America's best cities for architecture
10/19/2018, 11:28:30 AMOne of the great joys of travel is checking out a city's coolest buildings. These are America's best cities for architecture, including what to see when you go. ✔ To see many of the best in as little time as possible, consider the following sightseeing approach ✔ In Asheville, North Carolina, visitors can explore more than 135,000 square feet at the Biltmore Estate, the largest and most impressive privately-owned home in America ✔ Like the country they find themselves in, all of the above are big, bold and beautiful
Cypriot airline Cobalt Air collapses - what should you do if your flights are cancelled?
10/19/2018, 10:28:32 AMCYPRUS airline Cobalt Air has collapsed and cancelled all flights leaving thousands of people stranded - so what should you do if your flight with the budget airline has been cancelled? ✔ Cobalt Air: Passengers who were due to fly with Cobalt should not go to to the airport (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Carolina Vincente, Travel Expert at travel insurer Columbus Direct said: If you’re a Cobalt Airlines customer check the small print of your policy and scan for any mention of ‘Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance’
British Airways will fly from Charleston, South Carolina
10/19/2018, 11:04:55 AMThe seasonal British Airways service, which begins April 4, will give Charleston its first-ever regularly scheduled nonstop route to Europe. ✔ That will come April 4, when British Airways launches twice-weekly nonstop service to its main hub at London Heathrow ✔ ARCHIVES : Boeing Dreamliner puts Austin on the global travel map (2014) | Austin rolls out the red carpet for British Airways (2014) TODAY IN THE SKY : British Airways celebrates 60 years of jet-powered trans-Atlantic flying British Airways' first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner touches down at London Heathrow on June, 27 2013
Is that Paris, or Grimsby? The fatal flaw in easyJet’s new trip-booking technology
10/19/2018, 10:06:23 AMBooking your next holiday just got a bit easier. ✔ Booking your next holiday just got a bit easier ✔ Or at least, that’s how the first line of this article was supposed to read ✔ But there is one flaw in easyJet’s new state-of-the-art trip-booking feature that means you could end up in Grimsby instead of Paris ✔ According to recent research by WeSwap, some 27 per cent of millennials have been..
Escapes: Parent-child bonding trips? They're emotional money in the bank - Los Angeles Times
10/19/2018, 10:13:52 AMKids will have them to draw on later, so the time to start creating them is...now. ✔ Postseason baseball makes me smile as I remember the 1971 World Series ✔ The amazing thing was that he wasn’t a baseball fan ✔ Maybe that’s why our recent story of a father and son trekking in Armenia warmed my heart ✔ You also may encounter passport troubles if you’re behind on child support
Vast deserts, majestic mountains, endless plains: Mongolia – in pictures
10/19/2018, 10:37:02 AMFrédéric Lagrange travelled to every corner of Mongolia over a 17-year period, to photograph the landscapes and rural life of this east-Asian wilderness ✔ The hospitable ‘family orientated nomads’ he encountered allowed him to join them hunting on horseback for marmots ✔ ‘Wherever my team and I stopped, we would be welcomed into people’s homes ✔ His intense ageing is the result of exposure to the harsh weather and his love of Mongol vodka.’
Ryanair staff warn Xmas strikes could still happen after temporary truce ends
10/19/2018, 11:07:49 AMWORKERS involved in the Ryanair European strike action have called a truce between now and Christmas but have still refused to rule out disruption over the festive period. Union representatives met… ✔ Ryanair’s pilots and cabin crew recognise that they enjoy better pay, better rosters, and significantly better job security than their counterparts at many other EU airlines, and we for our part, are recognising and working with unions to conclude agreements which address the major issues of concern to our pilots and cabin crew in all our major EU markets
Fifteen injured after plane is hit by severe turbulence
10/19/2018, 11:01:47 AMThe Aerolinas Argentinas Airbus A330 flight from Miami to Buenos Aires, with 192 people on board, experienced the terrifying conditions as it flew over western Brazil. ✔ Passengers who had to endure the nightmare on the Airbus A330 took to Twitter after they landed and posted images of the utter carnage inside the plane ✔ And that's associated with the intercontinental jet streams that circle the globe ✔ 'And where these jet streams collide, obviously is determined by weather patterns ✔ Sometimes you need to have it pushed harder to cure it.'
