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

It’s the airline that everyone loves to complain about, but here’s why it’s my favourite

Police are hunting a rapist who has absconded from prison.

The Olympic champion ruled out due to Achilles injury

One of those tree-hugger people?

The driver of a train that derailed last week, killing 79 people, was on the phone and reading a document as he travelled at 95mph (153kph) before the crash, a court was told.

Give yourself a break from daily depilation, says Rebecca Gonsalves

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

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has repaid £3,000.72 in travel expenses after accepting that the claims were “wrongfully made and should not have been allowed”.

This week a Japanese woman was rescued from being squashed by a train after she did what we all fear and fell down the gap.

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.