Lockerbie couple climb Criffel after cancelling holiday due to air traffic control meltdown

For the average family, getting away on holiday is a massive expense and a luxury lots can't afford, but for Britain's biggest family, the Radfords - complete with 22 kids - it's a regular event. Sue Radford, mum of the 22, and her husband Noel whisked their children away for an action-packed and fun-filled weekend in a luxury £40,000 motorhome - affectionately known to the family as Betsy.The time away for the large family, who boast 517k followers on Instagram, is the 19th holiday they've enjoyed in less than two years.They've also recently enjoyed making family memories on a usually once-in-a-lifetime holiday in Florida, which at the time was their 18th holiday in 20 months.

A Married At First Sight UK couple has been labelled "the perfect match" by viewers "with instant chemistry" after they tied the knot. Fans of the hit Channel 4 show were delighted on Monday, 25 September as two new couples said "I do" after meeting for the first time at the altar. While we've already seen a fair share of awkward encounters in this series, Shona Manderson and Brad Skelly seemed to hit it off from the moment they met.

Fans of Married At First Sight UK have branded newly-married couple Thomas and Rozz as 'awkward' - with most of them blaming it on the latter during the Tuesday 19 September instalment of the show. Prior to them getting married, Thomas pulled at viewers' heartstrings as he discussed his previous relationship traumas, including a previous girlfriend picking him apart for his looks.

Outlander fans are patiently waiting for the second half of season seven, which will premiere at some point in 2024.

A gran in her eighties who married Egyptian toyboy lover has now demanded that he be deported - claiming he fleeced her out of £25,000.

A new indoor climbing and adventure centre has opened inside Chill Factore. Rock Up features 27 brightly coloured climbing walls, which can be used by adults and kids from the age of just four.

A doctor has shared two red flags to look out for vascular dementia after TV newsreader Alastair Stewart revealed that he had the condition. Dr Mark Porter, who has appeared on the BBC and ITV’s This Morning, said there are risk areas people need to be aware of when it comes to the condition.

A new indoor climbing and adventure centre will open inside Chill Factore this week.

They say time is a healer, and after rapper Stormzy and Love Island host Maya Jama were seen looking joyously happy and loved-up out and about on holiday in southern Greece, we’re convinced it must be true. Stormzy and Maya split back in 2019 after four years together, but last week the co-ordinated couple, both wearing white, were spotted walking hand-in-hand around Hydra island with eyes only for each other. He was reportedly encouraged to win her back by the other significant lady in his life, his mum Abigail Owuo, and it seems Stormzy, 30, has been giving Maya, 29, the relationship equivalent of the red-carpet treatment.

Rylan Clark chartered a private jet to get his mum Linda back to the UK after suffering a bad fall abroad.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker shared images from the prayer room at Glasgow airport hours after cancelling their UK and Ireland shows last weekend.The band announced on Friday (September 1) that they were cancelling a number of their upcoming shows due to “an urgent family matter” that meant Barker had to return home to the United States.Blink were due to perform in Glasgow that day, which has now been postponed along with their Belfast and Dublin shows.Due to an urgent family matter, Travis has had to return home to the States. The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed.

Florence Welch has returned to the stage for the first time since undergoing emergency surgery last month, and performed two duets with Ethel Cain.Taking place at the MEO Kalorama festival in Lisbon, Portugal, the performance marked the first headlining set by Florence + The Machine since the band were forced to cancel several live shows in August.At the time, Welch declared that although she doesn’t “really feel strong enough” to share details on her ordeal with fans just yet, the emergency surgery last month “saved her life”.“I’m so sorry that I had to cancel the last couple of shows,” she wrote, explaining that it was unrelated to a broken foot that caused the postponement of a UK tour at the start of the year.A post shared by Florence Welch (@florence)Now, it seems that the singer is on the road to recovery, as she not only made her return to the stage for her headline slot but also surprised fans by joining Ethel Cain on stage.Before the headline set with her band, Welch made a surprise appearance during Cain’s afternoon set, joining her for a duet of ‘Thoroughfare’ from the latter’s debut album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’, which arrived last year.Cain then went on to return the favour during the headline set later that day, and joined Welch and co. for a powerful joint performance of ‘Morning Elvis’ – the closing track from Florence + The Machine’s 2022 record ‘Dance Fever’.‘Morning Elvis’ was first performed by the two last year, when they both joined forces in Denver.

As many of us sit down to watch Emmerdale as a teatime treat, over the years it’s safe to say we’ve become well versed in the many families that have dominated the dales. Whether it was keeping up with the Dingles, condemning the Tates or even just trying to keep track of who was dating who, the daily slice of drama was just enough to keep us wanting more.

A sick criminal has stolen money from a shrine to the Lockerbie Bombing victims, the second time in just a few days the site has been hit.

Manchester Airport has issued fresh guidance for passengers after Monday’s air traffic control fault led to major travel disruption. The airport said it was operating a ‘near normal flight schedule’ on Wednesday after two days of cancelled and delayed flights.

The air traffic control failure which led to a spate of flight cancellations was caused by an issue with flight data received by National Air Traffic Services (Nats), according to its chief executive.

Love Island villa genuinely looking for love. And yet, some stay together in the outside world for years after the show ends.

A couple on their honeymoon in Rome have been left stranded for three days after their flight home was axed amid a major UK airspace "network-wide failure".

Train operators are offering free travel for customers trying to return home from their holidays after air traffic control issues caused chaos across the UK.

The possibility that Monday’s air traffic control fault was caused by an inputting error by a French airline has not been ruled out by Downing Street. Yesterday, a technical error caused air travel chaos as flight plans had to be input manually by controllers.