Rare criminal confessions, British spy secrets from 115 years ago unveiled in new exhibit
Chocolate-makers in the Southern Italian town went to town with their 350kg Easter egg
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Want to take the kids on holiday and still get a break yourself? Here are the ideal places to stay
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From mealtime chats with strangers to lifelong friendships forged in hostels, the travel guide’s team say travelling alone can be very far from lonely
Learning to get comfortable being by yourself can be challenging. Here, the Lonely Planet team share their advice for women traveling solo. Covering everything from making friends to personal safety to crying in public, most of these tips work well for anyone who finds themselves adventuring unescorted.
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Larger cruise ships could be on their way to the Kent coast
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The news comes on the brink of an announcement from Virgin regarding new rail services between the UK and Europe
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Passengers were experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea on the ship
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Deputy head says students panic and push to get onto over-capacity buses at the end of the day
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Exclusive: Couple were wrongly told BA could not get them out earlier – but their holiday company could
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The scheme aims to encourage teenagers to explore the continent by railway
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Financial reasons were cited as the reason behind the shock closure
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From mesmerising museums to animal encounters, we’ve selected some of the best things to do in London with children, whatever your budget
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Passengers decry ‘inhumane’ and ‘awful’ situation at remote military airport
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For a captivating adventure brimming with biodiversity, misty cloud forests and Indigenous personality, Steph Dyson recommends looking beyond the familiar to uncover some lesser-visited treasures.
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The number one most beloved theme park is Discovery Cove in Orlando, according to data from Google and Tripadvisor
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The Papal Jubilee is Rome’s biggest deal in this year, but 2025 is also filled with exciting art exhibitions, festivals and events worth travelling for
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Exclusive: Chief executive says flights to the Middle East could be on the cards – but one MP has called the decision ‘disastrous’
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The first package break in 1950 flew Britons to Corsica for a week of wine, food and fun – for £32 and 10 shillings
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Advanced CT scanners at some UK and European airports mean liquids and laptops can stay in the traveller’s bag – but the 100ml size limit remains
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Advanced CT scanners at some UK and European airports mean liquids and laptops can stay in the traveller’s bag – but the 100ml size limit remains
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The risk for travellers is very real, write Frédéric Dimanche and Kelley A. McClinchey
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For convenient stays right next to the runway that doesn’t skimp on comfort, start your holiday a night early at these Manchester Airport hotels
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Both walkouts have fallen on the same day, shoring up potential wide disruption to flights in Europe
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A video caught those on board helping each other jump from the wing onto the ground
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Track staff in the wrong location were ‘obscured from the driver’s view’ due to heavy rain
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Rather than heading west out of Melbourne towards the Great Ocean Road, Rosamund Hall turned east and took the lesser-known route to Gippsland – which she discovered to be a wonderfully scenic region of Victoria
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It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select Committee were told
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Air traffic controllers at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport are being offered crisis counselling following a fight in the control tower and a near-miss incident, just two months after a fatal midair collision.
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‘Right now, it's not the season’, said transport minister
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Inside the French capital’s ring road, the Petite Ceinture, a disused circular rail line, now abounds with nature trails, shared gardens – and even urban farms
A rustle in the undergrowth sends birds wheeling above the trees and into the sky. I’m left alone and in near total silence as I look along the train tracks that disappear in either direction. It feels as if I’m in the heart of the countryside, but actually, the Boulevard Périphérique, the traffic-choked ring road that encircles Paris, is just a stone’s throw away. This disused rail route, the Petite Ceinture, offers wildlife and quiet solitude just moments from the roaring motorway, thanks to a plan that is turning parts of the line into walkable green spaces – the French capital’s less manicured (and less central) alternative to Manhattan’s High Line or north London’s Parkland Walk, a rewilded railway line that’s part of the Capital Ring walk.
Built on the site of the Thiers wall, the last defensive wall of Paris, and its surrounding shantytown, the eight-lane Boulevard Périphérique (known as the Périph) is used by more than a million cars a day. The 20-mile (32km) railway line just inside the ring road was created to supply the Thiers wall, carrying goods and then passengers as the city’s first metropolitan railway service.
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Nine of the top 10 worst roads named by drivers have had sections converted to controversial ‘smart’ motorways
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More chimney pot views than a Mary Poppins film, cocktails that would make Hemingway swoon and a whole lot of Hausmann – these are the best hotels in Paris for 2025 stays
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