The breath-taking footage of the National PArk in south Devon has already been sold to Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) and will be shown at popular tourist centres. It includes colourful sunsets, fast-flowing waterfalls and a dramatic shot of a silvery moon disappearing behind Brent Tor.
'Blood in the chicken and cats around food': Father-of-three hospitalised with severe gastric illness at SAME Turkish holiday resort where 595 fell ill in 2009
A family's holiday to celebrate a honeymoon and a 40th birthday was ruined after a father-of-three was hospitalised with severe gastric illness. The Swannell family, from West Yorkshire, had booked a week's stay at the Holiday Village resort in Sarigerme, Turkey, when Mark Swannell, 46, fell seriously ill a few days into the break with diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and lethargy.
'People can see we're not seven-headed monsters!' Thousands of artists gather as Brazil hosts tattoo convention (and one man has both his EYES inked)
Tattoo artists from Brazil and around the world gathered on Friday in Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the city's 'Tattoo Week'. With over two hundred stands, tattoo aficionados were able to pick and choose from thousands of designs. Among the more 'diverse' designs was Rato's blue tattooed eyeballs, complemented by his split tongue (pictured).
Wildlife by day, cocktail dresses by night: On board the South African safari train that transports travellers to another era
An unusual travel company has started running a safari with a twist by inviting guests to wear their evening best as they survey the wildlife. The Rovos Rail Safari Train takes passengers through South Africa to admire the landscape and nature - in serious style. Instead of the usual walking boots and khaki shorts, visitors are asked to dress for dinner in cocktail dresses or jackets and ties.
The priciest suite at sea! Cruise ship launches luxurious cabin the size of a townhouse... yours for a cool £42,799 per person
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has just unveiled its plans for the largest - and most luxurious - cruise ship suite in the world, which measures 3,875 square feet and costs £42,799 per person. Pictured: the Seven Seas Explorer (top), the Regent Suite living area (bottom left) and the Regent Suite bedroom (bottom right).
Venice overturns ban on large cruise ships passing through historic city despite opposition from A-listers Michael Douglas and Cate Blanchett
The ban was only introduced in November after a host of celebrities added their signatures to a petition calling for an end to the sight of liners dwarfing buildings such as St Mark's Basilica. It was overturned after tourism companies said it would result in losses of 300,000 tourists to the city each year.
The Broadchurch property bounce! David Tennant's blue seaside hut goes on sale for £275,000... that's £50,000 more than expected thanks to popular TV series
The tiny blue chalet on the River Brit in Dorset, made famous in ITV's hit drama Broadchurch, has been put on the market. Estate agents hope it will make at least £50,000 more thanks to the popularity of the series. Owner Abbey Evans (bottom left) has previously let the property out for £41 per night
Disney cruise stages dramatic rescue of passenger who fell overboard from passing Royal Caribbean liner after holidaymakers spot him in water
The 22-year-old, who was a guest on Royal Caribbean ship Oasis of the Seas (inset) was spotted in the water near Cozumel in Mexico by the crew of the Disney Magic vessel as it passed by later in the day. It has raised questions over whether cruise ships have the proper technology to detect when someone on the ship goes overboard.
Stranger things have happened at sea! Ben Ainslie and new wife Georgie Thompson rescued from BOAT while on honeymoon at Richard Branson's Necker Island
The four-time Olympic gold medallist was sailing with his new wife near Sir Richard Branson's private island when a serious technical fault meant he had to radio for help. The Virgin boss wrote on his blog that three of his staff went out to help Sir Ben cut down his sail and now the newlyweds are staying on Necker Island.
Own a slice of Royal history! Scottish castle where Queen Victoria honeymooned to be turned into SIX-STAR 'timeshare-style' hotel
Work has begun transforming Taymouth Castle in Perthshire into one of Scotland's most exclusive retreats and developers claim the 450-acre estate could be opened in six months' time. Plans for the hotel include selling rooms to guests in timeshare style - giving guests the opportunity to 'buy a bit of a castle.'
Ice-ay! Spectacular rainbow-coloured ice sculptures go on display at Chinese festival (but you'll have to be quick if you want to see them, they start melting in a few weeks!)
The frozen wonders are part of a display at the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow festival held in Harbin, near the Russian border in northeast China. The palaces and sculptures are made from hollow blocks of ice and lit up using LED lights creating a multi-coloured glow-in-the-dark skyline on the shores of the nearby Songhua river.
Family with ill four-month-old baby asked to leave Disney cruise ship and forced to check in to 'fleabag motel' after staff said she was 'too young' to be on trip
A four-month old baby was kicked off a Disney cruise ship after falling ill after medical staff told her parents that she shouldn't be on the trip anyway because of her age. Jennifer Moak was on a Florida to The Bahamas voyage with her husband Dan and baby as part of a 31-strong group enjoying a holiday for an elder family member with terminal illness. However two days into the trip, Mrs Moak's four-month-old baby fell ill, and was taken to see the ship's doctor. They were then taken off the ship and checked into what Dan described as a 'fleabag hotel' in Nassau (pictured right).
