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BMW e-scooter gets Olympic trial
Olympic games visitors to get an early taste of the machine that BMW reckons will help it rule the electric scooter market in the next few years.

Lancashire: Follow the witches
Mark Rowe explores the landscape which once played host to Britain's largest and most sensational witch hunt.

Flights of fancy on a wild Welsh weekend
Yes, it can be wet, but sweeping views, soothing massages and awesome birds of prey are just some of the delights to distract you at Wales' luxury Red Kite Barn, writes Sankha Guha.

Olympics: Gold dreams - our most likely winners
New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.

Olympics: Hockey is Child's play for Simon
Black Stick Simon Child could be one of the stars of the Games, writes Michael Brown.

England: A weekend in Bath
Simon Calder finds the hot spring city of Bath looking brighter than ever as it celebrates 25 years as a Unesco World Heritage Site.

England: Wild and free on the Isles of Scilly
Andy Lynes delights in a foraging holiday off the coast of Cornwall.

Davd Leggat: Time will tell how London copes
Say what you like about London's up and at 'em mayor, Boris Johnson, but he knows how to put himself about.