Tuesday 15 April at 10:18am We’ve all been there – the excitement of an upcoming holiday overshadowed by the daunting task of packing! The sight of an empty suitcase sitting on the bed, waiting to be filled, leaves a feeling of dread as we wonder how we’ll possibly fit everything into such a small space! […]

Mud slide on Lanzarote The clean up is continuing in Lanzarote, with this post highlighting the problem in Arrecife, a port city on the east coast of the island. ‘Come to Lanzarote they said …’ Footage continues to circulate on social media highlighting the extent of the damage and chaos over the past few days. […]

New York is not the only city that never sleeps. In Berlin, Rio, Seoul and Accra, the night never has to end. Clubs, bars and restaurants there are open until the wee hours — if they even close at all. For entertainment from sunset to sunrise, these seven destinations are tops. Accra, Ghana Dance parties […]

Just You has appointed author, presenter and broadcaster Janet Ellis as its travel ambassador.   Ellis is most well known for her presenting the children’s television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw between 1979 and 1987.   Since then, the 69-year-old has presented TV and radio series on a variety of subjects and has also published […]

Americans have been warned against travelling to certain parts of Africa, with a string of updated advisories issued by the U.S. State Department in recent weeks. Meanwhile, many other countries on the continent remain covered by long-standing travel advisories warning of the risks to US citizens who travel there. Newsweek has created a map setting […]

The best and worst times to set off this Easter weekend have been unveiled with millions predicted to hit the roads over the Bank Holiday. The RAC has predicted a “hat-trick of hold-ups” due to traffic with more than 19 million leisure trips predicted.  Analysis from the breakdown group has predicted 2.7 million cars could […]

Space tourism vs space sciencepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 13:00 BST Victoria GillScience correspondent Space tourism, as an industry, is still in its infancy, so every time a mission launches successfully, it is significant. It demonstrates that these short, commercial flights can be carried out safely. But make no mistake, this is tourism, not […]

Space tourism vs space sciencepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 13:00 BST Victoria GillScience correspondent Space tourism, as an industry, is still in its infancy, so every time a mission launches successfully, it is significant. It demonstrates that these short, commercial flights can be carried out safely. But make no mistake, this is tourism, not […]

Why Katie Perry chose to sing in spacepublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 15:31 BST Image source, BLUE ORIGIN. Katy Perry says she feels “super connected to life” and “so connected to love” after landing back on Earth. We know that the pop star sang a rendition of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World while […]

Earth is profound, let’s protect it – Sánchezpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 17:28 BST Speaking first is Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, who says she’s still processing the experience but the one word she would use to describe Earth is “profound”. From space, Earth was quiet and alive, Sánchez says, as she reflects that […]