33 h. ago Balkan Holidays collapse: Simon Calder explains your rights as thousands of Brits have holiday cancelled

The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder has explained your rights and the next steps you should take after thousands of people had their holiday cancelled following the closure of a major travel provider.

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37 h. 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

Events

6 d. ago Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens constitutional rights of everyone’US senator Chris Van Hollen, who travelled to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Ábrego García, the man at the center of a wrongful deportation dispute, said on Sunday that his trip was to support Ábrego García’s right to due process because if that was denied then everyone’s constitutional rights were threatened in the US.The White House has claimed Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang though he has not been charged with any gang related crimes and the supreme court has ordered his return to the US be facilitated. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago TravelSmart’s guide to holidays in Malaysia, from city stays to beaches and rainforest

This week, it’s right into the heart of south-east Asia as TravelSmart turns its eye to Malaysia, a country of extraordinary beauty and diversity.

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9 d. ago First picture of luxury yacht used to smuggle 20 Albanian migrants across the Channel released

Three men arrested by Border Force after vessel bound for the South Coast stopped on Sunday

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9 d. ago Tiny airport with 424k passengers every year has main road running through it

This airport has become a tourist attraction in its own right, appealing to adventurous travellers eager to cross an active runway and hoping to score a selfie in front of the famous Rock of Gibraltar

Transport

2 w. ago Products sold on sites including Amazon are rejected at the border and slapped with 'stop using' warning over 'serious risk' of electric shock and choking

Two products sold by websites including Amazon have been rejected at the border and issued with an urgent 'stop using' warning by The Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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2 w. ago Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes

Alice Fraser thought she was being paranoid until her lawyer advised her jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be scrutinised at US airportElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAn award-winning Australian comedian has cancelled a planned trip to the US after receiving legal advice that she could be stopped at the border due to her previous jokes about the Trump administration.Alice Fraser, who has appeared on Australia’s ABC and the BBC and toured internationally, was due to head to New York in the first week of May to promote her recently published book.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Glam pals who stashed drugs in suitcase on UK flight speak out after 15

Sophie Bannister, 30, and Levi-April Whalley, 31, from Blackburn, were stopped by Border Force officials at Birmingham International Airport after a trip to New York

Events

3 w. ago Your rights when travelling to the US and what to do if stopped at the border

The risk for travellers is very real, write Frédéric Dimanche and Kelley A. McClinchey

Politics

3 w. ago Glam women claimed they'd been shopping in New York – then security opened their cases

Sophie Bannister and Levi-April Whalley arrived back in the UK from New York via Paris and were stopped by Border Force official who found 34 heat sealed packages in their suitcases - containing more than 35kg of cannabis

Economics

3 w. ago Is it safe to travel to Iceland after volcanic eruption? Your rights if you have a holiday booked

The Blue Lagoon has closed as the latest eruption begins

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