An Inspector calls… at the family-run Combe House Hotel in Somerset, which has warm, cosy rooms and dazzling country views Combe House Hotel is a 17-room property in Somerset’s Quantock Hills The hotel is inside an old mill and the 26ft-diameter waterwheel is still in place The Inspector was impressed with his £89 room and the … Read more
An Inspector calls… at The Elms in Worcestershire, which has been ‘blinged up’ by its new owner The Elms, in Worcestershire, has recently been acquired by a local businessman The hotel was built in 1710 by Thomas White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren The Inspector was impressed by the bars but found his room … Read more
A ‘drab’ room, a ‘tough and tasteless’ steak and ‘teeny weeny’ breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just one star Crouchers Hotel is on the outskirts of Chichester – close to West Wittering beach Inspector says his £137-a-night room was ‘dark, drab and lacking imagination’ He had a … Read more
A ‘drab’ room, a ‘tough and tasteless’ steak and ‘teeny weeny’ breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just one star Crouchers Hotel is on the outskirts of Chichester – close to West Wittering beach Inspector says his £137-a-night room was ‘dark, drab and lacking imagination’ He had a … Read more
The Cabinet has backed the Great British September Clean to tackle the litter that has blighted the country during lockdown. All 22 ministers, led by Boris Johnson, have pledged to take part in a socially distanced litter pick when the scheme begins in September. The Mail and Keep Britain Tidy are encouraging the public and … Read more
A massive nationwide campaign to clean up Britain backed by the Daily Mail is relaunched today after being postponed by the coronavirus crisis. Shocking pictures have shown the lockdown litter blighting the nation’s beauty spots in recent weeks. From the countryside to the coast, thoughtless people have left piles of waste and plastic while meeting … Read more
Some 6,000 small businesses apply for the Mail’s £5m free advertising fund By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 19 May 2020 The Mail’s scheme was hailed by both the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and small business minister Paul Scully Around 6,000 small businesses have applied … Read more
Royal Mail’s chief executive Rico Back quit today after two years in charge marked by battles with unions over efforts to restructure the postal service. In a surprise departure, the 66-year-old German businessman has agreed with the board to step down with immediate effect and will leave the company on August 15. Hamburg-born Mr Back … Read more
Standing delightedly in her new coveralls, nurse Vicky Burns voiced the sentiments of all her colleagues yesterday, declaring: ‘Can we just say a big thank you.’ Within 24 hours of touching down on UK soil, a 20-ton planeload of personal protective equipment was on its way to the NHS front line yesterday, courtesy of Mail … Read more
Four simple words, but to a nation in lockdown they offer comfort and hope. When the Queen assured us in a public address this week, ‘We will meet again’, she was quoting from Dame Vera Lynn’s most iconic wartime song. In doing so, Her Majesty gave us reason to soldier on in the face of … Read more