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Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Can I claim compensation after five-hour delay at the airport?
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: When will there be a high-speed rail service from London to Amsterdam?
Monday 14 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Winter update: World Cup at Schladming will prove a boon to tourists
Sunday 13 January 2013
One of the biggest events in world skiing will take place in Austria from 4-17 February, when the Alpine Ski World Championships roll in to the resort of Schladming (schladming2013.com). The event attracts around 650 athletes from 70 nations, with the main downhill ski events rated second only to the Winter Olympics.
A year on, wreck of the Costa Concordia still threatens Tuscan coast
Sunday 13 January 2013
More time and money will be needed to remove the Costa Concordia from the rocks off Tuscany where it capsized last year, in part to ensure the toxic materials still trapped inside don't leak into the surrounding marine sanctuary when it is righted, officials said yesterday.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Why Eurostar customers have become accustomed to wasting tickets if plans change
Friday 11 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: A lesson on 'fluid pricing'
Thursday 10 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Chance of a lifetime - for the marketing team: First Choice advertises for water slide tester
Wednesday 09 January 2013
It is the dream job, particularly for the marketing department. A holiday company is advertising a £20,000-a-year job as a water slide tester. The company said that its previous incumbent Tommy Lynch, decided to “hang up his trunks” after four years in the post, leaving the way open for a newcomer – and a PR stunt.
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Advice please on visas for out Moscow trip
Wednesday 09 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: I was hit with a Visa debit card fee
Tuesday 08 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Trains and boats and planes... for Vancouver and Alaska
Monday 07 January 2013
Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions
New rules leave England in a fog as Ashley Giles regime begins with heavy loss
Sunday 06 January 2013
India A 224-4 England 175
Six killed as snowmobile plunges off piste in Italy
Sunday 06 January 2013
Six Russian tourists were killed and two others were injured when their snowmobile crashed through a fence and plunged about 100 metres during a night-time run down an Italian ski slope.
Wildfires tear through Tasmania
Sunday 06 January 2013
Australia's heatwave is devastating its southern island
Six Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy
Saturday 05 January 2013
Six Russians were killed and two others were injured when their snowmobile slammed into a fence and flipped over into a ditch during a night run down an Italian ski slope.
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
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Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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