International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways and Iberia, yesterday looked to have won a major battle with unions and ended the threat of strikes at its Spanish airline with a deal that will still see it save €250m (£218m) a year.

Spanish airline Iberia's dire performance cost International Airlines Group boss Willie Walsh his annual bonus today.

Postgraduate studies risk becoming the preserve of the wealthy after a major slump in the number of students opting for the courses.

February half term is crunch time for ski holiday bookings, particularly in the French Alps, which is the UK's most popular destination for ski holidays. With good snow conditions, next month looks like it will be very busy indeed.

Vice-chancellors warned today of the "economically disastrous and socially divisive" neglect of postgraduate education in the UK.

The owner of British Airways is to axe 4,500 jobs as it battles to save its loss-making Spanish airline Iberia.

Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane is out of tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier against Germany after succumbing to an Achilles injury.

Chris Froome's bid to become Britain's first ever winner of the Tour of Spain remains very much alive after yesterday's 39.5km (25-mile) time trial when he closed the gap on the overall race leader Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain from 53 seconds to a mere 16sec.

Spanish airline Iberia cancelled more than a third of its flights today due to a strike by pilots fearing job losses when company planes are diverted for use by Iberia's planned new budget carrier.

Talking Football: Rooney's offence was silly but to ban him for 50 per cent of a tournament is disproportionate

A father and two sons have been jailed for a total of 19 years for running a £27.5m "boiler room" scam. The ringleader, Tomas Wilmot, was sentenced to nine years at Southwark Crown Court yesterday, while his sons Kevin and Christopher were given five years each.

Each week we invite three competing companies to give us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a week's holiday in Andorra. Prices are for two people, departing in mid-July...

Sometimes the rationale underlying a concert is as important as the music itself, and so was it with this visit from the Catalan musicologist Jordi Savall, his singer wife Montserrat Figueras, and the Greek multi-instrumentalist Dimitri Psonis.

Christmas and New Year on the wrong day, a late Easter and erratic snowfall &ndash; as the ski season ends, <b>Stephen Wood</b> reflects on a challenging period