Six Affordable UK Country House Hotels with Spas
Beat the January blues with our pick of six charming UK country house hotels, each featuring a spa and rooms for under £160 per night. Perfect for a post-festive reset.
Beat the January blues with our pick of six charming UK country house hotels, each featuring a spa and rooms for under £160 per night. Perfect for a post-festive reset.
From Monday, UK border officials can seize phones from small boat arrivals to combat people smuggling gangs. The new legal powers aim to save lives and disrupt trafficking networks. Read the full update.
As 2026 approaches, Nigel Farage's Reform UK faces a critical test. Despite early poll leads, the party's one-man show struggles with depth and discipline. Will voters choose charisma over a governing programme?
Official data shows Britain has accepted more asylum-seekers from France than it has sent back under Labour's flagship agreement. Read the full analysis of the scheme's impact.
As racist rhetoric escalates in UK politics, a personal DNA test showing links to 15 countries challenges narrow views of belonging. Explore the impact on minorities and the rise of hard-right narratives.
New Lloyds data reveals the UK's top property hotspots for 2025, with Plymouth seeing a 12.6% surge. Discover where values soared and where they fell sharply. Explore the full regional analysis now.
An American woman moving to the UK reveals her biggest surprise: UK pillows are larger, making her US bed linen useless. Discover the everyday items that differ across the Atlantic.
An American woman moving to the UK shares her surprising packing mistakes, from ill-fitting bed linen to wrong-sized baking trays. Discover the everyday items that aren't standard globally.
Amazon confirms a major crackdown on pirated content via Fire TV Sticks. UK users risk losing access and face cybersecurity threats from alternative 'dodgy' boxes. Read the urgent warning.
Amazon is blocking unauthorised apps on Fire TV Sticks in the UK, cutting off 'dodgy' streams. Experts warn of cybersecurity risks from alternative illegal boxes.
Angola and Namibia agree to new processes for returning illegal migrants after UK visa ban threats. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urges DRC to cooperate or face further action.
The UK Home Office has revoked fast-track visas for the DRC after it failed to cooperate on returning illegal migrants. Read the full details of the new immigration sanctions.
Exclusive Mail on Sunday report reveals French police reluctance as thousands cross the Channel. Why has one of the world's most defensible frontiers become an open door? Read the full analysis.
Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants after UK visa ban warning. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood demands cooperation from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Labour's new animal welfare strategy aims to close the 'trail hunting' loophole, potentially ending illegal fox hunts. Discover how a coalition of professionals is helping police enforce the 30-year-old ban.
The Met Office confirms 2025 is tracking to beat 2022 as the UK's warmest year on record, with an average temperature of 10.05°C. Discover the climate data and what it means for Britain's future.
A Daily Mail investigation uncovers an Albanian-run network smuggling migrant fugitives to France for £2,500. The ringleader boasts of helping 50 criminals, including murderers, evade justice. Read the shocking exposé.
Experts argue that focusing on intent allows racism to flourish in British politics, as seen with Nigel Farage. Read why passivity is complicity.
New German law imposes 10-year prison terms for smugglers targeting the UK. The move boosts UK-Germany cooperation to tackle illegal migration and organised crime.
Chloe and Connor Ellis sold their Barnsley home and are now globetrotting with their two young sons, discovering that exploring Southeast Asia costs less than monthly rent in the UK. Follow their journey.
Which? investigation reveals dangerous, unregulated injectable vitamins and prescription ED pills being sold illegally on Etsy, putting UK consumers' health at serious risk.
New York City's incoming socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, faces backlash after urging immigrants to 'stand up' to ICE agents. Critics accuse him of flouting federal law.
Donald Trump's border advisor, Tom Homan, clashed with CNN's Dana Bash over ICE operations in Minnesota, insisting they target only criminal illegal aliens and not US citizens. Discover the full story.
The Home Office has reopened the Campsfield immigration detention facility in Kidlington to hold up to 400 male asylum seekers and foreign offenders, sparking local anger and protests.
A care recruitment boss who exploited a seafarer loophole to employ 13 illegal immigrants has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Read the full details of the Bexhill-based operation.
Benton County's 287(g) agreement with ICE has led to over 450 arrests in 2025, creating widespread fear in immigrant communities. Explore the impact of expanding local-federal immigration enforcement.
Immigration arrests have skyrocketed under Trump's second term, nearing 579,000. However, daily figures fall short of the 3,000 target, and critics allege a shift from targeting criminals.
The Trump administration plans a major immigration operation in New Orleans, deploying 250 agents. Local businesses close in fear as raids loom. Read the full story.
Emirjon Gjuta, deported twice from UK, sentenced to 14 months for breaching deportation order. CPS vows to prosecute immigration offenders.
A Finnish woman living illegally in the US since 1999 faces deportation after throwing coffee on a mother, baby and dog during a dispute about an off-leash Dalmatian in Florida.