Going to France? Get a breathalyser
Linsey McNeill - Feb 21, 2026
British holidaymakers driving to France this year should be warned they need to carry breathalyser kits in their cars to…
Categories: Destination
Excess baggage including a kettle
Diane - Feb 21, 2026
You've heard of packing everything but the kitchen sink - now Brits take a kettle and teabags on holiday, according…
Calcutta is turning blue
Ian Jarrett - Feb 20, 2026
India’s eastern city of Calcutta is to be painted blue, a local minister has said. Government buildings, flyovers, some monuments,…
Shonky moneychangers exposed
Ian Jarrett - Feb 20, 2026
Those too-good-to-be-true exchange deals you are offered by the backstreet moneychangers in Bali will probably be just that…a rip-off. The…
Woman dies after Austrian snowboarding accident
Diane - Feb 20, 2026
A woman has died in a freak snowboarding accident on a family ski holiday in Austria. Retired teacher Sandra Thompson,…
Girl jailed for smuggling cocaine through Gatwick
Diane - Feb 20, 2026
A woman who tried to smuggle 9kg of high purity cocaine through Gatwick airport has been jailed for 4 years.…
BLOG: Graham discovers kayaking is not his sport
Bev - Feb 20, 2026
You should leave the best till last, so the saying goes. Well leaving Abaco as the last port of call…
Not the big easy when it comes to jacked-up room rates
David - Feb 16, 2026
If you want to join the millions at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, there’s still time but it will be…
MICE battle gets biting
David - Feb 16, 2026
New York City’s plans to build a 3.8 million-square-foot convention center means it will replace the US’s present largest complex,…
Schoolgirl dies after fall from Tenerife apartment
Diane - Feb 16, 2026
A schoolgirl has died after falling down stairs at a rented apartment during a family holiday in Tenerife. Heather Kennedy…
Bomber in Bangkok believed to be plotting attack
Diane - Feb 15, 2026
A man who blew off his own legs when a grenade he threw at Thai police bounced off a tree…
Return of tourism and meeting market for oil spill states
David - Feb 14, 2026
Everyone assumed the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill would hurt the ocean-meeting destinations of the four Gulf states: Louisiana, Alabama,…
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