According to reports, it looks like the restrictions on air travel rules might be eased a bit next week. Apparently there’ll be a meeting of government and airline industry officials on Monday, and the Department for Transport are going to make an announcement on revised …
Ooo, our eyes are starting to glaze over. It must be the seemingly monthly news that Tube and bus fares are to go up again. On the definitive list of things inevitable, transport price hikes can now join death, taxes, and daily Diana exclusives in …
This week – A dysfunctional family hop in a VW van and travel across the USA to take a young daughter to a beauty pageant (Little Miss Sunshine), a British comedy with Julie Walters and Rupert Grint (Driving Lessons) and some Americans join a German …
On average, people in Britain have sex once a week. Five years ago, the Medical Research Council published findings on sex at the Millennium, the results of which were used by government departments to inform sexual health policies and to produce estimates of current levels …
Glasgow was last night named as the UK’s top tourist city destination in a survey by one of the world’s most exclusive travel magazines, toppling last year’s winner, our very own London town. The title is awarded by readers of Traveller, the US holiday guide …
Woody Allen’s co-workers and relations have today EXCLUSIVELY revealed that he adores filming in London. Really? We hadn’t noticed – especially considering the twaddle he came up with for Match Point. (One pet hate of ours – why do filmmakers photographing London insist on warping …
One of the great Standard headlines of the year so far: Ravers seize £5 million house. Apparently David Walliams is cowering in his kitchen, afraid to leave the house. 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education will be able to travel free on London buses and …
You have to question the reasoning behind TfL’s naming a form of electronic ticketing after a tasty sea-faring creature which is not only mistakenly employed as an aphrodisiac, but can also do amazing tricks with mucus secretions and dirt. Someone pointed out to Londonist recently …
A 14-year-old boy is being questioned after 22-year-old Peter Woodhams was shot dead outside his home in Canning Town on Monday. A first person account of the continuing check-in debacle at Heathrow courtesy of the CNN news blog. Owen Wilson got flashed at the You, …
In the past hour it’s been announced that 500 baggage handlers at Stansted airport have voted to strike at the Bank Holiday weekend over a row about pay. Check-in staff and baggage handlers at the Essex airport are planning two walk-outs next weekend – one …
In case you were wondering, airoport ‘chaos’ is continuing and thousands of bags have gone missing. Despite the heightened security a 12-year-old boy managed to walk on to a Monarch Airlines plane at Gatwick Airport bound for Lisbon without any travel documents this week. While …
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