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Hospital ambulances with patients on board are now prohibited to travel over 80 kilometres an hour.

Expat tells of her 13-year trip ‘round the world prior to finally settling in Phuket

In most movie theatres the lights go dark and the feature begins, but for an audience attending a Paris film festival under way this month, the whole world is dark and stays that way.

After a crazy night on Bangla Rd you may find yourself holding a empty wallet, and with pay day still a number of days away you’re probably starting to panic about how you will fill your days. Well don’t worry, we have put together a programme of the different ways you can enjoy this beautiful island with a limited budget, a maximum of B300 (or US$10).

Prime minister Winston Churchill wore one when painting his watercolours. President Harry Truman liked his. So did an awful lot more people, ranging from Humphrey Bogart to Greta Garbo.

SWIMMING: When British International School, Phuket swimmer Fukang Wong touched the water at the Malaysian Open Swimming Championships last month, few fans at the Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre in Kuala Lumpur thought they were about to witness history.

Two men who arrived in Phuket by golf cart on Wednesday (April 8) done so with a new Guiness World Record to their names.

It’s known as the Asean Ride Together, and for good reason.

With movie goers flocking to Central and Jungceylon this past week for Fast and Furious 7, it would only be fitting for your local app store to profit on the occasion. As Newton’s fourth law goes: “For every big budget movie, there is a big budget app”.