Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.

The World Cup is just 37 days away and excitement is building. Each week our man in Brazil, Joe Callaghan, brings us the latest news and views from South America.

Blog From Brazil: Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.

Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from South America in his Blog from Brazil, providing a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.

BLOG FROM BRAZIL: Joe Callaghan brings us the latest news and views from Brazil and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up.

Savers with large pots looked for a safe haven amid market storms caused by coronavirus, with savings platforms that safely spread money around seeing a surge in applications.

Savers have been handed a double blow as two market-leading easy-access deals have both disappeared within a week of each other, with Marcus and Virgin Money both making cuts.

National Savings & Investments was due to halve the number of winners of £50 and £100 prizes next month to 13,448, and the odds of winning would be cut from 24,500 to 1 to 26,000 to 1.

From the start of May, 5% savings deals will be as dead as a dinosaur, with Nationwide cutting FlexDirect from 5% to 2% and lowering the balance you can earn interest on. But you can sign up now.

What does £720 a night buy you? If you are staying at uber-luxurious London hotel The Lanesborough, a double room for the night - but no breakfast. The Inspector ponders whether the cost is worth it...

There have been five weddings in as many days here at Headlam Hall in Teesdale, not far from Durham. The Inspector finds out what makes the venue so special.

If you travel to Baughurst in Hampshire you'll find an old shooting lodge, The Wellington Arms. With only three rooms, and exquisite attention to detail, to stay and eat in the B&B is a joy.

The Great House in Lavenham, Suffolk, is celebrating its 30th anniversary under its current stewardship and is well worth a visit. Dinner is a treat, with impeccable service throughout.

Sometimes, you don't need swish modernity and gleaming innovation. You just want a hotel that is clean and comfy. The Crown in Mundford does not excel - but it will do fine, says The Inspector.

The west London hotel occupies five stucco-fronted townhouses and has many of the trappings of a self-consciously trendy hang-out - except that no one seems to be hanging out much.

The Warwickshire hotel opened two years ago in a former blacksmith's. While tastefully designed, it is still having some teething problems, finds The Inspector.

Privately owned, The Crown sits in Constable Country in the Dedham Vale. This homely village pub, with 11 rooms in a separate hotel building next door, offers dinner, bed and breakfast.

Blakes has long been a haven of upmarket accommodation in west London - but the cost may make you raise an eyebrow, says out hotel inspector, as he wonders where his wine went.

The Inspector called in at citizenM's Tower of London hotel, where prices start at £129 a night, and while the rooms are eclectic and high-tech, the service leaves much to be desired.

The Cringletie House Hotel is a 19th Century home is now a 17-room hotel owned by an elderly Dutch couple, where fuss-free luxury and perfectly cooked haggis comes at a bargain.

The Inspector investigated the Crowne Plaza on Gerrads Cross, Bucks, where he was deeply underwhelmed by its layout and general lack of character, but pleasantly surprised by its breakfast.

The Daily Mail's Inspector called into Mimi's in the heart of London's Soho, where double rooms start from £150.

The Daily Mail's Inspector called in on the new Tamburlaine Hotel in Cambridge, where he found the rooms to be comfortable and spacious but the service and food inconsistent.

The Daily Mail's Inspector called in at the new Lalit London by Tower Bridge, the Lalit Suri group’s first venture outside Asia, and gave it a three out of five-star rating.

Eslington Villa in Gateshead is a large Victorian house on the outskirts of Newcastle. THE INSPECTOR stayed there and found it to be a thoroughly old-fashioned British hotel.

The Manchester Airport Radisson Blu is a few minutes away from Terminals 1 and 2 via the ‘skywalk’ conveyor belts. And the Inspector was impressed with the size of the rooms.

They've gone head-to-head several times on the most explosive season of The Voice Australia yet. 

Ayda Field was trying her hand at a brand new type of exercise on Tuesday, joining her mum Gwen and actress Susie Amy for a pole dancing class.

She has been spicing up her life since she split from her husband of three years Simon Konecki.

The pair enjoyed a night of bar-hopping in New York in March, including a trip to actor Alan Cumming's Club Cumming and he revealed that Jennifer got her make-up done by the drag queens at the club.

After Adele and Jennifer Lawrence had a mini-bachelorette party at a gay bar in March, the singer is now planning a full-size bash for Jennifer, who got engaged in February to Cooke Maroney.

Adele put her marriage woes behind her as she attended the British Summer Time Hyde Park Festival in London on Friday with friends including Alan Carr's husband Paul Drayton.

A mum-of-two travelling from Melbourne to Los Angeles has revealed how an inexpensive upgrade gave her family as much extra room as travelling in business class.

The hidden and secretive celebrity neighborhood in Beverly Hills sits in a heavily-fortified and privately-patrolled area. The LA suburb is known as the world's most glamorous community.

The five-bedroom, six-bathroom home, which was initially built in the early 60s, spans 6,045 square feet and sits on nearly an acre, Variety

Matt and Adele Allen are on Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, new show tonight. The 'off grid' couple claim benefits and home school their children in Brighton. They said they found the star to be lazy and shallow

Celebrities came out to see the French jewelers newly redesigned boutique in Beverly Hills, CA. Cara Santana led the pack in a multicolored pantsuit for the event on Thursday night.

Ryan Tedder has revealed he was 'joking' about a collaboration between Beyonce and Adele. 

Lady Gaga, 33, offered her Little Monsters a very confusing update, as she took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce she was calling her upcoming sixth album Adele - in reference to the hit British singer.

The punter beat odds of almost 140 million to one to scoop the EuroMillions jackpot which will catapult them into the list of the UK's 1,000 wealthiest people.

The American 36-year-old hip-hop star and the British 31-year-old belter appreciate each other's music

Lawrence has been friends with Stone for quite some time, even interviewing her last year for her Elle cover. They were originally introduced by mutual co-star Woody Harrelson.

The showbiz momager, 63, missed her own daughter Kim Kardashian's 39th birthday party to watch The Hunger Games actress, 29, tie the knot with art dealer Cooke Maroney, 34, on Saturday.

Adele continued to show off her incredible weight loss as she cosied up to her good pal Drake during his 33rd birthday bash.

Matthew Gallimore, 35, an air engineering technician in the Royal Navy, from Crewe in Cheshire, got down on one knee in the palace quadrangle after collecting the honour for his services to the military.

The former party girl, 53, tagged her only child, 19, in a photograph of Adele Farine, 21, wearing in a backless bodysuit last week.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Have you ever met anyone called Atiyah? Me, neither. I'm not even sure how you pronounce it. Is it Att-ee-yah? Or Att-eye-yah? Your guess is as good as mine.

The Stranger Things star, 15, shared the video via Instagram on Tuesday.

Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, can be seen beaming and laughing in the previously unseen pictures of a secret visit to the Grenfell community kitchen in West London.

Instagram star Alice Liveing, 26, hit out at Adele's ex PT Camila Goodis, 36, on social media on Thursday for promoting a green juice diet and 'riding on the coat tails of a celebrity client.'