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The six unwritten rules of the countryside code that locals like me need you to know As the Countryside Code gets an update, a tourist-weary resident explains what its overlooked – including how to behave in a rural pub Sophie Tweedale has lived in the picture-perfect Cotswolds for over ten years 70 years ago the Countryside Code verged on an almost delightful, bucolic read for any daytripper heading for the hills. Entreating townies to ‘not tramples grass’ in rhyme, and other gentle pers...

30 amazing family holidays for 2021 From forest holidays in Britain to surfing in Canada, here are 30 adventures to banish the lockdown blues Find adventure in Costa Rica Credit: Getty Of all the things that have been damaged in the past 10 months, it is the shrinking of the concept of “family” that many have found the most upsetting. What existed, a short while ago, as a frequent mingling of ages and generations, has, in plenty of cases, been reduced to Zoom windows and remote conversation...

The Government is being urged to incentivise rail travel after it emerged that Boris Johnson was considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic…

The Government is being urged to incentivise rail travel after it emerged that Boris Johnson was considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic…

Both the Bakerloo Line extension and the Crossrail 2 project have been put “on hold” according to TfL commissioner Andy Byford.

Both the Bakerloo Line extension and the Crossrail 2 project have been put “on hold” according to TfL commissioner Andy Byford.

The local plan sets out the councils long-term development strategy We will be doing a series of stories on the local plan. Let us know what you think: grainne.cuffe@newsquest.co.uk Lewisham Council is hoping that 27,267 new homes will be built across the borough by 2040, with more than 12,000 in the north.  The council is consulting on its draft local plan, which sets out its long-term development strategy until 2040.  The final version is expected to be adopted by the council between...

Sophie Perry The Warming, by Stanley Johnson - Credit: Edwin Smet & Author/PA What if Captain Scott unknowingly discovered a mineral that could solve climate change? Thats the premise of the latest novel by Boris Johnsons father, Stanley. The book is billed as a "pulse-pounding adventure" which bolts between the South American jungle, Amsterdam, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica.  The Warming follows journalist Charles Hodson who is on the trail of his missing brother in the Brazilian rainf...

From making forest dens in Britain to surfing in Canada and chilling out in the Maldives

London council backs new Bakerloo line stations in Old Kent Road regeneration plan Southwark Council has backed the construction of two new Bakerloo line stations in its revised regeneration plan for the Old Kent Road area in South London. The plan – which will go out to public consultation in January 2021 – also includes plans to create two new “town centres” along the Old Kent Road, as well as the construction of 20,000 new homes, new parks, schools and leisure centres. Two brand new ...