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Iain Hughes went missing during a charity swim in the English Channel

Body found in search for firefighter missing in English Channel

Rebecca’s partner and their kid at Centre Parcs in Belgium.

Family save £600 holidaying at Center Parcs in Belgium instead of UK

Ikea automated drone

Ikea launch automated drones working in stores

It is hoped the rate of vaccination will accelerate towards the end of March (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK's Covid vaccination rate is slowing down - will the target still be met?

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine supply could be impacted by these new restrictions (Photo: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

EU to implement tighter controls on Covid vaccine exports - will the UK Pfizer s...

Euthanasia could be made legal for terminally ill people in New Zealand - what i...

UK residents heading to Italy now need to prove they don’t have coronavirus - what it means for holidays (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

UK residents heading to Italy now need to prove they don’t have coronavirus - wh...

There are reports that Downing Street is mulling over a 10pm or 11pm curfew if the R-rate doesn't start falling again (Photo: Shutterstock)

A ‘Covid curfew’ may be brought in for pubs - here’s how it could work

Here are all the EU countries allowing UK tourists to enter - and quarantine rul...

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton imperious in Belgium as he claims pole position

Driving to Europe after lockdown - the current rules around getting to the Conti...

Malta has joined Spain, France and Belgium on the UK’s quarantine list (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the latest travel advice for Malta as government implements quarantine ru...

Will Greece be added to the UK quarantine list? (Photo: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Greece be added to the UK's quarantine list? Here's what you need to know

(Photo: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

Could France be the next country to be added to the UK’s quarantine list?

Travellers arrivng in the UK from Belgium will now be required to quarantine for 14 days (Getty Images)

Belgium, Andorra and Bahamas have been added to the UK quarantine list - here’s ...

The two metre distancing rule is set to be replaced in England. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The '1 metre plus' social distancing rule explained - and if it's safe to be clo...

One expert has now suggested that, during these reunions, the much-missed act of hugging could be recommended over other forms of physical contact. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Hugging could be 'safer than shaking hands' when lockdown eases - here’s why

Eurostar are offering fares to Paris for under £30 - here's how to book

You could win free ferry trips to France, Belgium and the Netherlands

You can now buy this special imported flavour of KitKat in the UK

Brits will no longer have to pay the 27.00 GBP fee for the e-visa (Photo: Shutterstock)

You no longer need to pay for a visa to visit Turkey from March - this is how mu...

Councillor Malcolm Ogle, left, presents the First World War record to the town's mayor Mike Arnold after a recent meeting of Daventry Town Council.

Daventry heroes of First World War commemorated with a moving tribute

Marin Fryatt (left) with Major Horsfall from Leicester

Daventry man guest at World War One centenary ceremony in Belgium

Can you help kittens who hitched a rid to Northampton?

Martin Fryatt with his grandfather's medals

Daventry man ready for World War grave pilgrimage

Taylor Jones, submitted picture

VIDEO: Pop star links up with drug abuse charity to visit Northamptonshire schoo...

The installation of the plaque in Spratton

Northamptonshire village set to honour bravery of Great War airman

Engelbert’s great, but Arnold is ideal
THERE may have been snorts of derision galore, but I think the decision to stick 75-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck up on stage as the UK’s entry for the Eurovision song contest is an absolute masterstroke.