Biblical village where Jesus fed the 5,000 is UNDERWATER as floods force experts to abandon dig site

The place ‘where Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000’ has been totally submerged by flooding, forcing archaeologists to abandon the excavation site. Bethsaida — hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Christ performed the miracles of feeding the multitude and helping a blind man see. Archaeologists have been working to prove that the … Read more

Millions of Britons are ‘fed up’ with unrealistic travel photos, Hamton by Hilton study reveals

Millions of Britons are ‘fed up’ with unrealistic travel photos – and snaps of ‘hot dog legs’ – with almost a third preferring to see ‘authentic’ pictures of a holiday A study of 2,000 adults found 26% find ‘hot dog leg’ images the most annoying People are seven times more likely to visit a place … Read more

Fed up with Brexit and endless gloomy news? You need our guide to remote boltholes

Where I live and write in Bath, heavy traffic shakes my building. Family, work deadlines, my bank account and, yes, Brexit all conspire to make me feel hemmed in. ‘The essential test of freedom asks how far in any direction we can move from where we now sit without deviating or meeting obstacles,’ wrote the … Read more