The Environment Minister, Richard Benyon has today announced emergency measures for the British Summer Holiday. "Every year we have the same crisis, summer. Now we will be prepared."
With immediate effect, town councils will be empowered to build...
It was a public relations disaster of intergalactic proportions as NASA had to use a huge chunk of its budget to clean up after the party and restore the scientific equipment on the rover back to normal status.
Rumors of a party had been swirlin...
The Isle of Wight has been identified as the place in the UK with more transvestites than any other, with Ryde being the town with more cross dressers than any other town in the UK.
"It's been estimated," said councillor, David Pugh, in a lovely p...
Dear Constituents
I have had a very busy week and should really take a break away from the pressure of constituency work. But duty calls and, anyway, my wife thinks we should visit her mother in Macclesfield.
My impending visit to Greece in time for their next bailout or complete exit from the Euro sounds like my best chance for fun before Parliament re-opens.
By the way, explaining whe...
It has been calculated that there are now so many caravan parks in Britain that it is possible to walk south down the coast from Edinburgh, and follow the coast all the way around to Glasgow without ever leaving a caravan park.
"That's a lot of ca...
Holidaying off Torquay with family and friends, Nasher White has reported seeing groups of strange creatures floating and splashing about on the surface of the sea whilst making loud, shrieking calls as if sick or in trouble.
Recognisable by the...
The British Travel Insurance Industry has announced that it will no longer provide cover for British tourists staying in hotels with more than one floor.
This is due to the number of people trying but failing to succeed in the new sport of diving...
High Street card shops have hailed the National Stalker and Harassment Day a great success, with millions of cards sold nationwide.
"We're really glad that the government have come up with this new day to accompany Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day,...
There has been a media frenzy about a group of Brits who travelled abroad and behaved disgracefully last week. The Daily Mail described them as "an embarrassment to the whole country". The Guardian called them "a sad inditement [sic] of our youth". T...
A British father has been applauded for his quick thinking which saved his family from savage, hungry lions in Tanzania.
Whilst on the holiday of a lifetime, the Philbin family's tour bus broke down, deep in the Serengeti. As the driver radioed f...
Hello and welcome to the fourth in our Beginner's Guide series.
In this edition we are talking about travel.
Since man could first walk, he has wandered freely, seeking out adventure and experience to broaden the mind.
From the classic family holiday to the trans-Atlantic business trip, travel has become a much needed part of the day to day dealings of the human race.
Whether you are p...
English tourists are being advised by a travel expert to adopt bizarre accents if they want to be understood by waiters and sales staff abroad.
EIF News & Features' Travel Editor Peregrine Trip reckons the traditional method of making yourself...
Scores of guests at a holiday camp in Bognor Regis, Sussex, have come down with a dose of crabs.
The dose swept through the popular resort as it was packed with 5000 holidaymakers and staff.
Bosses have ordered an immediate deep cleaning and d...
A few weeks ago in a galaxy far, far, away a marketing genius inside the Lucas camp realized that "May the 4th" sounds very similar to "may the force" and so in 2011 International Star Wars Day was born. To celebrate this momentous occasion Lucasfil...
The Coalition Government has warned UK citizens against "all but essential" travel to Spain, after 50 years of British holidaymakers flooding the main Spanish resorts.
Prime Minister David Cameron, determined to get some positive publicity after a...
Holidaymakers expect to be able to take excursions in space within nine years.
According to a survey by online travel agent sunshinehols.web 11 per cent of respondents believe it will be possible to take a holiday on the moon by 2010. Some 22 cent...
Coalition Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended his decision to go on holiday during the Libyan crisis, while Prime Minister David Cameron was on a tour of the Middle East.
Clegg vehemently denied he had been irresponsible by going skiing...
Christina Aguilera broke two records earlier today at the Superbowl final between Oxford and Cambridge at The J.R. Ewing Arena,Texas.Not only was her version of 'Star Spangled Banner' the worst version of the famous ballad ever,complete with wrong wo...