Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town of Sanatorio de Abona, built to quarantine leprosy victims

Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town, built to isolate the sick to prevent the spread of leprosy – but never used after a cure was found Sanatorio de Abona, on the southeast coast, was designed in 1943 as a town where the sick could quarantine Following the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, there were around … Read more

Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town of Sanatorio de Abona, built to quarantine leprosy victims

Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town, built to isolate the sick to prevent the spread of leprosy – but never used after a cure was found Sanatorio de Abona, on the southeast coast, was designed in 1943 as a town where the sick could quarantine Following the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, there were around … Read more

Apocalyptic London: Capital’s streets and stations empty in Tier 4 ghost town

Stark pictures this morning paint a bleak picture of London as the streets lie empty just days before Christmas.  The festive season would ordinarily be in full swing with families out doing last minute shopping and colleagues finishing off their work before getting merry and toasting the year at Christmas parties. But the Capital was … Read more

Apocalyptic London: Capital’s streets and stations empty in Tier 4 ghost town

Stark pictures this morning paint a bleak picture of London as the streets lie empty just days before Christmas.  The festive season would ordinarily be in full swing with families out doing last minute shopping and colleagues finishing off their work before getting merry and toasting the year at Christmas parties. But the Capital was … Read more

Physics: ‘Ghost particles’ emitted by the SUN shed light on how massive stars shine 

Elusive ‘ghost particles’ produced deep within the Sun have been detected for the first time, helping to shed light on the reactions that make massive stars shine. Researchers were able to capture evidence of the particles as they passed through a special detector buried beneath a mountain near the town of L’Aquila, Italy. The rare emissions … Read more

Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter reveals she ‘has chats’ with wartime singer’s ghost

Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter Virginia Lewis-Jones has revealed how she asks her late mother’s spirit for advice following her death, aged 103.  The much-loved singer, who will forever be remembered for her ‘magical voice’, morale-boosting songs and risking her own life to visit troops during the Second World War, passed away surrounded by her family on … Read more

Bag a Ghost dress for less at M&S

It’s the last place that you’d expect to find a designer label, but now you can…bag a Ghost dress for less at M&S Duchess of Cambridge and Carrie Symonds have been spotted wearing Ghost British brand has partnered with M&S for a ten-piece, limited-edition collection Dresses from mainline cost around £150, whereas M&S line costs around … Read more

Bag a Ghost dress for less at M&S

It’s the last place that you’d expect to find a designer label, but now you can…bag a Ghost dress for less at M&S Duchess of Cambridge and Carrie Symonds have been spotted wearing Ghost British brand has partnered with M&S for a ten-piece, limited-edition collection Dresses from mainline cost around £150, whereas M&S line costs around … Read more

Aussie expats stuck in Bali say the former tourist mecca has turned into a ghost town

Australian expats who have stayed in Bali during the COVID-19 pandemic have told how the once bustling tourist mecca is now a deserted ghost town.  Footage of the island shows busy markets completely empty and rows of scooters and tuk-tuks that would have once noisily battled for a place on the road parked silently to … Read more

London is a ghost town and city centres are deserted… but beauty spots are crammed

London is now a ghost town as city centres have been left deserted across England on the first weekend of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, but beauty spots are crammed in the autumnal weather. Photographs show boarded-up restaurants adorned with ‘stay alert’ signs lining empty streets in London’s Soho and Newcastle’s Bigg Market after England entered its … Read more