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Bucket and spades at the ready – our travel team choose their favourite beaches in the UK
Temperatures have soared this week, setting the tone for the summer ahead – here are the beaches our travel desk loves best ...
The tiny hidden gem Scottish island home to 'excellent pub and café'
The island was formerly home to major slate quarries, and was even considered a centre for Scotland's slate industry. However ...
Scotland's most shocking crime this week as throat-slit killer dies in jail
Washe Manyatelo was jailed for five years for causing the death of Annette Dixon. The 24-year-old struck the frail pensioner ...
Ruby Wax jokes William and Kate disturbed her silent retreat on Scottish island
The Prince and Princess of Wales chatted to the celebrity as they ended their two-day visit to the Scottish isles.
Marcus Hayes: The raucous life and times of A.W. Tillinghast, the father of Philadelphia Cricket Club’s masterpiece
By the time A.W. Tillinghast finished the Wissahickon Course at Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1922, one of more than 250 ...
Try this spectacular Yorkshire coastal walk - from Saltburn to Skinningrove
HEAD to the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast and enjoy an impressive section between Saltburn and Skinningrove. Unusually ...
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William and Kate join children on island nature trail
William and Catherine celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday as they began an official visit to the island off the west coast of Scotland ... as Kate came walking down I felt ...
A trip to the Scottish Highlands offers a mix of history and modernity, along with whisky and Nessie
The past is very much present in northern Scotland today. But the town of Inverness looks beyond the stereotypical image of ...