I'm a cruise ship worker... here are SEVEN must-follow tips for first timers

Lucy Southerton, 28, from Birmingham , who's racked up an impressive nine years of experience on board, recently took to YouTube channel Cruising as Crew to explain how first timers should prepare.

Expectation vs reality: Glossy images promised Brick Fest Live Lego visitors event would 'be nothing short of extraordinary' but instead they found Willy Wonka-style flop

The Birmingham event promised those visiting the NEC the ability to see 'life-size models' and becoming involved in creating a Guinness World-Record-setting floor mosaic.

Major airport is set to axe 100ml liquid hand luggage rule in time for summer school holidays -  but others are set to miss June 2024 deadline

Bristol Airport has announced plans to ditch the rules, with its new scanners set to be rolled out by June 14, just in time for the summer school holidays.

A slide in the polls? Ed Davey hurtles down a giant slip 'n slide in inflatable ring for his next election stunt - after Lib Dem leader chucked himself off a paddleboard, licked ice creams and clowned around on a bike

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey hurtled himself down a giant slip 'n slide in an inflatable ring for his latest general election stunt this morning in Frome, Somerset to announce a new policy.

Is this Britain's worst street for parking? Police slap a host of fines on cars dumped along a residential road - with vehicles left on pavements and even on speed bumps

Photographs show four cars dumped in the middle of Philimore Road, on pavements and across pedestrian areas, as neighbourhood police issued fines to drivers.

I spent £79 on drinks and hours standing in the Co-op Live arena waiting for Nicki Minaj…only for the gig to be cancelled

Nicki Minaj, 41, was arrested on suspicion of possessing soft drugs in the Netherlands on Saturday, just hours before she was supposed to be at Manchester's Co-Op Live arena.

Bank Holiday chaos at Birmingham Airport with holidaymakers forced to queue for hours to get through security

Passengers reported having to wait for more than an hour in queues at Birmingham Airport, with some said to have been pulled out of the line because the gate for their flight was closing.

Holidaymakers at Birmingham Airport faced with hellish queues on Bank Holiday stretching outside the building after security hall update

Passengers reported having to wait for more than an hour in queues at Birmingham Airport, with some said to have been pulled out of the line because the gate for their flight was closing.

Holidaymakers at Birmingham Airport faced with hellish queues on Bank Holiday stretching outside the building weeks after security hall update

Passengers reported having to wait for more than an hour in queues at Birmingham Airport, with some said to have been pulled out of the line because the gate for their flight was closing.

Nicki Minaj addresses cancellation of her Manchester gig after she was arrested on suspicion of possession of soft drugs as rapper returns to stage

Nicki Minaj addressed the cancellation of her Manchester gig after her arrest in the Netherlands this weekend, as she continued her tour in Birmingham on Sunday.

'HS2 has ruined our life': Heartbroken family reveal 'never-ending nightmare' after rail bosses built huge maintenance depot on their land forcing them to 'live on a building site' - and unlawfully razed seven acres of woodland they still own

Mother-of-four Ingrid Hodges said her family's seven-acre woodland has been 'stolen' and 'unlawfully' razed to the ground by contractors from their farm in Steeple Clayton, Buckinghamshire.

Not a Man United fan then, George? Prince, 10, yawns and looks glum as he joins dad William at Wembley for the FA Cup final

The ten-year-old looked glum and even yawned at one point as he sat next to his father, the Prince of Wales, to watch the showpiece event at Wembley.

Exposed: Where the £3million we hand over to anti-knife 'charity's' pushy High Street collectors REALLY ends up

A Mail on Sunday investigation can reveal that the organisation they belong to, Inside Success Union CIC, is raking in millions from the generosity of the unsuspecting public

Bank Holiday travel chaos on M1 as fans driving to FA Cup final at Wembley get stuck in traffic jams

With 21C temperatures forecast and families expected to flock to beaches and parks to enjoy the sunny weather, the roads appear to be in gridlock much to the frustration of passengers.

AMANDA PLATELL: What it was like to confront the mother who had rejected my friend

On Thursday I was on Jeremy Vine 's Radio 2 show with my dear friend and colleague Andrew Pierce to discuss his new book Finding Margaret, currently in Amazon's Top 20 best sellers.

Dishevelled Paul Anderson walks streets topless as 'concerned' friends fear star is on a 'downward spiral' just months before shooting begins for Peaky Blinders film

The 46-year-old actor appears to be facing a new fight - for his health - as friends told MailOnline they are worried he may not be ready when filming for the movie starts in September.

Bank Holiday chaos after railway thieves tried to steal signalling cables from busy route - sparking disruption to train services over busiest late May long weekend since Covid

The attempted heist between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton meant that trains were forced to run at a reduced speed yesterday morning.

Parents are devastated after their daughter, 4, is left severely burned by an exploding garden heater that engulfed her in a 'ball of flames'

Charlotte Woodman and Alan Boddington, parents of Tay Boddington, were at a family gathering near their home in Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire on 12th May.

The families with more than 13 kids claiming thousands in benefits: Fifteen parents with super-sized broods each pocket £229-a-week - with 24,000 households of six or more children costing taxpayer £150m every year

Parents in England receive £25.60 for their first child and £16.95 afterwards, with the total amount paid out by the government standing at around £13billion a year.

Arrest Lord Mountbatten's self-confessed 'killer', IRA victims demand

Michael Hayes told The Mail on Sunday that he designed and masterminded the attack that blew up the pleasure boat of King Charles 's beloved great-uncle in 1979.

Desperate hunt launched for missing boys, 10 and 12, last seen eating ice creams at a Birmingham park before they vanished - as fears grow for their safety

A desperate hunt has been launched for two missing boys, aged 10 and 12. Abu and Bilal were last seen eating ice creams at a Birmingham park before they vanished.