School summer holidays are in full swing - but the Great British exodus to the sun is a relatively new invention

Overall ranking: 123rd out of 124 in the Complete University Guide for 2014.

Australia reach 303 for 3 on the first day of the third Test at Old Trafford

I'm in the Ardèche for a holiday with family and assorted friends. I haven't worn shoes for 10 days and am growing a beard that is turning out to be unnervingly grey. All is good … well almost all.

The drunken antics of Brits abroad are appalling – and we’re only encouraging them

Severe weather warning as 'torrential rain' disrupts holiday getaway traffic for millions

The last time the iconic landmark was totally surrounded by seawater was 134 years ago

The owner of a Nazi-themed café has decided to close it down amid intense pressure from home and abroad. Henry Mulyana, who ran the Soldatenkaffee in the West Java capital, Bandung, met local authorities on Monday, and tourism chiefs suggested he change the name and theme of the café.

As Britain's busiest week of the year for outbound holidaymakers gets under way, the first significant travel-company collapse of the summer has taken place.

Men named by the Foreign Office as Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont

Holidaymakers need to drastically rethink their mindset and foreign tourism boards need to stop catering people who refuse to step outside their comfort zone

What do the French really think about the rest of the world? A new guide for their capital’s hoteliers reveals all