The Silver Dawn, a cruise ship loaded with wealthy British visitors, made a manoeuvre into Vigo’s port yesterday. The Silver Dawn is referred to as an ‘ultra-luxury cruise ship’ belonging to the Silversea Cruises fleet – with an eye water starting cost of €6,000 per person. Each room is a suite, complete with a butler and marble bathroom.  Eight restaurants, …

The UK’s largest travel association raised some eyebrows when it chose the Mallorca resort of Magaluf to host its annual industry conference. As it brought around 300 of Britain’s leading tour operators to Calvia this week, the Association of British Travel Agents insisted that the former party capital had transformed from its reputation of binge-drinking and booze. Mark Tanzer is …

Images taken by a microscope of mouse brain tissue (left) before and after nanoparticle treatment (right). The therapy restored the blood–brain barrier’s ability to clear amyloid-beta proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: IBEC / ibecbarcelona.eu Scientists from Spain and the UK have made a breakthrough that could change the way Alzheimer’s is treated in future. Researchers in China and Spain …