Swapping homes with strangers means we now get two holidays a summer
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:38 GMT
The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.
The Papers: 'Bereaved families' fury' and 'Happy feet'
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:43:58 GMT
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are pictured posing with penguins on a number of today's papers during the UK heatwave.
I was needle spiked in a nightclub on my first holiday with friends
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:17:50 GMT
Teenage footballer Taylor Coulter needed hospital treatment after being injected by a stranger in the Spanish resort of Magaluf.
England's Guehi a doubt for Norway game and Rice misses training due to sickness bug
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:33:14 GMT
England defender Marc Guehi is managing a slight hamstring injury and could miss Saturday's Norway quarter-final.
France cruise into semi-finals - could this be the best Les Bleus ever?
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:43:10 GMT
World Cup winners in 1998 and 2018, France have created another special team and in beating Morocco showed why they are favourites to win the 2026 competition.
Norway's Haaland says pressure is all on England
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:01:51 GMT
Norway striker Erling Haaland says all the pressure is on England before the two sides' World Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Vapes to have less enticing names to protect children, under UK plans
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:15:38 GMT
People are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using of enticing flavour descriptions that "attract" children into experimenting.
Palestinians mourn Gaza World Cup screenings organiser killed in Israeli strike
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:04:09 GMT
Aid worker Mohammed al-Wahidi had become a prominent humanitarian figure during the Israel-Hamas war.
Easyjet agrees to £5.7bn takeover bid by US private equity firm
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:22:29 GMT
The airline says a bid from US firm Apollo has trumped a previous potential takeover offer from Castlelake.
Huge crowds in Mashhad as Iran's late supreme leader is buried
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:18:18 GMT
Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.
