Britain launched on Thursday its biggest ever campaign to attract visitors to its shores, exploiting a unique year in which London will host the Olympics and Queen Elizabeth celebrates 60 years on the throne.
London in the 21st century is not all that different from the heaving Victorian metropolis forever preserved in the novels of English writer Charles Dickens, whose 200th birthday is next week. FULL STORY
"Hajj: journey at the heart of Islam" at the British Museum aims to lift the veil on a ritual that is a mystery to many in the non-Muslim world. FULL STORY
The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain's Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports on Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames. FULL STORY
A top Canadian tour company's inaugural summertime flights to Glasgow will give thousands of visitors additional access to Scotland in time for numerous 2012 festivals. FULL STORY
The northern Scottish town of Aberdeen is much maligned for being as grey as its nickname of the Granite City suggests but its compact city centre can sparkle when the sun shines off its grey stone buildings. FULL STORY
