Brexit visa rules for Tenerife and insurance refunds: The Holiday Guru tackles travellers’ issues By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:08 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 11 February 2021 The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week he offers advice on booking a South-East Asia backpacking trip and … Read more
A coronavirus related to the one causing the global pandemic has been discovered in the blood of five bats living in Thailand. SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, shares 91.5 per cent of its genetic code with that of the newly-identified virus, called RacCS203. The virus is thought to be unable to infect people as it … Read more
A British teacher who was missing for five days in Myanmar has told how he fled the city where he worked as violent protests raged over the military coup. Ian Richmond dramatically escaped the border city of Tachileik where he works at a school on February 1 as people rioted over the imprisonment of the … Read more
Fears are growing for the safety of a British teacher who has disappeared in Myanmar as protests rage across the country against the military crackdown and imprisonment of the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Ian Richmond who lives and teaches at a school in Tachileik, on the border with Thailand, has not been since … Read more
Waggy races! Dozens of disabled stray dogs use wheelchairs to take their daily walk at sanctuary in Thailand Group of 27 disabled dogs at a shelter in Chonburi, Bangkok, used wheels to support them on their daily walk The pups were pictured appearing to smile from ear to ear as they ventured outside for daily … Read more
Poor fisherman stumbles across rare ORANGE pearl worth £250,000 inside a snail shell on a Thai beach Hatchai Niyomdecha, 37, discovered the orange pearl in Nakhon Si Thammarat The pearl was in a snail shell attached to a discarded buoy that washed ashore Niyomdecha hopes money from selling the pearl will lift his family out … Read more
Poor fisherman finds ORANGE pearl worth £250,000 while picking up oyster shells on a Thai beach Hatchai Niyomdecha, 37, discovered the pearl in Nakhon Si Thammarat The pearl was attached to a discarded buoy ball that had washed ashore Niyomdecha hopes money from selling the pearl will lift his family out of poverty By MailOnline … Read more
Doctors in Myanmar are refusing to work on non-emergency patients in protest against the military coup after soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday. Soldiers and tanks are patrolling major cities but the military takeover, which has ended the country’s brief experiment with democracy, has … Read more
Cat on a hot car roof: Driver sets off for work without realising her pet has hitched a ride A sleeping cat was woken abruptly as the car it was napping on began to move The cat owner didn’t spot the feline and set off to work in Khon Kaen, Thailand Cat stays on the … Read more
EXCLUSIVE ‘I’m in a Bangkok plastic surgery hospital’: Jessica Alves reveals she’s in quarantine after flying to Thailand for ‘life-changing’ surgery By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 10:03 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 10:03 GMT, 28 January 2021 Jessica Alves has revealed she’s in quarantine at a Bangkok plastic surgery hospital ahead of her latest … Read more