B&Q Signs Deal with Connect by Hertz

April 14, 2011

Connect by Hertz, which is a global car-sharing club, has announced the signing of a 3-year deal with leading home improvement and garden centre B&Q. The car-sharing program brings short-term, self-drive van hires to customers. Before the agreement ...

Man Jailed for Etihad Airways Bomb Scare

April 11, 2011

A 38-year-old man has been jailed for 3 years after causing a bomb scare on an Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Heathrow Airport. The incident happened on January 24 with 15 crew and 163 passengers on the ...

Air France Flight 447 Searchers Find Wreckage and Bodies

April 7, 2011

It was announced on Monday that search teams were able to find some of the wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which disappeared on June 1, 2009 in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 228 crew and passengers on board ...

Oliver Letwin Urged to Apologize for ‘Cheap Holidays’ Remark

April 6, 2011

UK Minister of State Oliver Letwin has been under fire for the last few days because of an alleged comment that he didn't want to see more Sheffield families taking cheap holidays. He has been under increasing pressure to ...

British Airways Crew to Strike Again

March 29, 2011

Travelers that plan to fly with British Airways in the next month could be in for a rough ride...with cancellations that is. This comes as Unite, the union representing the airline's cabin crew, has announced that their members have ...

Piers Morgan’s Anger at Delta Air Lines

March 25, 2011

Piers Morgan had a bit of some trouble with a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Minneapolis this week. Apparently the service turned around mid-flight, making him late for American's Got Talent auditions. On Twitter, the CNN talk ...

Government to Electrify London-Cardiff Rail Route

March 2, 2011

Politicians and business groups have welcomed the electrification of the Great Western Mainline between London and Cardiff. Transport secretary Philip Hammond announced the plan to electrify the line officially. He confirmed the plans will include the section between ...

Motorway service stations rinsing drivers

February 12, 2011

 Service stations along motorways have been accused of taking advantage of drivers by hiking their prices by over 90 percent. Everyone knows that stopping off for a road-side snack can be expensive, but on most long distance drives motorists have ...

2 Brits Killed in Moscow Bombing

January 26, 2011

During the suicide bombing of Domodedovo Airport in Moscow on Monday, 2 men from Britain were among the 35 killed. They have now been identified as 39-year-old Gordon Cousland and 38-year-old Kirill Budrashov. It's emerged that Cousland was the father of a ...

Brits flown home from Tunisia

January 15, 2011

Scores of British travelers are being flown out of Tunisia as violent protests continue to cause political turmoil in the nation. Protests have broken out in an increasingly unpredictable situation causing tour operators to charter flights to get customers out of ...