This Woman’s Painful Story Of Travelling To England For An Abortion Shows The Reality Of Northern Ireland’s Strict Laws
10/19/2018, 11:53:35 AMExclusive: After being told her baby would not survive the pregnancy, one woman told BuzzFeed News of her emotional struggle to access abortion away from her home country. ✔ Holly* was 12 weeks pregnant when, during a routine ultrasound this summer, the doctor told her that the baby would almost certainly not survive until birth ✔ We shouldn’t have to travel or book flights or look for hotels ✔ But the inquiry’s call for evidence doesn’t close until December, meaning it will be well into 2019 before conclusions are made from its findings and any changes to legislation can even be considered
Fox Host Jokes About Setting Up 'American Ninja Warrior' Course At Mexico Border
10/19/2018, 9:57:09 AMLisa Kennedy Montgomery said that “whoever can make it” will “get through” to the U.S. ✔ Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump threatened via Twitter to shut down the U.S. border with Mexico ✔ He baselessly claimed that Central American countries were letting criminals travel toward the U.S. Kennedy’s quip drew some ire on social media, with former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean calling her an idiot
Avengers 4: Spider-Man star Tom Holland faces 'back from the dead' questions on live TV
10/19/2018, 9:25:12 AMSPIDER-MAN star Tom Holland faced questions about his character’s state during a live appearance on US TV last night. ✔ Evasive Holland said: I think Thanos is robbing a bank so I’m gonna go… Tom Holland was on US TV last night (Image: SG) Jimmy Kimmel probed him on questions (Image: SG) Why would Thanos rob a bank ✔ That film will set up Danvers’ Avengers arrival, in which she is expected to play a key role
How the Dutch became the world's tallest people
10/19/2018, 9:29:35 AMThe lighthouse at Schokland stands on a raised sea wall, next to a small stone cottage with a view of the harbour. ✔ The lighthouse at Schokland stands on a raised sea wall, next to a small stone cottage with a view of the harbour ✔ It is a charming nautical scene, with only one thing missing: the sea ✔ Fat Friesian cows graze where fish once swam, and a woman leads a horse across a grassy pasture which once lay underwater
Google Maps: There’s something weird about this photo - can you spot it?
10/19/2018, 9:25:10 AMGOOGLE Maps has the serious function of being a useful geographical tool for its users but sometimes it picks up very intriguing sights, as this bizarre image from Google Earth shows. ✔ Google Maps: It looks as though there is a picture of a man with long hair and a beard on the field (Image: Google Earth) Wilson told the Daily Star: Measuring the Google sighting, you're looking at around 69 metres, but there looks to be a gap between the tail and the back of the plane
The rise of the robot butler – fad or the future of hotel room service?
10/19/2018, 10:06:21 AMundefined ✔ It’s all in a day’s work for the two Tipsy Robots which have become a major tourist attraction in Las Vegas ✔ The tourist-dependent city is seen as the American conurbation where employment is most at risk ✔ I think the personal touch will be more likely to be found at the top end of the market
Naomi Watts looks chic in lilac trouser suit at Hugo Boss in New York
10/19/2018, 10:45:06 AMNaomi Watts, 50, showed off her age-defying beauty in a stunning tailored suit at the Hugo Boss Prize 2018 Artists Dinner at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Thursday. ✔ Age-defying beauty: Showing off her lithe limbs, the Birdman actress wore a skinny leg pastel trouser with a matching double-breasted suit jacket Friends: The mother-of-two showed off her natural beauty with a simple make-up look as she posed with Hugo Boss CEO Mark Langer The mother-of-two showed off her natural beauty with a simple make-up look, opting for a neutral foundation, lick of mascara and statement red lip
Shocking photos show cabin chaos after severe turbulence rocks plane injuring 15 people
10/19/2018, 8:43:42 AMA FLIGHT from Miami to Buenos Aires was rocked by turbulence so severe passengers were injured and shocking photos show food and belongings scattered all over the plane. ✔ Teams with medical equipment came to greet the plane when it landed at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires to help those hurt ✔ It’s possible, though unlikely, that somebody could be sucked through the hole in the initial seconds afterwards, but it would not be the Hollywood-style catastrophe that people are prone to imagine
