Tech titans including Sky and Mastercard join disability drive

Tech titans including Sky and Mastercard join disability drive By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:46 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 23 February 2020 Tech industry titans including Sky and Mastercard have announced commitments to encourage more disabled people into the workforce. The two firms, along with Audi and travel website Trivago, … Read more

Seven nations including Turkey and Pakistan ban people crossing the border from Iran

Seven countries have imposed bans on people entering from Iran after the country announced that eight people had died from the new Covid-19 coronavirus and 43 have been infected.  Iraq has barred Iranians from entering the country altogether, Pakistan has suspended almost all traffic across the border with Iran and Turkey has temporarily closed its … Read more

Coleen Rooney shares an adorable family selfie of her whole brood including her four sons

She shares four adorable sons with her footballer husband, Wayne.  And Coleen Rooney, 33, was keen to show off her sweet brood in a cheeky family photo shared to her Instagram on Saturday afternoon.  The WAG was seen holding her two youngest sons Kit, four, and Cass, two, on her lap while beaming Wayne is … Read more

Would-be boss of HSBC finalising plans to shake-up bank – including cutting as many as 10,000 jobs

Would-be boss of HSBC finalising plans to shake-up bank – including cutting as many as 10,000 jobs Neil Quinn will unveil blueprint for lender’s future on Tuesday   By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:48 GMT, 14 February 2020 | Updated: 09:47 GMT, 15 February 2020 The would-be boss of HSBC is finalising plans … Read more

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck recalls his travel adventures including a scary landing on Concorde

‘When we landed, eight tyres burst and we skidded down the runway’: Singer Engelbert Humperdinck recalls his travel adventures – including a scary landing on Concorde By Richard Webber For The Daily Mail Published: 11:10 GMT, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 11:10 GMT, 10 February 2020 Singer Engelbert Humperdinck, who has recalled his travel adventures  … Read more

Star Wars actor Richard E. Grant recalls his travel adventures including a flight on Concorde

Star Wars actor Richard E. Grant recalls his travel adventures including a ‘la-di-dah’ flight to New York on Concorde By Tessa Williams For The Daily Mail Published: 10:51 GMT, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 09:42 GMT, 7 January 2020 This week actor Richard E. Grant checks in to our holiday Q and A This week … Read more

Foreign Office reveals oddest calls from Brits abroad in 2019 including request for 50 Cent’s number

Foreign Office reveals the oddest calls from Britons abroad in 2019, from a request for 50 Cent’s phone number to a complaint about an in-flight meal One woman called asking what to wear to an event being held at Windsor Castle Another person asked embassy staff to retrieve headphones left in a hotel room A … Read more

Everything you need to know about Japanese BULLET TRAINS including the ones serving RWC stadiums

Rugby fans visiting Japan for the World Cup are in for a treat if they use the country’s bullet trains to reach the stadiums. The fleet contains some of the most advanced high-speed trains in the world, with jaw-dropping top speeds and unmatched punctuality. Here we map out the network, pick out which types of … Read more

Universal Orlando reveals creatures in its new Harry Potter ride including Blast-Ended Skrewt

First look at the life-like creatures that will feature in Universal Orlando’s new Harry Potter roller coaster – including a never-before-seen Blast-Ended Skrewt The new roller coaster, called Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, is set to open on June 13  The attraction will see guests fly deep into the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts on Hagrid’s magical … Read more

Sweet shop that inspired Roald Dahl’s books including Matilda and The Twits is now an Airbnb

Holidaymakers can now stay in the sweet shop that inspired some of Roald Dahl’s classic books, including The Twits and Matilda, as it’s now listed on Airbnb Mrs Pratchett’s sweet shop in Llandaff, Cardiff, sleeps up to 21 people and can be rented for £450 per night   It has recently undergone a renovation by owners … Read more