The Broadchurch fans risking their lives for a photo: Shocking pictures show tourists sitting on edge of perilous Dorset cliffs featured in TV drama
The photos show tourists sitting on the edge of the perilous 80ft cliffs which have become an iconic part of the TV show. Tourism to the West Bay area is expected to boom as the second series of the mystery drama airs, causing concern that more people could put lives at risk by straying off the path and to the edge of the cliffs to enjoy the view.
New York flight goes SUPERSONIC: BA jet gets to London in five hours 19 minutes after it hits 'powerhouse jet stream' which hurls it to 745mph
A plane flying from New York to London Heathrow hit supersonic speeds yesterday after getting caught up in a powerhouse jet stream. British Airways Flight 114, a Boeing 777-200 jet, took off from JFK at 10.50pm Eastern Standard Time (EST), and landed at 9.06am local time at London Heathrow. The total flight time was five hours and 16 minutes, well short of the estimated minimum six-hour journey.
Sleek £5MILLION superyacht with marble kitchen, wood-panelled suites and panoramic windows unveiled (and even Nicole Scherzinger turned up for a tour)
Almost 400 boats were unveiled at London's Excel Centre for the start of the show, but centre stage went to the Sunseeker 28 Metre Yacht costing £4,763,000, excluding VAT. The superyacht boasts glamorous suites and a huge lounge and dining area, while other impressive vessels also invited people on deck to explore their sleek interiors and cutting edge technology.
Around the world in four minutes: Watch traveller's epic video of 343 day adventure in 6,286 photographs (but it may make you VERY jealous)
Kien Lam from San-Francisco quit his job in 2010 to travel the world. The result was a stunning video featuring his trips to 15 countries compiled over three years. The beautifully shot film includes fantastic photography from the USA, Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Germany, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Australia, New Zealand, India, Nepal, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Dinner with Lady Edith, anyone? Luxury hotel offers chance to dine with Downton Abbey stars... but you'll have to travel to America
Sea Island Resort, a luxurious five-star in Georgia, is hosting a Downton-themed weekend, inviting guests to an intimate six-course dinner attended by three of the show's top cast members. Raquel Cassidy (who plays Lady's Maid, Mrs Baxter), Kevin Doyle (who plays footman Joseph Molesley) and Jessica Fellowes are all set to grace the hotel with their presence, during the aptly named Up Close and Personal Dinner. Tickets are priced at £165 and guests are required to wear jacket.
That's a close call! Daring pilot swoops over Iceland volcano spewing 850C lava to pose for the perfect action shot
Retired teacher and keen photographer Baldur Sveinsson snapped the amazing pictures of a sightseeing plane swooping over the crater of Iceland's Holuhraun volcano. The scorching lava, which reached temperatures of 850C erupts up to heights of almost 200 feet. On board the little blue and white plane are sightseers, who get an up close view of the spectacular volcano, as they were just 300 metres away.
Snow limits! Thrillseeker slaloms his way down 2,600ft mountain in the French Alps on specially adapted BIKE
Professional cyclist and surfer Tito Tomasi, 29, from Nice, France, pushed himself to the limits as he raced down the ridge on his specially-adapted bike as the sun rose over the Alps mountains. He then slalomed his way through the icy alpine trees in the picturesque forest nearby. Photographer Alex Buisse, 29, from Chamonix, France, braved the wind and -3 degrees temperatures to capture Tino's daredevil antics on camera.
'There's no toilet roll, please send help': Teen rescued from embarrassing mishap after TWEETING Virgin Trains (that must have been an awkward handover)
A teenager was rescued after running out of toilet paper on board a Virgin train after he Tweeted the company for help. In a day and age where social networking seems to provide an answer to everything, 16-year-old Adam Greenwood was saved in the nick of time in a toilet cubicle on the 19:30 Euston to Glasgow. After reaching out for the loo roll, to his horror Adam realised it hadn't been replaced, and so he decided to Tweet his despair to his followers, while copying in the Virgin Trains account.
From a desert oasis to a mountaintop kasbah: National Geographic launches luxury hotel collection of world's most unique retreats
The National Geographic Society today announced its newest foray in world-class travel experiences: National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World. The collection of boutique hotels in extraordinary places around the world includes an exclusive retreat in Chile's Atacama Desert (top left), an ancient kasbah in Morocco (top right) and a futuristic hotel on Canada's remote Fogo Island.
