5 h. ago Travel firms in India see drop in bookings to countries supporting Pakistan

Political tension has now spilled over into the tourism sector

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36 h. ago Travel firm expects ‘biggest ever summer’ after surge in package bookings

On the Beach is predicting a record year for sales

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6 d. ago Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities

Tensions mount as Pakistani PM vows retaliation for military strikes by India that killed dozens across the countryTensions were high across India and Pakistan on Thursday, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, amid warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for Wednesday’s strikes.In a speech late on Wednesday night, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would “solemnly swear that we will avenge each and every drop of blood of our martyrs,” after India’s missile airstrikes on Pakistan in the early hours, which killed 31 people across the country. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UK 'ready to support both' India and Pakistan amid war fears after Kashmir air strikes

Leaders are fearful over rising tensions between the two countries

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8 d. ago Fancy Corfu for £22 a day? The bargain early summer holiday offers as travel firms slash prices

Exclusive: Travel firms are cutting prices drastically to fill seats and beds over the next two weeks

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2 w. ago Jet2 slashes holiday prices to European destination after major travel firm folds

Balkan Holidays announced that it had ceased trading with immediate effect

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2 w. ago Ayrshire firm Stewart Travel donates bumper £5,000 travel voucher prize for winner of charity radio contest

The competition is now open.

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2 w. ago Holidaymaker rights explained as major travel firm makes shock bombshell announcement

Holidaymakers have been hit by the news that three major travel firms have ceased to operate in the last few weeks, throwing plans into disarray - but you have some rights

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2 w. ago UK travel firm suddenly shuts down after 59 years and cancels all holidays

Award-winning Balkan Holidays has announced it has ceased trading - and all bookings have been scrapped

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2 w. ago Pakistan and India exchange fire as UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’

Countries trade blows across line of control in disputed Kashmir as tensions rise after deadly shootingTroops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the line of control in disputed Kashmir, officials have said, after the UN urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” after a deadly shooting in the region.Relations have plunged to their lowest level in years, with India accusing Pakistan of supporting “cross-border terrorism” after gunmen carried out the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Easter Monday travel chaos as dozens of trains cancelled by two major rail firms following 'disruptions'

Faults with the signalling systems and a stray commuter are among the causes of the travel chaos affecting the South Western Railway (SWR) service.

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3 w. ago What links dachshund, bad actor and African kigelia tree? The Saturday quiz

From grunge anthems and deodorant to weasel and woodpecker, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which trend started on a bridge in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia?2 Which grunge anthem was inspired by a deodorant?3 Where is the Roodee, the world’s oldest working racecourse?4 Who was the legendary ninth-century female pope?5 What Chinese book of divination contains 64 hexagrams?6 Which two countries are named after the line of zero degrees latitude?7 What fabric is made with the help of bombyx larvae?8 Who is the only writer to win the Booker and Baillie Gifford prizes?What links: 9 Pudong; Lantau Island; Urayasu; Marne-la-Vallée; Lake Buena Vista; Anaheim?10 Dachshund; African kigelia tree; bad actor; angry Brexiteer?11 Atomic; Bullet; Crazyhouse; Dunsany’s; Entangled?12 Vaalbara; Ur; Kenorland; Columbia; Rodinia; Pannotia; Pangea?13 Évariste Galois; Alexander Hamilton; Mikhail Lermontov; Alexander Pushkin?14 Colossae; Corinth; Ephesus; Galatia; Philippi; Rome; Thessaloniki?15 Cane t...

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4 w. ago British travel firm offering holidays to dangerous country despite official warning 'do not travel'

A war-torn nation which was once an area of operations where British soldiers served - a war in which 179 of them lost their lives - is now being touted as a tourist destination by a London-based firm.

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