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Australians arriving in the UK from January 8, 2025, will have to pay for a electronic travel authorisation. They can apply now.

New entry rules – and fees – for Australians to visit the UK

Australians can now apply for the new Electronic Travel Authorisation that will be a requirement for entering the UK.

  • Michael Gebicki

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Why the case of the missing British aristocrat is being reopened after 42 years

For four decades, speculation has swirled around what happened to British socialite Jeanette Bishop May and her 39-year-old Italian companion.

  • Josephine McKenna
Sunset at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.

A magnificent, calf-burning hike through two of England’s national parks

Two dramatic national parks in northern England are practically neighbours, yet worlds apart in their appeal.

  • Rob McFarland
The Tower of London holds some of royalty’s darkest secrets.

London’s must-see historic attraction will still surprise you

It’s been a prison, a palace and a playground for polar bears (yes, polar bears). There’s still a lot to discover about the Tower of London.

  • David Whitley
Blackpool Promenade and soaring tower.

Despite its issues, Britain’s answer to Vegas keeps bringing in tourists

Years of under-investment, deprivation, unreliable weather and boozy stag and hen parties haven’t stopped Blackpool being fun for all the family.

  • Steve McKenna
Wild at heart … Heckfield Place country house.

The country house goes wild: A rarefied retreat without the stuffiness

From the table to the spa, Heckfield Place infuses luxury with the natural world.

  • Ute Junker
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Montgomery and the man who was his double.

‘Dad disappeared for about six months’: The actor hired to impersonate a British war commander

To deceive the Germans, MI5 recruited Australian actor Meyrick Clifton James.

  • Tim Barlass
Take afternoon tea on board a double-decker bus.

Ten of the best things to do in London with teens

Boho markets, Hyde Park, street art, Insta moments and afternoon tea on a double decker bus are just some of the highlights of London with teens in tow.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
Prince William, the King and Prince Harry.

King Charles waited 70 years as next in line. Now William must step up

After 70 years as the next in line, the diagnosis of an unspecified cancer means King Charles III must, for now, step back.

  • Rob Harris
The “chip butty” –  a staple of the English diet.

In praise of Britain’s (greatest?) culinary invention: The chip butty

It’s fatty, stodgy, salty and the perfect hangover food – what’s not to love?

  • Ben Groundwater

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