UK holidays: Top 10 wish listed properties on Airbnb mapped

Airbnb UK Staycations are growing in popularity According to last month’s World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) figures, UK travel and tourism grew at four times the rate of the country’s economy in 2017.  As the UK continues discussions with EU leaders as to a Brexit deal, the pound to euro exchange rate has been […]

MAPPED: The most dangerous countries in Europe this year – will your holiday be affected?

Getty Most dangerous countries: Which places in Europe have the highest risk to tourists? The most dangerous places in the world were recently revealed, with a number of destinations that many Britons may not think about visiting. They included Syria, India and North Korea; countries not popular with tourists from the UK. However with many […]

MAPPED: China’s most ambitious megaproject — the new Silk Road

Wikimedia Commons China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative will cost between $ 4 trillion and $ 8 trillion and affect 65 countries.  It’s expected to stretch from East Asia to East Africa and Central Europe and be completed in 2049. Costing between $ 4-8 trillion and affecting 65 countries, China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road […]

BBC weather forecast: Carol Kirkwood issues ICE warning after snow – UK locations MAPPED

BBC Breakfast’s Carol Kirkwood explained that there is a large risk of ice in places and said snow will continue in Scotland. She reported: “This morning it’s a chilly start to the day there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. “And for some of us there’s some mist and fog as well but […]

BBC weather forecast – Carol Kirkwood explains latest Met Office RED snow warning – MAPPED

BBC Breafast meteorologist Carol Kirkwood issued a snow warning as the UK is set to be hit with severe wintery showers today. She said: “We are starting off with a red warning. This is issued by the Met Office it came out yesterday and it is valid until 10 o’clock this morning. “The areas it covers […]

A tiny NASA satellite mapped Earth’s atmospheric ice

Last May, NASA launched a small, bread loaf-sized satellite into orbit around Earth. Dubbed IceCube, the satellite’s mission was to measure cloud ice in our planet’s atmosphere — a challenging task that researchers have previously only been able to perform in limited ways. Sensing ice clouds requires measurements at a range of frequency bands but […]

Marks and Spencer store closures MAPPED: Full list of shops – is YOUR branch affected?

Marks and Spencer will close eight stores across the UK in the coming months, it has been revealed. Commercial Road in Bournemouth is one of the stores set to go, and as well as this, M&S has announced five other stores that will close by the end of April and eight that are proposed for […]

Aussie flu MAPPED: Countries across the globe hit by influenza virus – with cases rising

AUSSIE flu is just one of the strains of influenza causing havoc around the world at the moment – symptoms are the same as normal flu but considered more severe. As well as causing havoc in the UK the virus has spread globally, and the countries to see an increase in the number of cases […]