The nauseating 'wellness' industry is un-British, out of control, and must be stopped
10/19/2018, 8:43:11 AMWhere the hell did wellness come from? ✔ Then wham, and all at once, the holiday world was chocker with spas, hammams and baths of foaming liquid ✔ Every luxury hotel offered a list of treatments, from stones down the back via enzymatic heat to shiatsu – which apparently involves pressure along the energy channels rather than a rub-down with small dogs
Toyosu market gallery offers fresh perspective on tuna auctions
10/19/2018, 9:05:17 AMThe new Toyosu fish market offers a fresh perspective on the tuna auctions that famously fascinated ✔ The experts checked each of the pieces to judge their quality based on color and fattiness ✔ According to the official report for that day, 152,088 kilograms of tunas in total were bought and sold ✔ Another deck for visitors is scheduled to open on Jan. 15, which will enable tourists to get closer to the auction action
The one place to visit in France this weekend: Lisieux
10/19/2018, 9:22:48 AMFor this week's one place to visit in France this weekend, Stephanie Irwin explains why the Normandy town of Lisieux should be top of your list. Email us to share your own recommendations with readers. ✔ Lisieux has some 45,000 inhabitants and welcomes thousands of tourists each year ✔ If you think there is a place we should include in our One place to visit in France this weekend series email me at evie.burrows-taylor@thelocal.com following the same Q&A format as above
12 incredible things to see and do on Fraser Island in Australia
10/19/2018, 10:00:17 AMAustralia's Fraser Island is on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal tour itinerary and they will be spoiled for choice with beautiful scenery ✔ Lake McKenzie Lake McKenzie looks like something out of a storybook with its dark blue waters, pristine white sands, and lush green backdrop ✔ (Not to mention the white sand shores make for a pretty spectacular backdrop) ✔ Rather than large hotels it tends to be private properties and holiday rentals nearby meaning you're less likely to face crowds
No longer a pit stop and much more than a place to dump prisoners, Tasmania is a kind of cabinet of curiosities - Los Angeles Times
10/19/2018, 11:16:59 AMFor 50 years it was the notorious last stop for 75,000 prisoners, but now people are flocking to Tasmania, the heart-shaped island, for very different reasons.
The hidden history of the Lake District
10/19/2018, 11:44:54 AMundefined ✔ There’s a lot more to the Lake District than meets the eye ✔ And a century later, the Victorians, says Rose, saw visiting the Lake District as a pleasurable terror; the aim was to get a thrill by surviving a trip to this remote, dangerous and hostile wilderness
Queen's £7.99 tip that Eugenie, Meghan and Kate all used at their weddings
10/19/2018, 9:41:25 AMPrincess Eugenie and Meghan Markle both used it this year - while Kate adapted it slightly ✔ Princess Eugenie arrives for her wedding to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel (Image: PA) Eugenie's delicate nails were on show as Jack nervously placed the ring on her finger (Image: PA) Read More Diana 'confessed she poured more love and attention into Harry than William - because others forced her to' A spokesperson for Essie said in early 2017: We're incredibly proud that the Queen and Kate Middleton have enjoyed our products over the years
Virgin Voyages' new ship will have a tattoo parlour offering nautical inkings
10/19/2018, 8:45:55 AMVirgin Voyages's new ship Scarlet Lady is getting a tattoo parlour so passengers can get nautical themed inkings ✔ Not to mention the brand is already lining up a host of celebrity guest artists including Spike TV’s Ink Master star Sarah Miller, surrealist specialist artist Arlo DiCristina and illustrative specialist Jime Litwalk, all of whom have committed to guest appearances
The best Black Friday Apple deals
10/19/2018, 11:33:24 AMFind all the latest offers on Apple products here ✔ With the influx of new models on the market, there are serious bargains to be had on monthly deals, offering enough data to keep you Snapchatting to your hearts content ✔ They’re light, smooth, and seriously pack a punch in the speed stakes ✔ The reviews are compiled through a mix of expert opinion and real-world testing
Pot is legal in Canada, but admitting to using it could get Canadians banned from the U.S. for life - Los Angeles Times
10/19/2018, 11:22:09 AMCongress needs to act to end the federal prohibition and respect states and countries that want to legalize, regulation and tax marijuana. ✔ The U.S. has already been blocking Canadians who admit to having used marijuana or working in that country’s existing, legal medical marijuana industry ✔ In other words, travelers could be blocked because of something they’d done legally in this country
