ENGLAND’S ‘OLDEST HOTEL’ DESTROYED IN FIRE

LONDON: Firefighters battled a huge fire at a 250-year-old hotel in England for a second day on Saturday after part of the building collapsed and the interior was destroyed. The fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter, which dates back to 1769 and claims to be the oldest hotel in England, began in the early Friday after spreading from a neighbouring building. “Fire crews are still at the scene working hard to get the fire under control,” Fire and Rescue Service said Saturday. – dpa