Hotel prices could fall after OFT investigation into comparison sites
Office of Fair Trading examined allegations major reservation sites such as Booking.com and Expedia insist on 'rate parity' from hotel chains and so prevent competitive discounting Hotel room prices...
View ArticlePremier League preview No10: Manchester City | Paul Wilson
After treading water under Roberto Mancini last season, Manuel Pellegrini should have City moving forward once again *Guardian writers' predicted position:* 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Paul...
View ArticleWhy Tour de France champion Chris Froome should have ridden in London |...
Sight of the maillot jaune hammering through the suburbs would have boosted profile of modest champion on his home shores Chris Froome missed a trick this week. It was an important one, something that...
View ArticleTransfer window analysis: sporting directors pay off for Spurs and City |...
The two Premier League teams with genuine sporting directors are the ones who have appeared most prepared in the market The imposing Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue (25) looks set to be Spurs'...
View ArticleEd Woodward's tough first summer in charge of Manchester United | Owen Gibson
The new man at the top at Old Trafford is struggling to adapt to the rough and tumble of the transfer market Manchester United's vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has proved himself adept at making major...
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Sunshine wine will warm up those Chile nights
This is Devon -- Of all the places I've been in the wine world, the one I most hope to return to is Chile. It is a landscape like no other, and in my experience of visiting the vineyards offers a...
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Ben makes great start to Boardmasters
This is Cornwall -- Europe's only surf, skate and music festival entered its third day in Newquay yesterday as the main arena at Watergate Bay opened with performances from Everything Everything and...
View ArticlePopulation boom as young and old move to countryside
This is Cornwall -- The population of Devon and Cornwall jumped by more than 11,300 last year amid a baby boom and the sustained popularity of the region among retirees and families attempting to...
View ArticleNeil Cowley Trio, The Midsummer Marriage, Beacons festival: this week's new...
Neil Cowley Trio | The Midsummer Marriage | Beacons festival | Childhood | Keith Tippett | Visions festival *Neil Cowley Trio, London* Uncut magazine has called Neil Cowley's tunes "the greatest...
View ArticleBlaming drivers is dead wrong
This is Gloucestershire -- ROAD accidents happen for all sorts of reasons and between all sorts of vehicles. It would surely be totally unfair to assume that one sort of vehicle would always be...
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The FAST SHOW!
This is Leicestershire -- A young cancer patient was given the ride of his life yesterday with a trip in his dream sports car. Aiden Taylor, of Leicester Forest East, was diagnosed with leukaemia in...
View Article'Let's face it, eels aren't exactly sexy'
*Richard Cook* of Severn and Wye Smokery is dedicated to boosting the profile of the West Country eel *I* didn't plan on doing this. After A-levels, I decided against going to uni, because Dad needed...
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Woken by odd smells and bleating ... mischievous Ashes tourists smuggled a...
This is Derbyshire -- As the country is gripped by Ashes fever, Jane Goddard looks at a Derbyshire hotel's links to one of our most significant sporting contests. IT is 75 years since one of the most...
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Obituary: Father Oliver Kennedy
Father Oliver P Kennedy, who has died aged 83, was a major figure in setting up the Toome wild eel fishery, which is the biggest in Europe. Oliver Plunkett Kennedy was born in west Belfast in 1930 and...
View ArticleHistory students will no longer tolerate or believe grand narratives | Colm...
Ireland has torn itself apart in the name of a single view of history – a history filled with myth and prejudice, rather than scrutinised with irony and intelligence Simplicity is a foreign country;...
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95% of county to enjoy 'best internet speeds in the world'
This is Derbyshire -- NINETY-FIVE per cent of all Derbyshire firms and homes will have access to superfast internet speeds by 2016 – after the county council reached a £27.7 million deal with BT. The...
View ArticleEdinburgh: the ultimate literary city
Auld Reekie has writers deep in its bones, so there is no more appropriate city to hold a book festival Patrick White spent his schooldays in Cheltenham ("a four-year prison sentence"), and Kingsley...
View ArticleBristol holds Europe's largest balloon festival
The international Balloon Fiesta has become Europe's largest ballooning event as 500,000 people gather to watch 150 balloons float over Bristol. Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 4 hours ago.
View ArticleBritish exports to countries outside EU soar to record £80BILLION as economy...
Exports to non-EU countries have grown by more than 40 per cent over the past five years while sales to Europe have risen by just 3.1 per cent. Sales to China, India and Thailand have all more than...
View Article'Human trafficking ring' broken up
Dozens of people have been arrested in Spain and France on suspicion of smuggling Chinese migrants into Europe and the US, police say. Reported by BBC News 4 hours ago.
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