Lynette Horsburgh BBC News, Manchester Colin Nulty The shooting took place metres away from guests relaxing at the pool at the Riu Palace hotel in Cancun Colin Nulty was lying by the pool on his family’s dream holiday in Cancun, Mexico, when moments later he heard gunshots being fired just metres away. He and his...
BBC It was the summer of 2023, and Katie Piercefield-Holmes from Suffolk travelled to the Greek island of Rhodes with her husband and two children for a 10-day holiday. They’d booked a room with air conditioning at a resort, intending to spend the time relaxing in the swimming pool and sightseeing – but this wasn’t...
Lucy Parry & Sean Clare BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations & BBC News BBC Asha and Jason Ross say they were assured they would have a good rental income for their lodge When Asha and Jason Ross bought a caravan sited in a North Yorkshire holiday park, they thought they had made an investment which...
Daniel O’Donoghue BBC North West Investigations BBC Judith Robbins fears bankruptcy after her holiday lets were reclassified as second homes A woman who manages holiday lettings in a seaside resort has said she faces going out of business after the flats were declared to be “second homes”. Judith Robbins runs eight self-catering units in one...
Elizabeth Rizzini with what the weather this Early May bank holiday has in store. Read full article at source...
Dartmoor Zoo Brother and sister Flossie and Torridon are at Dartmoor Zoo Two lynx cats are living temporarily at Dartmoor Zoo while their habitat in Kent is refurbished. Brother and sister Flossie and Torridon arrived at the zoo in Devon on 11 April. The pair are Northern lynx, a subspecies of Eurasian lynx, and there...
Emma Davies/BBC Protesters in front of a Tenerife hotel on Thursday Holidaymakers heading to Tenerife in the Canary Islands are warned to prepare for disruption as hotel workers take part in strikes at the start of the Easter bank holiday weekend. Organisers say workers on the island are striking on Thursday and Friday in a...
A Scottish tourist has died from his injuries after his holiday home was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion. Grant Paterson, from East Kilbride, was on a break in Rome when the B&B in the city’s Monteverde area collapsed on 23 March. The 54-year-old, who worked for ferry operator CalMac as a senior catering rating,...