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• All aboard Hong Kong's first Arts Train (3/21/2019)
  The colourful carriages feature street art, neon and classic portraits
• Eden Project North to open in Morecambe with lidos and performance spaces (3/21/2019)
  'I decided there's been enough decline over the years and we needed something big – a signature attraction,' said Ian Hughes
• Under: Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway (3/21/2019)
  Some 7,000 diners are already booked in
• Morocco travel advice: Foreign Office warns UK tourists of heightened terror threat (3/21/2019)
  The Foreign Office has updated its travel advisory
• All I want for Christmas is a city break (12/7/2008)
  Simone Kane suggests how you can turn the annual search for presents into a overnight stay
• Mallorca to fine tourists and bars €3,000 for breaking rules in new alcohol crackdown (3/21/2019)
  Happy hours and two-for-one drinks deals will be banned in certain areas
• South Korea hotel scandal: More than 1,500 guests filmed with spy cams and live streamed (3/21/2019)
  Cameras were hidden in digital TV boxes, wall sockets and hairdryer holders
• Brexit Put it to the People march: How to get there, where it is and everything else you need to know (3/21/2019)
  Take part to demand a Final Say on Brexit
• British Airways quotes £3.2m for family's two-week holiday to Mexico (3/20/2019)
  Exclusive: British Airways trip to Mexico works out at £636,000 per person
• World's happiest countries 2019: Finland comes top ahead of Nordic neighbours (3/20/2019)
  The UK ranked 15th
• Watching London's highest theatre performance at the Shangri-La hotel (3/20/2019)
  Fancy watching Noel Coward 150 metres above the London skyline?