We SHALL enjoy our Bank Holiday! Determined Brits pack beauty spots as they try to make most of day off despite mixed weather and travel chaos - with unsettled weather to last all week

Bank Holiday day-trippers have piled in to picturesque parts of the UK today, including Durdle Door in Dorset.

Sad Oompa Loompa from the now-infamous Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience immortalised in painting for a museum of modern art

The artwork will be displayed in the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art and Kelvingrove Art Gallery on Friday and is based on the viral photo of Kirsty Paterson, 29.

Bank Holiday travel chaos paralyses the UK as rail network is crippled by cancelled trains, three million drivers hit the roads and families face two-hour ferry queues at the Port of Dover

Avanti West Coast advised customers not to travel to or from London Euston station after a major signal failure blocked all lines between the capital and Milton Keynes.

Glasgow flight to Turkey is forced to make emergency landing after 'drunken' passenger who 'refused to hand over his bottle of gin' 'abused staff', sparking mid-air chaos

A flight from Glasgow to Turkey was forced to make an emergency landing after a 'drunken passenger' who 'refused to hand over his bottle of gin' caused chaos mid-air.

ANDREW NEIL: Believe it or not, it could prove to be the black and Hispanic voters that help Donald Trump win back the White House

Donald Trump held a campaign rally in the South Bronx on Thursday night. It would be hard to find another part of America less Republican than this once notorious New York borough.

JANET STREET-PORTER: 'The Madman' who puts Britain's bland leaders in the shade: While the Rishi and Keir Show bores us to death, Argentina's chainsaw-wielding President is strutting his stuff on a rock stage

JANET STREET-PORTER: At the same time as Rishi was rapturously receiving a new umbrella from one of his MPs, the President of Argentina was leaping about on stage.

The 'death' of the British sitcom: How classic format used in Only Fools and Horses, Absolutely Fabulous and Fawlty Towers is dying off in favour of 'comedy dramas' - as BBC bosses vow to make 'laugh out loud' content

It was the BBC that supported iconic British comedies but the broadcaster's Jon Petrie is the first to admit recent shows have missed the mark .

Will July 4 general election clash with your summer plans? From Wimbledon, music gigs, England's bid for Euros glory and the British Grand Prix, all the dates in the diary around polling day

Rishi Sunak 's chosen date of July 4 puts the poll slap bang in the middle of one of the busiest times of the year in Britain.

I'm so scared of the birds on my roof I've had to give up my bedroom: Grandmother threatens to stop paying rent after living with avian infestation for 13 years

Katrina Brown says she has been pleading with 'unhelpful' housing bosses to end her 'nightmare', after birds invaded the roof space in her Port Glasgow home.

Line of Duty star Brian McCardie's cause of death is revealed by his heartbroken family just two weeks after he passed away suddenly at home aged 59

The actor, best known for playing underworld boss John Thomas 'Tommy' Hunter in the popular BBC police drama, passed away suddenly at his home in April , aged 59.

Line of Duty star Brian McCardie's cause of death is revealed by his heartbroken family just two weeks after star passed away suddenly at home aged 59

The actor, best known for playing underworld boss John Thomas 'Tommy' Hunter in the popular BBC police drama, passed away suddenly at his home in April , aged 59.

'I was paralysed after getting the jab... but the payout won't cover the cost of my disability': AstraZeneca victim mother-of-three lashes out at 'woefully inadequate' Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Clare Bowie, 56, from Dumbarton near Glasgow was left paralyzed from the chest down after getting the AstraZeneca Covid vaccination in April 2021. She was forced to medically retire from work.

BBC in new licence fee spending row after corporation's £6million orchestra played concert for crooks in Scots jail as campaigners brand it 'a slap in the face' for all crime victims

The BBC is at the centre of a fresh licence fee storm after it allowed its £6 million-a-year orchestra to perform for dangerous criminals in a Scottish prison.

Britain's banking crisis laid bare: More than 6,000 branches have closed in last nine years with three out of every five shutting for good - as bosses are accused of being 'in a race' to see who can axe them quickest

Consumer group Which? said eight Barclays branches were closing for good over the coming hours, taking the overall UK total across all brands by the end of today to 6,005.

Pro-Palestinian activist bites police officer on the arm as four are arrested when demo shuts down military factory in Glasgow

Six police officers were injured during a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Thales defence firm on Linthhouse Road, Govan, Glasgow yesterday morning. Four people were arrested, police said.

Floundering SNP admits Scotland has a 'housing emergency' to fend off humiliating defeat in Holyrood vote

New First Minister John Swinney has been forced into making the declaration after Scottish Labour tabled a motion condemning the situation.

Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to 'avoid the kebab shop' in NHS's 'Game of Stones' trial

The trial involves men being texted daily tips including 'walk a different route home to avoid the kebab shop' and 'don't treat your body like a skip'. It could now be rolled out across the NHS.

Man, 42, dies in hospital after two jet skis crashed off the coast of Scotland

A man has died following a crash which involved two jet-skis on the coast of Dumfries and Galloway. (stock image)

The truth about Richard Gadd: From his relationship with his parents and idyllic upbringing to just how lucrative Baby Reindeer has been, BETH HALE reveals all...

Baby Reindeer is a drama written by a comedian based on his real-life experiences with a female stalker - the fallout of which is a phenomenon threatening to eclipse the original story.

Mother, 32, nearly killed by multiple blood clots in lungs and leg after GP prescribes 'wrong' contraceptive pill

Emma Tuthill, who lives near Ayr in Ayrshire, began taking the Pill again in March, six years after giving birth to son Kaiden. But in April she suddenly collapsed at home.

Going the extra mile! Participants of Newport Marathon run additional 276 metres due to blunder in measuring the course

Organisers of the Newport Marathon on April 28 apologised after participants ran 900ft more than the standard 26.2-mile distance due to a blunder in measuring the course.