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Inside the abandoned ‘Las Vegas of Italy’, which once lured well-heeled visitors from Milan

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It’s certainly one of the grander ghost towns – and being Italian, it even has a functioning bar. These pictures give you a mesmerising glimpse inside the so-called Città dei Balocchi – ‘City of Toys’ – which was once a playground for well-heeled residents and tourists from Milan, an 80-minute drive to the south. In … Read more

How Boris’s state-educated ‘Scouser’ Lee Cain clashed with Carrie and her well-heeled inner-circle

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He’s the state-educated ex-journalist who once dressed as a chicken to chase David Cameron around the country but went on to be his successor’s media supremo. Lee Cain is a rare everyman figure in the blue-blooded hierarchy of Old Etonian Boris Johnson’s No 10 operation before his decision last night to quit as director of … Read more

People of Southwold are up in arms as they are overrun by well-heeled folk from London

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The affluent seaside town of Southwold is bustling despite the coronavirus outbreak as wealthy Londoners abandon the city for their second homes in the country.     In contrast, Lowestoft just 14 miles or a half-hour drive from Southwold on the East Suffolk coast, is deserted.         The Southhold market is on, the streets are full of pedestrians … Read more