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Gloucester Road is an area in West London that's packed with hotels - possibly due to its quiet, leafy surroundings and proximity to Central London. TLE recently spent the night at the newly-renovated ibis Styles Hotel to see how much bang for your buck you get for £150 in this popular area. Location 4/5 Gloucester Road is a quiet location within easy reach of Oxford Circus, Soho and Covent Garden. The ibis Styles Hotel, with elegant Victorian facade, is less...

Non-commercial pilots on Jersey are being warned that they could be fined thousands of pounds if they are caught carrying passengers for a profit

Piki bread is a newspaper-like roll of wafer-thin flaking pastry, which tastes like unsalted corn chips. Despite its misleading name, piki bread has the texture of a flying saucer sweet and tastes nothing like bread as we know it.Made from finely ground corn, water and ash, piki bread is the traditional ceremonial food of the Hopi tribe - a sovereign Native American nation located in northeastern Arizona. It is still used in a range of Hopi ceremonies - from weddings...

There are a few choice things Britain does well – like the NHS, afternoon teas, manners – and stately homes is certainly one of them. The Luton Hoo Hotel is a palatial Grade I-listed mansion house dating back to the late 18th century, and it’s still painstakingly preserved. Traverse from the overflow cark park to the house, and the pathway is adorned with plaques sharing its eventful history: in 1947, Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip enjoyed the honeymoon there, and...

American Airlines cabin crew Cynthia Struble, 64, was found to be over the drink drive limit when she was breathalysed and arrested as she was about to step on a morning flight out of Heathrow Airport.

The five-star Bankside Autograph Collection hotel doesn’t disappoint. Minutes from Blackfriars station, it’s nestled in the heart of authentic London. You’ll be greeted by friendly staff seated in an open desk area. This in itself created a warm, open welcome and eliminated the distance often created by standard hotel receptions. Staff go over and beyond, ready to assist at every opportunity and proud to talk about the hotel, art and local area. The hotel is surrounded by culture, art and...

When you think of Nashville a number of clichés invariably spring to mind. ‘Ah yeah, cowboy boots!’, you might think, before conjuring up images of denim clad workers with burly moustaches sipping Jack Daniels on their wooden porch. But to think of it within such confines is to do it a huge disservice. Nashville is called ‘Music City’ for a reason, and it certainly lives up to its nickname, but it is hotly becoming one of the global ‘go to’...

The aroma hits before you see it: at first it’s a generic cooking scent in the air, then it turns acrid, and by the time I’m fully enveloped, its putridity is positively unwelcome. No wonder they call it stinky tofu. In the Ningxia Night Market in the capital of Taipei, the flood of lights and activity suggesting it’s midday rather than midnight, my first experience of the infamous dish feels like a rite of passage given the same powerful punch...

Travelling solo can be quite daunting for some people. Women often worry about their safety whilst others like to be around people and fear going on holiday on your own will be a little lonely. Despite what you read in the mainstream news, the majority of tourist destinations are safe - even for females travelling solo. You also find great people everywhere too so unless you go out of your way to avid people, you’ll not be short of great...