How we did like to be beside the seaside: Colourised pictures show how Britain enjoyed beach holidays in 1890 as we prepare to embrace UK staycations once again By Kate Mcgreavy For Mailonline Published: 15:13 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 19:05 BST, 20 May 2020 Advertisement Britons have hit the beaches this week with … Read more
Families’ hopes of a summer getaway were dealt a blow last night as Downing Street played down the idea of opening ‘air bridges’ to some foreign resorts. The prospect of quarantine-free travel between the UK and countries with low coronavirus rates had been raised by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. But with ministers expected to unveil … Read more
Pubs, cafes and restaurants on brink of collapse send symbolic key to their MPs to protest that landlords are charging rent throughout lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:05 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 18 May 2020 Pubs, cafes and restaurants on the brink of collapse have sent a … Read more
Santander reveals 240,000 of its customers are on mortgage and credit card holidays – with savings rates and 123 account due to be cut 206,000 mortgage borrowers had been given holidays Meanwhile 15,000 credit card and 18,600 loan borrowers had paused payments The £32.4bn of mortgages having payments paused was 19% of its lending The … Read more
Special ‘catch-up summer camps’ could be set up in the school holidays as Education Secretary Gavin Williamson hints at other ‘initiatives’ Pupils could be sent on special ‘summer camps’ to receive missed tuition Education Secretary hints of ‘initiatives’ to be rolled out during the summer Gavin Williamson outlined his plans for a phased school reopening from … Read more
Hard-pressed households set for lower bills as watchdog asks insurers to grant payment holidays and cut premiums Insurers asked to offer three month payment holidays from Monday next week They will also have to offer more suitable policies and waive fees attached Policyholders will have until the 18th of August to apply for a payment holiday … Read more
The EU has urged member states to ease travel restrictions as soon as possible to kick-start the continent’s ailing tourism industry in time for the summer holidays. All forms of transport should be restarted ‘as a matter of priority’, the European Commission said Wednesday as it laid out a guide for helping people to travel … Read more
Britons could miss out on summer holidays to the continent as European countries prepare to agree when travel will be possible and which nations to bypass. The UK’s position has been hammered after its coronavirus death toll soared past Italy’s yesterday to become the worst in Europe. The EU closed cross-border travel to prevent the … Read more
Desperate travel firms are attempting to claw money back from holidaymakers by charging ‘monstrous’ cancellation fees. Others are claiming their small print means part of the holiday is ‘non-refundable’, even when the customer is entitled to a full refund by law. Last week Money Mail exposed how airlines and travel agents are using underhand tactics … Read more
Travel firms that have failed to refund customers for holidays cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis could face legal action, it was announced today. Holiday providers could be taken to court by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after it was revealed thousands of British holidaymakers are owed a total of £7billion from companies refusing … Read more