The disgraceful behaviour of Oxbridge students during a skiing competition has so appalled the sponsors that they have vowed never to back the contest again. Maybe it was too much to hope that a skiing trip for 2,500 students from Oxford and Cambridge Universities was ever going to be refined.
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The Gladiators are really going at it! In Rome’s ancient Colosseum, but these gladiators won’t fight to the death, thank kindness. They’re not slaves or prisoners of war. They’re the kids whose parents have signed on for Adventures by Disney onboard a Disney cruise ship.
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Adventure companies, Elderhostel offer trips for grandparents and grandchildren – for big family groups. The 16 of them — including her children, children’s partners and grandchildren — spent a unforgettable week rafting the Snake River last summer with ROW Adventures.
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Britain immediately needs new airport capacity to remain competitive and must consider “mixed mode” operations at Heathrow, the City of London Corporation has said. Unveiling a report from consultants York Aviation, the Corporation suggests a short-term fix to congestion would be to use the two runways for both take-offs and landings. Currently each runway is [...]
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Duncan Bannatyne, the Dragons’ Den panellist, is to spearhead a campaign against the “despicable and cowardly” TripAdvisor website after it refused to remove a review comparing one of his hotels to Fawlty Towers. The Glaswegian entrepreneur said the internet monster was risking the livelihoods of dozens of hoteliers and restaurateurs thanks to its policy of [...]
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Visitors will be charged to stand astride the Greenwich Meridian line after the Royal Observatory declared plans to introduce an entry fee. From March, tourists wanting to enter the World Heritage location will be charged £10. It comes amid a surge in visitor quantities damaging the site.
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Part all-American, part Cuban, part Alice in Wonderland. The Miami area is a psychedelic mix of significant business and unconventional pleasures. Candy-colored Art Deco hotels in the paradise along America’s Riviera sit against a backdrop of mega-modern glass towers; ramshackle rickshaws ride alongside tinted BMWs.
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