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Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa overlooking the Marne Valley vineyards

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Snowshoe hike in Switzerland

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Grade II listed 8 bed Durham manor house with 6 acre garden for sale

A Christmas market

Must-see undiscovered festive markets just a ferry ride away

With The Telegraph publishing their 48 UK counties list, what areas of the UK came out on top in the fields of history and culture in 2024?

The 9 most desirable English counties for history and culture

Verbier and the Val de Bagnes in the summer. Credit: Lucia Harrison/Verbier Tourisme

Dodge the Verbier crowds and visit in the summer for great gastronomy

Going Green: Trees helping breath new life into the world

Staff at Washington Academy

Books at local school’s second hand bookshop fly off the shelves!

View the Old Town from Gediminas Hill

Vilnius city guide: What to do in Lithuania’s quaint capital

Work has now started chainsawing the felled tree into sections for its removal (Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Breaking Beloved Sycamore Gap tree to be cut up and removed from site

The gold aureus celebrating the conquest in AD 43 was uncovered among the ruins of a suburb five kilometres north of the archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region.

Roman coin plucked from ashes of Pompeii sells for thousands

Books for a £1 to celebrate World Book Day

World Book Day 2023 is coming - everything you need to know

Adult Learning Week to Improve academic skills

World Book Day is coming up. (Photo by Anne-Sophie THILL / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-SOPHIE THILL/AFP via Getty Images)

When is World Book Day 2022 and what is this year's theme? All you need to know ...
The big day is coming up very soon.
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This is how to claim and use your £1 World Book Day voucher (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how to claim and use your £1 World Book Day voucher

This is the theme for World Book Day 2021 - and costume ideas for lockdown

Ironbridge Gorge was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1986. (Picture: Shutterstock)

You could buy a world heritage site bungalow for just £1 - but there's a catch

International Day of Friendship is an annual event which celebrates human solidarity through friendship (Photo: Shutterstock)

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McDonald’s Happy Meals traditionally always include a toy, but in preparation for World Book Day 2020, the fast food chain will be adding book tokens to every Happy Meal (Photo: Shutterstock)

McDonald’s is giving out free book tokens in Happy Meals - here’s how to redeem ...

World Book Day is an annual event which celebrates the uniting love of books around the world and sees people dress up as characters from their favourite reads (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is the date of World Book Day 2020 - and the best costume ideas

You could be fined €250 for sitting on the Spanish Steps in Rome - here’s why

A still from the timelapse video shows tables being set out in the nave of Durham cathedral. Pic: North East England Chamber of Commerce.

Amazing timelapse footage shows Durham Cathedral being converted into a dinner v...

The Lake District in Cumbria joins sites including the Grand Canyon and Stonehenge on the World Heritage Site list. Pic: PA.

Lake District succeeds in bid to be named as a World Heritage Site
The Lake District has been named as a World Heritage Site, Unesco has announced.
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Travel: Traditional meets modern around pristine beaches and perfect water

Hurtigruten, the Norwegian exploration travel company has launched direct flights from Newcastle.

New flights to Norway launched from Newcastle

Cuddle Up With A Book Day at Rosemary Lane Nursery School.

Nursery youngsters cuddle up with a book

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