We Think This Is Cold…

Most of us in the UK have woken up to snow at some point over the last week or so, with temperatures dropping well below freezing. Roads have been blocked, trains cancelled and airports shut, whilst many schools throughout the UK have been closed. But spare a thought for the pupils attending school

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‘A Right Dive’ – Oil Rig Is Converted Into Unique Hotel Perfect For Scuba Divers

An old disused oil rig has been cleverly converted into the world’s first scuba diving hotel, just off the coast of Malaysia. The Seaventures Dive Resort in the Celebes Sea is perfectly located for diving and is surrounded by coral reefs which are home to barracudas, pygmy sea horses, frog fish an

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Thomas Cook Axe 500 Jobs Whilst Spending Millions On New Fleet

Major Tour operator Thomas Cook has confirmed it is to cut 500 jobs in an effort to save money. Many of the jobs cut have been advertised vacancies which will no longer be filled, but 120 managerial staff have already left in the last six weeks. Thomas Cook has insisted that no customer facing roles

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World’s Most Travelled Man Says “Fly Me To The Moon…”

A Brit has officially become the world’s most travelled man after clocking up an amazing 15 million miles, the equivalent of travelling to the moon and back a staggering 31 times. Fred Finn, 70 holds the official record for ‘the most miles travelled by a passenger’, and has visited an incredib

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British Skiers Take Huge Risk With No Insurance…

Thousands of British skiers have admitted travelling without adequate insurance according to a recent survey by the Foreign Office. Out of 2,300 people questioned, almost a third of them said they didn’t take out any cover before hitting the slopes, whether for skiing or snowboarding. Fifty per ce

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Tour Operators Hope To Benefit From Early Snowfall…

Hundreds of holidaymakers are expected to head abroad this weekend as the UK sees its earliest snowfall for 17 years. Scotland and the North East of England are expected to be worst hit with predictions of 10 inches of snowfall over the next several days. The Met Office are expecting the current col

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Royal Wedding Set to Increase UK Tourism

The recent announcement that Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry, has set the UK Tourism market alight. Tourist chiefs are extremely excited about the amount of business that the Royal wedding will generate, as people travel from all over the world to London, to witness the event first ha

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New Sphinx-lined Road Unearthed In Luxor

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed 12 new Sphinxes beneath existing developments in the major city of Luxor. It has taken 18 months for authorities to relocate and compensate those living above the site in apartment blocks before the excavations could begin, and although the site was known from

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Collision Narrowly Averted At Exeter Airport

A serious accident was narrowly averted at Exeter Airport when a Flybe aircraft tried to take off on a runway that a Boeing 737 had just landed on, according to a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) The crew of the Flybe Dash 8 aircraft were deemed to have been ‘distracted enou

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Is A Pocket Toilet On Your Christmas Wish List This Year?

The latest ‘must have’ accessory for all festival goers and frequent travellers has to be the pocket toilet. Although the product, which is manufactured by Ardern Healthcare, has been around for a while, it has seen a sudden boost in popularity. The pocket toilet is quite literally a toilet in a

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