From slaving away in a steamy kitchen, to entertaining endless family members – it’s fair to say Christmas can be pretty ...

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You could be forgiven for thinking bumper cars were, well, for bumping. But seaside resorts are introducing their own strict Highway Code on the fairground ride because of health and safety concerns.

Guests at a Butlins resort in the UK have reported experiencing norovirus symptoms after a number of them were hit with a stomach bug. Families have issued a warning to other holidaymakers after they ...

When Billy Butlin opened his first eponymous summer holiday camp in 1936 on the promise of providing "a week's holiday for a week's pay" he knew that the term no frills made good business sense.

We’ve only been at Butlins about 15 minutes before things start going downhill, fast. Nothing to do with the accommodation – we were staying in the new and super-slick Wave hotel, or the staff who are ...

In fact if Billy Butlin walked into the holiday chain's latest venture, he might struggle to connect it with the rather more basic holiday camp he launched back in 1936. The Redcoats are still there ...

What's it really like to become a Redcoat at Butlins in Skegness? Ben and Nicola are new to the job and have agreed to keep a diary for us as they go through the training. William 'Billy' Butlin would ...

The knotted hankies and smell of chip fat are gone, replaced by rainfall showers, coloured lights, spas and avocado salad. Cassandra Jardine reports on a British holiday icon that is reinventing ...

A family holiday at Butlins is more expensive than a break in Dubai this summer. A week at Bognor during the school holidays costs up to £3,300 for a couple and two kids. The package includes a ...

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Butlins is a name that has become synonymous with Skegness. Why? Well simply Skegness can be called the birth place of Butlins as it was near Skegness that Billy Butlin built his first holiday camp.