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Great getaways: Winter warmer in Luxor, budget Barcelona, Stateside shopping in Boston, Austrian Christmas ski and winter sun in Fuerteventura
Sunday 18 November 2012
Winter warmer
In the Madoff mould?
Saturday 21 January 2012
The fraud trial begins on Monday of Allen Stanford, the billionaire who bankrolled English cricket.
Britons' killer in Antigua prison stabbing
Wednesday 04 January 2012
A man who was jailed for life after murdering a British couple on their honeymoon has stabbed another inmate in prison, police said.
EasyJet launches new route to the Canary Islands
Thursday 25 August 2011
Low-fare airline easyJet is to start services to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
Parents' relief as two guilty of couple's murder in Antigua
Friday 29 July 2011
The two men protested their innocence. They were linked to the killing by mobile-phone records and bullets that came from the same gun they used in another murder
Murder trial in Antigua
Wednesday 13 July 2011
The trial of two men accused of murdering a British honeymoon couple in Antigua continued on the third anniversary of their deaths.
Guard 'asleep' during Antigua hotel attack
Saturday 11 June 2011
At least one of three security guards at an Antigua hotel where a British couple were shot dead on their honeymoon may have been asleep at the time, according to testimony in the trial of two men charged in the killing.
Pair on trial for Antigua honeymoon murders
Wednesday 01 June 2011
Two men will go on trial today accused of murdering a British honeymoon couple in Antigua.
Cruises: the ultimate holiday?
Saturday 27 November 2010
Why are holidays afloat such a success story for the travel industry? Because you unpack, sit back and see the world, says Simon Calder
Ryanair strands holidaymakers on 'wrong' Canary Island
Friday 19 February 2010
Package holidaymakers today complained they had been "stranded" on the "wrong" Canary island after their low-fare airline flight was diverted due to bad weather.
Traveller's Guide To: Antigua
Saturday 12 December 2009
A Caribbean gem with beaches, cricket and luxury resorts galore, say Beth Adamson and Simon Calder
Tale of Two Travellers: The two sides of the Canaries
Saturday 05 December 2009
The latest film in our 'Tale of Two Travellers' series sends Ben Ross to the eastern islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, while Simon Calder makes his way westwards to La Palma
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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