After four years of negotiations and a huge investment in security, Sharm El-Sheikh airport is preparing for direct flights from the UK. Mark Jones went and found some amazing bargains.

Colin Finnie's empty yacht Simba was reportedly found crashed on a reef weeks after the 67-year-old picked it up in Australia.

James Petford, 39, of Kings Norton, Birmingham, urinated and vomited in his seat after downing vodka and rum on a flight from Birmingham to Egypt. He has been jailed for eight months.

The shocking footage shows him protecting her from a thundering train passing by after she tripped on to the tracks. The incident happened at Ismailia station, in north-eastern Egypt.

Salah could miss pre-season and the start of the Premier League if he plays in the tournament, with the final due to be held on August 8 - the day the 2020-21 campaign is due to get underway.

Celebrities including Amy Hart and Jade Thirlwall turned out in force on Tuesday to attend the gala night performance at the West End's Dominion Theatre in London.

Greek authorities have expressed concern over the possibility of the virus spreading on islands such as Lesbos, where thousands of migrants are crammed in overcrowded camps or living rough.

Lara Logan has spoken about her brutal sex assault in Egypt in 2011. She was reporting from Cairo when a mob of hundreds stripped and violated her.

A couple, believed to be from the UK, have been slammed for asking strangers to help fund their 'modern' wedding and honeymoon in September. The initial post was shared to Reddit.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: The other day I was reminded of the bizarre occasion when Prince Andrew asked a lunch party of glossy magazine editors, which included me.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: There couldn't be a better time for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy to wage war. We're all desperate for a bit of escapism and this is a blockbuster.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Chatting recently about how good a mutual friend looked, I suggested they may have had some fresh 'work' done. 'Duh,' shouted another friend. But not me. I have never had Botox.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: In our house, there's one passionate Christmas proselytiser - me. I'm the commander- in-chief, urging the others to fling themselves once more unto the breach.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Four shortlisted artists were asked to share the £40,000 Turner Prize instead of having one winner. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared Booker Prize.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN:One set of my grandparents fled the Ukrainian pogroms early last century to build a life in Toronto, starting with nothing.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: I won't be so cravenly woke as to pretend that attractive youth isn't still admired in our society and that its currency doesn't still exist.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Paying attention to our appearance as the world falls apart isn't shallow - it fulfils a deep-seated psychological need.

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Covid-19 is so powerful that it is tearing up life as we have previously known it. It is everywhere around us, dominating everything- yet we can't see it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: We might be horribly restricted in who we can see and chat to in the flesh but we are still in touch with our friends. Possibly more than usual.

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.

AMANDA PLATELL: Yes, Brangelina are a silly Hollywood couple - they split in hysterical haste after Jolie accused Pitt of drunkenly yelling at their son Maddox aboard their private jet.

AMANDA PLATELL: Headmistress Nina Gunson (pictured above) is encouraging her pupils to learn comedy, offering them an eight-week course of stand-up classes

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most unscrupulous baby farmers demanded money up front rather than a monthly payment because it meant they profited if the child died, preferably quickly.

AMANDA PLATELL: Whatever we do, wherever we roam, a mother's love is unconditional, unextinguishable. They are the ones who are always our rocks.

AMANDA PLATELL: Like millions I threw open my window on Thursday just before 8pm to join in the 'clap for carers'. The cheering transformed my deathly quiet North London community.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most reliable, and dare I say wooden, member of the younger royals stole the show with a comic turn on the BBC's fundraiser The Big Night In.

And it seems the 28-year-old singer is set to welcome a son as he shared a shot of himself and Alison lyng on either side of a cute baby onesie with the word 'Gentleman' on the front.

The celebrity couple told People on Wednesday they're expecting a son early next year who they will name Luka: 'Katie and I are beyond excited for baby Luka to arrive early 2020!'

The unsuspecting third and fourth graders had been rehearsing their rendition of the 36-year-old country crooner's hit The Champion at Nissan Stadium in Nashville

The trio will be returning to their roles as judges for the upcoming third season, the executives announced in a statement on Monday. Bobby Bones will also be returning as in-house mentor.

Jinger, 25, and Jeremy, 31, recently moved to Los Angeles from Laredo, Texas. On Thursday, they left church with Cade, 23, and Gabby, 19, who met on season 16 of American Idol and are now engaged.

The American Idol host, 44, and the model, 27, confirmed they are back together as they enjoyed a romantic yacht trip on Saturday amid their sun-soaked getaway to Positano, Italy.

Clarkson, buoyed by her hit ballad A Moment Like This, bested Justin Guarini in the initial competition in 2002.

Kelly Clarkson is blazing her own path through daytime television with the launch of her own eponymous series, The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Ian wed the 31-year-old jewelry designer in 2015 - two years after he ended his on-set romance with his 30-year-old Vampire Diaries leading lady

American Idol stars Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner tied-the-knot on Saturday in a small ceremony in Texas after meeting on the show in 2018.

Katy Perry, 34, and Luke Bryan, 43, were giving their best Jack and Rose impressions while filming a clip for the new season of American Idol at the Wharf waterfront in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old singer repeatedly tried to steal her fellow coaches' contestants Monday on the The Voice and nabbed one from Gwen Stefani, 50.

Jennifer Hudson has transformed into Aretha Franklin as she films in New York City. Just days after the first photos from set were released, Hudson was seen again in retro garb on Wednesday.