'World's hottest mum' SLAMS baby bump trolls who body-shamed her during 'hard' pregnancy
10/19/2018, 11:32:36 AMA WOMAN dubbed the “world’s hottest mum” is ready to exclusively reveal her baby bump – after getting body-shamed during her first pregnancy. ✔ After being bitten so hard, sharing my pregnancy was something I chose to not face again until I was ready ✔ We want to bring encouragement, hope and inspiration to other mothers, fathers and power couples in addition to future parents flirting with the idea of kids, she explained
Roughing It: Tourists Are Boldly Going Into African Trouble Spots
10/19/2018, 9:38:47 AMA Gabonese gambit is at the leading edge of a trend attracting a growing list of African economies: frontier-tourism products in places that visitors often more-closely associate with conflict or instability. ✔ The country is among the African nations with strongest growth in international tourist arrivals ✔ Possible sightings include sea turtles hatching on the country’s beaches, humpback whales breaching in the surf and Western lowland gorillas lazing while their babies climb and swing around trees: a literal jungle gym ✔ That doesn’t preclude that it’s frigging unbelievable ✔ Visitors walk along a beach in Libreville, Gabon
[INTERVIEW] Cha Ji-yeon pushes every boundary she can
10/19/2018, 9:01:39 AMundefined ✔ Cha Ji-yeon as X-White, left, and X-Black in the poster for the upcoming musical The Devil / Courtesy of R&D Works Possibilities beyond stereotypes Cha is a versatile actress ✔ The next year is going to be another interesting one for me and my fans
I'm quitting the Trump #Resistance. I'd rather put my energy into building good things.
10/19/2018, 9:16:52 AMI was a Trump Resistance leader. But after a violent political encounter and a near-death experience, I'd rather help people rebuild homes and lives. ✔ It would be difficult to overstate how rehabilitative this time away has been, but nothing could have prepared me for the near-death experience that was just around the corner ✔ Ryan Clayton is the founder of Rebuild Nipah and a former Democratic strategist
11 best men's ski and snowboard jackets 2018/2019
10/19/2018, 11:33:26 AMFrom slim-cut ski trousers to workwear-inspired bib pants, these are the best outerwear options for your lower half this winter ✔ Available in sizes S-XL; also sold in a range of colours including black, brick red, petrol blue, yellow, beige and dark blue ✔ Buy now DC Platoon Shell Snow Bib Pants for Men: £200, DC The DC Platoon Shell bib pants were some of the most waterproof on test, so a good choice for snowboarders who want to be able to sit in the snow and put their boards on but don’t want to spend the day with a soggy backside ✔ The reviews are compiled through a mix of expert opinion and real-world testing
When Sturdy Love Is What You Need
10/19/2018, 10:20:41 AMThere is the often facile social media narrative of overcoming adversity in marriage. And then there is the reality. ✔ But remembering the comfort the notes had brought, I decided to send Deirdre a card anyway ✔ Then You’re Not Touching My Baby Tracy Ma/The New York Times; Shutterstock (face) Astrology Is Hard, Even if It’s Fake Trending Opinion: Eight Stories of Men’s Regret ‘That’s My Kind of Guy,’ Trump Says of Republican Lawmaker Who Body-Slammed a Reporter In Shift on Khashoggi Killing, Trump Edges Closer to Acknowledging a Saudi Role Saudis May Blame Intelligence Official for Killing Jamal Khashoggi John Kelly and John Bolton Have Shouting Match Over Immigration Opinion: I Didn’t Hate the English Until Now Opinion: The Trump Tax Scam, Phase II Audio Offers Gruesome Details of Jamal Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says No ‘Foreign’ Names for Children, Dear Abby Advised
Here's Everything You Need To Know About Radical Cleric Anjem Choudary And His Influence On The British Far Right
10/19/2018, 9:03:49 AMChoudary has just been freed from a UK prison halfway through a sentence for inciting support for ISIS. This is how he created the playbook for how extremists - including Tommy Robinson - operate in Britain. ✔ One of the most dangerous men in the UK was released on licence on Friday ✔ Robinson was, like the rest of the world, shocked by the Beslan massacre in southern Russia in 2004 ✔ I had written a letter to British soldiers and the whole letter was printed in the Guardian
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