Less than £200: Cresta Holidays has a three-night break in the French city of Lille for £155pp. The package on offer includes travel on Eurostar from London St Pancras on 30 July and B&B accommodation at the simple but central Comfort Hotel Opera (crestaholidays.co.uk).
Fiorentina insist Chelsea 'target' Stevan Jovetic will not be sold
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Fiorentina have no intention of selling Stevan Jovetic this summer despite reports in Italy linking the Montenegrin striker with a move to Chelsea.
Holidays with home comforts
Wednesday 02 May 2012
House-stays are recession-beating, authentic, and they offer you the chance to live like a local wherever you visit
New England, Cotswolds, Tuscany
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Now... Plan a spring city break to the capital of New England. Virgin Holidays has three nights in Boston for £555pp, which includes flights from Heathrow on 14 May and room-only accommodation at the Midtown Hotel. Virginholidays.co.uk
Thousands of Livorno fans in farewell tribute to Morosini
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Livorno's players and thousands of supporters yesterday paid their last respects to Piermario Morosini, who died while playing for the club in a Serie B match last weekend at Pescara.
Thousands pay tribute to Piermario Morosini
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Livorno's players and thousands of supporters today paid their respects to Piermario Morosini, who died while playing for the club in a Serie B match at the weekend.
Travel Agenda: Brighton Festival; coolplaces.co.uk; Villa Armena
Friday 06 April 2012
Tomorrow: Book now to be at the Brighton Festival (2-31 May). This year's event has been guest directed by Vanessa Redgrave. Highlights include a multi-sensory reworking of the music of Joy Division, the chance to watch Mariella Frostrup film The Book Show, and a talk on "the world's most mysterious continent", Antarctica, with Caroline Lucas MP. (brightonfestival.org).
Child's play: Alastair Sawday's top 15 family-friendly Italian stays
Friday 30 March 2012
I am writing this from my desk in Bristol, with all the frustrations of introducing an article about such stunning places. There is not one place here that I would not give a wet weekend in England for – and if I had a young family, I'd be unable to resist.
All fuel is drained from stricken 'Concordia'
Sunday 25 March 2012
Authorities say they have removed all the fuel that was left aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off Italy.
Costa captain not wearing glasses, says first officer
Sunday 04 March 2012
The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner was not wearing his glasses on the evening of the accident and asked his first officer to check the radar for him, the officer's lawyer said yesterday at a hearing held in the Tuscan city of Grosseto.
Costa Concordia voice recorder analysis may take months
Saturday 03 March 2012
The first evidence hearing into the January 13 shipwreck of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia began today, with so many people trying to cram into an Italian courthouse it had to be moved to a nearby theater.
Divers find eight more bodies on Costa Concordia as police widen investigation
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Divers searching the Costa Concordia have found eight more bodies, including that of a 5-year-old Italian girl, onboard the semi-submerged cruise ship.
Cocaine found on cruise ship captain's hair
Sunday 19 February 2012
Experts and lawyers representing survivors of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship want further drug tests on the ship's captain after the discovery of cocaine on the outside of a hair sample. A forensic analyst involved in the case reportedly described the finding as no more than a "marginal problem". The full test results given to investigators show that the drug was not found within his hair or in his urine, which would have indicated that he had used it.
Concordia officer saved by frying pan
Thursday 02 February 2012
The last person to be found alive on the wrecked Costa Concordia has revealed how he banged on the inside of the ship with a frying pan to attract attention.








