The 20 best family holidays abroad for 2022
How to do it: Red Savannah (01242 787800; redsavannah.com) has several beautiful gulets for charter, sleeping up to 20; while Blue Cruise (020 8968 7770; bluecruise.co.uk) offers affordable…
10 reasons why Florida is Britain’s favourite US state
Reach for the beach Clearwater Beach promises not only miles of white sands complete with shady cabanas (stay at the newly renovated Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach, balanced…
Gay police chief fired over ‘minorities first’ hiring policy
On one occasion, when considering a promotion, the investigation found that Scirotto said “which one is blacker?” when choosing between two candidates. He denies saying this. “Overall,…
Florida governor tells people to remove face masks, saying: ‘Stop this Covid theatre’
DeSantis’s office did not immediately respond to a request comment. His spokeswoman, Christina Pushaw, has tweeted defences of the governor’s comments, writing: “I mean, someone had to…
No masks, no tests: Where to have the most normal holiday in 2022
October South Africa The continent’s third most-visited country after Morocco and Egypt, South Africa relies on tourism to the tune of 9.1% of total employment, and 7%…
It’s so cold in the US, freezing iguanas are falling out of trees
Although most of the reptiles will likely survive this period of immobilisation, Ms Cohen said freezing temperatures were a threat to their survival and pointed to a…
39 migrants feared dead as boat capsizes off Florida
Some 38 migrants are feared to have died off the coast of Florida after their boat capsized during their journey from the Bahamas. The US Coast Guard…
Last-minute winter sun: 10 of the best destinations to visit in February
3. Andalusia There aren’t many European hot spots in February – at least, not on the continental mainland – but Spain’s most southerly province is a decent…
20 fabulous family holidays for 2022
The first weekend of January, as tradition dictates, is spent vacuuming up pine needles and poring over calendars at the kitchen table for the annual family holiday…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez under fire for ‘fleeing’ to Florida amid lockdown in home state of New York
The Republican governor of Florida hit out at “’lockdown politicians”, such as New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for taking holidays in the restriction-free state while enforcing Covid mandates…
Eight natural wonders you didn’t know existed in Florida
Think of Florida and you’ll likely picture young families posing in Mickey Mouse hats, beautiful people in neon bikinis tanning themselves on South Beach, and snap-happy tourists…
Intimate photos reveal Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were ‘partners in crime’
‘Loose diamonds and large amounts of currency’ Late on Monday afternoon, the court heard from an FBI special agent about how evidence “went missing” from Epstein’s New…
Mr Paintbrush Man: Bob Dylan’s new paintings reveal he remains culture’s most elusive shapeshifter
Bob Dylan had a busy lockdown. One of the world’s greatest living singer-songwriters, and certainly its most intriguing, spent much of 2020 and 2021 in his California…