Walt Disney World Resort will welcome guests through its doors for the first time in four months this weekend with a host of coronavirus safety precautions in place. The Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom will reopen Saturday with new measures including being able to unlock hotel rooms with an app, sanitizer and hand-washing stations everywhere … Read more
Royal fans have been offered a glimpse inside Buckingham Palace’s State Rooms online as the Queen’s London residence remains closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The opulent State Rooms in Buckingham Palace are usually only open to visitors for 10 weeks each summer and selected dates during winter and spring. But last month, the Royal Collection … Read more
The shops are now open – but it’s not quite ‘business as usual’. While you might be itching for some retail therapy after months of lockdown, stores are having to make changes to ensure the safety of shoppers. From socially distanced queues just to get in, to changing rooms being closed – the new normal … Read more
Channel Seven has given Big Brother Australia fans a glimpse of the show’s brand-new, purpose-built warehouse ahead of the series premiere on June 8. New photos of the Big Brother house at North Head in the Sydney suburb of Manly reveal neon-lit interiors, an outdoor swimming pool and a purpose-built games arena. Welcome to the … Read more
Step back in time, a century or so ago, and this green and pleasant land of ours was blessed with inns and hostelries to welcome weary travellers. But 50 years ago the domestic market paled and could not compete with the lure of a foreign tan and exotic sights. Now, though, home-grown hospitality has come … Read more
Facebook rolls out Zoom alternative called ‘Messenger Rooms’ that allows users to host and share group video chats of up to 50 people at a time The feature allows users to create video chat rooms for up to 50 people at once It will let users share the rooms via Messenger or through news feeds … Read more
DAWN French lives in a jaw-dropping £3m Cornwall called Point Neptune that has 30 rooms and incredible sea views. The Vicar of Dibley star lives in the coastal mansion with her daughter Billie and second husband, Mark Bignell. 15 Dawn’s home is on the coast of Cornwall and overlooks the river FoweyCredit: Alamy 15 Dawn’s … Read more
For your next period of isolation, try a cut-price paradise: The private island resort in Fiji that costs from just £20 a night and offers lessons on how to crack coconuts Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long, has dormitory rooms start from just F$60 (£20) The sandy outcrop, accessible only by … Read more
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly presented the latest Saturday Night Takeaway from their living room as the nation remains in coronavirus lockdown. The presenters, 44, introduced a compilation of some of the show’s best moments from their homes, and said from the start ‘it was different and weird’ to their usual live show. Ant and … Read more
Two New York City hospital systems are barring partners from delivery rooms as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the US. New York-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai Health System – which have a combined 18 hospitals – say no visitors will be permitted in rooms where pregnant women are giving birth. Several obstetricians and midwives … Read more