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Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino launches last-ditch plea bargain
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Schettino says he saved many lives on Concordia as he faces 20 years in jail at manslaughter trial
Destination, destination, destination: The Camerons head off on holiday... again
Monday 27 May 2013
It’s time for the yearly tabloid screaming fit about where (and when) the Prime Minister is off on holiday. So news that David Cameron has “jetted off” to Ibiza only days after the Woolwich stabbing has set off a red-top frenzy and sent Rupert Murdoch scuttling to his smartphone to tweet: “With UK on terror alert, Cameron off on holiday in Ibiza. Unbelievable.”
Great getaways: Low-cost Lanzarote, Italian sale, scenic Provence and upmarket Ibiza
Saturday 25 May 2013
Canary call
Costa Concordia captain, Francesco Schettino, to be tried for manslaughter
Wednesday 22 May 2013
The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which capsized off Italy’s west coast last year, killing 32 people, will face trial for manslaughter as well as other charges, an Italian judge has ruled.
Costa Concordia captain set to stand trial alone for disaster in which 32 people were killed
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Francesco Schettino, who captained the Costa Concordia when it capsized off the Italian coast in January last year killing 32 people, looks set to stand trial alone for the disaster.
The Big Six: Tuscan hamlet hotels
Saturday 11 May 2013
Featuring vine-draped landscapes, imposing towers and former cigar factories
Great getaways: Tuscan sun, Mediterranean cruise, Mauritian escape and Barbados break
Saturday 27 April 2013
Tuscan sun
TV review: Da Vinci's Demons - Raffish romp through the Renaissance
Saturday 20 April 2013
The genius of Leonardo da Vinci is disguised somewhat in this cheerfully anachronistic tale of his encounters with the Medicis
Get me out of here - Istanbul, Florence, Cornwall
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Now... BA Holidays is offering three nights in Istanbul, departing in May, for £279pp. The package includes accommodation at the four-star Avicenna Hotel, next to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, plus breakfast and flights from Heathrow. Ba.com/holidayfinder
Italy court considers possible charges in Costa Concordia disaster after deaths of 32 passengers
Monday 15 April 2013
Prosecutors want captain to stand trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship
Italy court considers possible charges in Costa Concordia disaster after deaths of 32 passengers
Monday 15 April 2013
Prosecutors want captain to stand trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship
€1m cap on Costa Concordia fine: 'It hardly seems a lot given the magnitude of the disaster'
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Costa Cruises, the company whose Concordia cruise liner capsized in January last year with the loss of 32 lives, has made a deal with an Italian court that will limit its criminal liability for a fine of just €1 million.
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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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