trips aroun… ✔ 6 His cousin was waiting for him on a boat Another wrote: Absolutely creasing at #GordonGinoAndFred ✔ A collapsing caravan, Gino’s horrendous parking, stolen pants! Too funny ✔ I’ve seen it because we all stayed together and we were all naked at some point


Tigers forever: a wildlife hike in north-east Laos

10/12/2018, 5:40:34 AM
A guided trek on Mount Forever helps protect endangered tigers and also reveals an exotic array of other, less elusive, wildlife ✔ The camp was dark save for the fire and the more muted glow from a tablet about to reveal the secrets of the forest ✔ Ahead, velvety moss-dressed trees lined our hike up a rocky staircase of jet black stones ✔ After three nights in stilt huts, the bamboo nests were a welcome change


Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling slips as Brexit deal fears mount afresh

10/12/2018, 7:14:14 AM
THE POUND has lost previous gains after its “winning streak came to an end” due to Brexit concerns - and experts caution the pound to euro exchange rate could dip even further today. ✔ Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling slips as Brexit deal fears mount afresh (Image: Getty Images) Given Prime Minister Theresa May needs the support of the DUP to maintain her slim parliamentary majority, this latest Brexit stumbling block could potentially see the government collapse if the DUP isn’t appeased


East or West London - which is better?

10/12/2018, 6:37:50 AM
First, the north of the river was pitted against the South, but now it is the turn of east and west. ✔ First, the north of the river was pitted against the South, but now it is the turn of east and west ✔ Up until the Middle Ages all that was London was enclosed within the walls today visible only in parts (London Wall and the Musuem of London are good places to start)


Planes capable of ultra long-haul flights

10/12/2018, 2:18:52 AM
New lighter, more efficient planes such as the 787 Dreamliner and the A350-900ULR may be in demand, but workhorses like the A380 and 777-200LR have been serving ultra-long routes for more than a decade. ✔ There's a lot of ballyhoo made about new, lighter planes opening up ultra-long routes ✔ Until 2013, Singapore Airlines used the Airbus A340-500 to fly between Singapore and New York, a distance of 15,400 kilometers, which was then the longest flight in the world ✔ Don't forget, the longer the flight the more fuel you need to carry


7 Eye-Popping Facts About Living in Antarctica (−110°F Outside and No Peeing in the Shower)

10/12/2018, 7:37:39 AM
Antarctica is often called the White Mars due to its severe conditions. In 2005, the French-Italian polar station, Concordia, was built there. The European Space Agency (ESA) conducts research there. At the same time, almost 60 people live there in isolation, extremely low temperatures, and with a lack of light and oxygen. They’ve all gone through months of preparation to work there for no less than 9-12 months. The station consists of 2 cylindrical buildings: the first one is called “quiet” and it’s the place where all the labs, living rooms, and a hospital are located. The second one is called “noisy” and has the gym, storage area, dining hall, movie theater, and a rec room. ✔ There’s no milk in the heart of Antarctica, too bad! 4 ✔ Sometimes the team uses video calls to answer school and college students’ questions, on Christmas they love to make a call to the president of Italy via Skype ✔ Here you can watch a short video tour of Concordia


Star Trek homage The Orville leads the way for this week's small-screen action

10/12/2018, 12:14:30 AM
The Orville, Seth McFarlane’s Star Trek homage, tops the bill in this week’s Sun DVD reviews. But there’s solid support from Freddie Highmore as an autistic surgeon in The Good Do… ✔ The Orville, Seth McFarlane's Star Trek homage, tops the bill in this week's Sun DVD reviews ✔ It rarely looks as though Cole and his sparring partners are acting, which goes for the rest of the film ✔ Its ending also makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, due (supposedly) to coffee getting spilled on the negatives


Russian Oligarch Flees London Assassins for Safety in Russia

10/12/2018, 6:51:58 AM
Bloomberg: ✔ The assertions dovetailed with Russian propaganda efforts, suggesting Kapchuk may have cut some sort of deal to get his case dropped, according to Gennady Gudkov, a former KGB and FSB officer who's now an opposition politician ✔ We're certainly likely to see more Russians murdered in or near London in the coming years: British intelligence operatives are completely off the leash:


Gordon Ramsey's star vehicle is a complete car crash

10/12/2018, 1:00:23 AM
Gordon Ramsay only knows one swear word but, boy, he makes it work hard. Take out all the effin' Fs in Gordon, Gino And Fred: Road Trip (ITV) and you would be left with five minutes of footage. ✔ If someone served me that in Italy, I'd assume it was meant to be an offer I couldn't refuse ✔ With only an infra-red camera for company, Aldo tried to stick to a 24-hour schedule ✔ It was a tough experiment, one that prompted an unspoken question: 'How would I cope?' Within two days, I reckon I'd be as bonkers as one of Jeffrey's dogs


Kanye's Love For Trump Actually Makes Perfect Sense

10/12/2018, 3:16:08 AM
Trump and the MAGA lifestyle seem to offer a safe haven to people — like Kanye — who pride themselves on being outsiders and are distrustful of establishment politics. ✔ A movement organized around building a community of contrarians those who feel aggrieved and disenfranchised, and who prioritize conflict and winning over all else is quite literally tailor-made for the internet ✔ Like any good YouTube shock jock, they knew we couldn’t help but click


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