Help! I'm trapped in a hi-tech hotel
It's far, far beyond my miserable hack's pay grade, but invited as a guest I'm ashamed to say that I couldn't resist. The tone was set at Doha's Hamad International Airport (Skytrax Airport of the Year 2021, 2022, 2024), where I was met by a chauffeur-driven gold Bentley.
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Daily Mirror
12-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
American visits UK seaside town for fish and chips but Brits spot 'problem'
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Metro
11-07-2025
- Metro
Blind date takes a cheeky turn as woman, 58, announces plans to ‘snog' 24-year-o
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The Herald Scotland
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- The Herald Scotland
So frustrating: the biscuit that doesn't do what it says
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