From passport privilege to overtourism and carbon cost, the boom in two- to four-day "micro-cations" reveals how modern travellers are rethinking rest.

HMS Birmingham is the fourth of the anti-submarine warships being built in Glasgow.

Lancaster University has collected the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education from the King and Queen.

A new travel system for visitors to the UK comes into force from Wednesday for citizens of dozens of countries like the US and Australia. The government says electronic travel authorisation (ETA) will ...

People coming to the UK under the new system will still need to go through passport control on arrival (file photo) A new travel system for visitors to the UK comes into force from Wednesday for ...

"One time I went to a children's day fair and found myself sitting next to another politician. He was holding a stack of 100 baht notes to hand out to the children, while I had come empty-handed. How ...

Only children with the most complex special educational needs will be eligible for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) from 2035 in England, the government has said. Pupils who already have the ...

The government says it will spend billions to make mainstream schools in England more inclusive for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It includes £1.6bn over three years ...

A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg (46lb) in gold bars. The gold bars, worth an estimated 560 million yen ($3.6m; £2.7m), were given last November ...

Drainage systems in parts of Guernsey have been "overwhelmed" after recent heavy rainfall, according to a water firm. Bosses at Guernsey Water said systems had been running at full capacity after ...

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