The Latest Breaking News from Butlin

Tourist tax plans will be ‘hugely damaging’, warn holiday firms

Premier Inn owner Whitbread and Butlin’s were among those to criticise the plans to allow mayors to introduce tourist taxes.

Evening Standard · Sep 10

Jimmy Cricket obituary

Northern Irish comedian who became a household name in the 1980s thanks to many TV appearances and his own ITV show

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Cyril Shack obituary

Other lives: Ebullient entrepreneur who ran a successful company supplying juke boxes and fruit machines to pubs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

Vic Flick obituary

Guitarist and composer who played the James Bond theme, and later worked with pop stars such as Paul McCartney and Shirley Bassey

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024

JK Rowling accused of ‘frothing up rage’ after criticising Butlin’s over response to security controversy

Resort had suspended security who ‘dragged’ trans women from ladies’ toilet

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2024

Butlin’s security guards suspended after group of trans women 'violently ejected' from ladies’ toilets

Holiday camp chain says it has suspended security guards involved in incident at Skegness branch

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2024

‘Filthy and run down’ – Why Pontins has been rated the worst holiday park in the UK

Holiday park brand Pontins has been rated the worst in the UK, with smaller and independent brands outperforming well-known names like Butlin’s and Center Parcs, according to new research.

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Pontins booted to bottom of UK holiday park table again

Top places go to smaller and independent parks, with Potters Resorts taking the no. 1 spot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Butlin's lifeguard sacked after child grooming conviction discovered

Dean Carelse's past convictions in Australia were not picked up in UK background checks

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2024

‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’: meet the world’s most prolific film extra

As a new film spotlights her 60-year career, record-breaking film extra Jill Goldston discusses turning down Warren Beatty’s indecent proposal and hanging out with David Bowie

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023