“Playground for grown-ups” opens in Las Vegas

‘Dig This’, a playground for grown-ups has opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. It looks very much like a large building site – albeit one with very little construction going on – but it is in fact the world’s largest digger playground. The park’s owner, Ed Mumm, dreamed up the idea of a digger

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Greek ‘general strike’ to cause travel chaos

Travellers are set to face “chaos” in Greece as a result of 48 hours of general strikes across the country. Airports will shut down for periods as air traffic controllers are scheduled to strike for eight hours a day – four hours in the morning and four in the evening. The air traffic controll

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Airports “more stressful than moving house”

Research conducted by credit card insurer CPP has found that Britons feel airports are more stressful than work or moving house. The report has apparently found that millions of people find airports so stressful they have given up flying altogether. Of the people who haven’t given up entirely, fou

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Storms – and tornadoes – set to mark end of British heatwave

Britain’s current heat wave – which has seen temperatures rise to a whopping 30C with a possible 33C before today ends – is due to come to an abrupt halt this evening as storms roll in. Weather experts are even predicting hail, flash floods and possibly tornadoes in the South East of the UK. P

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New Yorkers turn abandoned ‘High Line’ into leafy park

We all recognise the iconic ‘high line’ train tracks from New York City. The train tracks, suspended in the air, are as iconic as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. However, what happens when one of them falls into disuse? Taking it down would be one option – and it was an [&

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Easyjet to begin operations from London Southend Airport

Easyjet has announced plans to operate three A319 planes out of London Southend Airport from April 2012. The planes will fly to ten European destinations including Ibiza and Barcelona. The airport has benefited recently from a new rail link from London’s Liverpool Street station and Canary Wharf,

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Chilean ash cloud disrupts Australian flights

Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano has been erupting recently, sending an ash cloud over Australia – very similar to the one experienced in Europe in 2010. Experts concluded that the ash cloud was too low to avoid. This forced Australian airline Qantas to suspend all flights into and out

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Airbus unveils see-through plane and other futuristic tech

Aerospace company Airbus has unveiled a number of its radical plans for aircraft of the future, including an incredible see-through aeroplane, technology that would allow parents to read bedtime stories to their children at home and even a virtual golf course. Airbus said that other luxurious option

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Contortionist thief squeezes in a free trip

A six foot contortionist has been arrested in Spain this week after using his flexible skills to pilfer valuables from suitcases on a shuttle coach from the airport in Girona to Barcelona. The man, assisted by an accomplice who was also taken into Spanish police custody, would curl up inside a suitc

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England beaches are flying the Blue Flag

British holidaymakers can finally be as proud of their beaches as their Spanish and Greek equivalents as a whopping 70 English beaches are awarded the prestigious Blue Flag in 2011. In order for a beach to be awarded the Blue Flag, the water must be of a particularly high quality, the beach itself m

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