SPOTLIGHT

A Lisbon museum housing works from the ancient world alongside European masters and Rene Lalique Glass has reopened after an extensive 18-month renovation. The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Highlights include a new numismatics room in a space that was previously closed to the public, the restored Assyrian relief and a renovated Lalique room now featuring paintings by Edward Burne-Jones and John Singer Sargent.

The Westmorland and Furness Way, the 120-mile Westmorland and Furness Way ia schedulked to be opened officially on on 15 September. The signed route will take apes, guiding walkers through the North Pennines National Landscape, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Lake District National Park and alon Morecambe Bay. Usiing exiisting trails where possible, it runs from Alston - England's highest market town – in the north, to the sandstone ruins of the 900 year old Furness

Direct flights to Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, have begun operating from Lonfon Gatwick after a gap of 14 years. Services depart Services by Airbus A330-200.depart three times per week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from the South Terminal. This is the only such non stop service from a UK airport..

A handy reminder from the Civil Aviation Authority pf items that can be a fire risk if packed in checked in bags. These are: Power banks Vapes Bluetooth speakers Electric fans Fitness watches Digital cameras Tablets and e-readers Wireless headphones Smartwatches Laptops iGiancarlo Buono, the Authority's Director of Aviation Safety, syas: “Lithium-ion batteries power many of the gadgets we can't live without, from mobile phones and laptops to power banks and wireless hea

Visitors to BMW Welt - one of Munich's top attractions, can now enjoy two star cooking. The Michelin award has gone to THE CLOUD by Käfer, just a year after the restaurant's opening. From 8 July, chef de cuisine Jen Madsne will offer a new menu based on influence from a trip to the Amazon region where ,according to a statement from the attraction he "immersed himself in ancestral techniques, indigenous produce and a deeply respectful approach to resources". As well as runni

Airlines look likely to face a crackdown on current excuses for failing to pay delay or cancellation compensation under a consumer rules shake up planned by the EU. They will find it more difficult to claim hold ups have been the result of "extraordinary circumstances" beyond their control. Under the current rule there has been much argument over which circumstances qualify as valid reasons not to pay out. Soon they will be restricted to a l,ist of specific events - inclu

Image Gatien Baron, Sancerre Five star Les Hauts de Sancerre, in a converted hilltop chateau above the love;y Loire Valley wine village of Sancerre has added 12-metre landscaped lap pool, hidden among its gardens. It has is also on the point of opening a new restaurant.

When the comic film star WC Fields, a lifelong atheist, was in hospital, close to the end of his life, the story goes that a visiting...