Britain has significantly lowered its expectations for Brexit, giving few assurances other than that it is unlikely to end in "Mad Max-style dystopia". Despite significant promises being made for Britain's exit from the European Union in the run-up to the referendum, two years down the line the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU today only managed to give assurances that we will not be "plunged into a Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction". Addressing business leaders in Vienna, David Davis referred...

China Southern Airlines has launched a new route from the UK to China, with flights between London and Wuhan taking off in May 2018. The new route will be the only non-stop flight operating from London to the Central Chinese city and will fly three times per week, from 30 May 2018 with fares from £377 return, including all taxes. The historical city, which once consisted of three smaller cities – Hanyang, Hankou, and Wuchang – is the capital of...

Through the opulent lobby and down a spiral staircase - behind a seedy bar with low lighting and a floor-to-ceiling palette of red – The Curry Room is hidden beneath the The Rubens at The Palace hotel. Following a multi-million-pound refurbishment, the hotel now boasts upgraded rooms and guest areas, plus a complete dining overhaul. Alongside the aforementioned Cavalry Bar, The English Grill offers fine dining, while The Curry Room is the hotel’s latest restaurant opening, launched earlier this year....

Retired Chris Stevenson, 68, spoke out for the first time about one of Britain's most infamous child murders after the murderer was recorded "apologising" for his crimes

The merlin engine he chose was the same base engine as those used in the spitfire, but without a supercharger

The elderly victim was stung in a so called ‘Courier Fraud’ after a conman called her home posing as a police detective claiming her bank account had been hacked

Survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last Wednesday have vowed to march on Washington to embarrass politicians in the sway of America’s powerful gun lobby. The mass shooting in Florida left 17 dead and 15 wounded.  It is the 18th gun-related incident in the US this year and the country’s 30th mass shooting. And we are only in February. Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. He is alleged to have set...

These chilling images show the squalid lair where Matthew Falder preyed on more than 200 victims before sharing many of their abuse pictures on the dark web. Footage shot inside Falder's pokey flat shows clothes, food containers and socks strewn over the floor - as well as a roll of toilet paper on his bed. His desk is piled with rubbish as well as golf balls, an iPhone docking station and what looks to be a tub of dried up...

Eco-conscious Akaryn Hotel Group announces its new hotel, akyra TAS Sukhumvit Bangkok, will be the first single-use plastic-free hotel in Asia. On the back of David Attenborough's Blue Planet II documentary series, which highlighted the extreme level of plastic waste in the ocean, a continuing number of businesses have begun banning single-use plastic - including the BBC and several well-known retailers. Akaryn Hotel Group is the latest company to mark its commitment to tackling sea pollution after announcing its new hotel will become single-use plastic...