Haunting images provide rare glimpse of abandoned hospital where thousands of immigrants were treated on Ellis Island
After being shut for 60 years tourists can now visit the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital in New York and walk through its large wards, kitchens, laundry facilities and morgues on organised tours. The sprawling complex is filled with eerie corridors, crumbling rooms and forgotten equipment. It was where one out of ten arrivals deemed too ill to enter the US were sent to recover or die as they landed at the Gateway to America on ships from overseas.
That's a big camp fire! Explorer toasts marshmallows over 1,100C LAVA LAKE after descending 1,000ft inside volcano
A daredevil has taken 'roasting on an open fire' to a whole new level - heating up his marshmallows over a volcano. Brave Bradley Ambrose filmed vocano expert Simon Turner as the two descended towards a lava lake inside Marcum Crater in Ambrym, Vanuatu. Simon, from Christchurch, New Zealand, wanted to make the trip more memorable so brought a bottle of beer and some marshmallows to toast.
Beating the January blues! Searches for flights and holidays soar 68% on first day back in the office after holiday break
On January 5, deemed 'Miserable Monday,' it seems that many back-to-work employees were already dreaming of their next holiday, as searches for flights soared. Of particular interest were flights to Boston, Washington, DC and holiday packages to New York City.
The height of style! Amsterdam CRANE transformed into luxury hotel with rotating suites and panoramic views from the pool
You'll have to crane your neck to get a glimpse of this swanky hotel's penthouse suite - after ambitious architects built it into one of the world's oldest and tallest mechanical structures. This beast of a crane in Amsterdam boasts three luxury hotel suites, a spa pool and a TV broadcasting studio catering to holidaymakers who aren't afraid of getting high in the Dutch city.
Fire in the sky! Tourist's incredible snaps show Northern Lights blending with orange glow from erupting volcano in Iceland
Stefan Brenner travelled more than 9,000 miles to witness the celestial display - and it was well worth it as he was able to take in the rare double treat. The 31-year-old, from Vienna, snapped the spectacular photos of the Northern Lights and the glow of the Holuhraun lava field while visiting the Jokulsarlon glacial lake at the edge of Iceland's Vatnajokull National Park.
They're the necks big thing! Mesmerising images appear to show giraffes swaying to the beat in a wildlife dance for two
Two giraffes appeared to be performing an elegant, synchronised routine on the plains of the Masai Mara, Kenya. The stunning snaps were captured by wildlife photographer, Andrey Gudkov, who said the unusual performance is actually the practice of 'necking' - when two males swing at each other in a battle for dominance.
The fury of Mother Nature: Violent lightning storm erupts INSIDE ash cloud as villages threatened by lava flow in Indonesia
As an ash cloud billows into the night sky a barrage of lightning bolts crackle from deep within it - creating a mesmerising scene that looks like the entrance to the underworld. Photographer Martin Rietze's stunning photos of the Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra are a fascinating display of Earth's the raw beauty and frightening power.
Peak-ture perfect! Man challenged by girlfriend to propose in most amazing way he can pops question on 2,300ft rock ledge
Harald Six, 21, from Gent in Belgium planned the most original way to pop the question his girlfriend Hanna Troch and proposed on the 2,300ft high Trolltunga in Odda, Norway. The Trolltunga is a piece of rock which juts horizontally out of a mountain in the Skjeggedal area, near to the villages of Tyssedal and the Sørfjorden. It overlooks lake Ringedalsvatnet and its translated name means 'the troll's tongue'.
From Seattle to the Shetlands! Former US Air Force pilot hitchhikes around world for THREE YEARS (and even cycles the length of the UK)
Aaron Freed, from Seattle, may well be the ultimate traveller after hitchhiking his way around the world on 22 different boats and working odd jobs to scrounge enough cash to continue his travels.
Yours for £10million! Futuristic TRIMARAN yacht comes complete with solar panels so you can sail even when the wind drops
A futuristic trimaran yacht designed by London-based architect Dr Margot Krasojevic will operate with power generated by solar panels on the wingsail and cost an estimated £9-£10million. The Fresnel Hydrofoil Trimaran, set for construction starting April, has been designed for Holden Manz wine estate in Franschoek, South Africa.
Ryanair duped by Twitter joke about passenger being charged extra for her 'emotional baggage'
Presenter and comedian Ryan Hand sent the tongue-in-cheek tweet to Ryanair and was quickly met with a question from the company about where the scene was happening. Thankfully, after the joke was retweeted more than a thousand times, Ryanair appeared to recover its sense of humour.
Ooh matron! Collection of saucy sketches for famous 1950s seaside postcards up for auction after being discovered in attic
The preparatory pencil illustrations are by the late Donald McGill, the forefather of the cheeky postcard industry, and provided the basis for many of his designs. His cartoons, most often sold in seaside towns, pushed the boundaries of decency, shocked the establishment and he faced prosecution several times for breaking the Obscene Publication Act 1857.
The best of the Big Smoke from above! Photographer spends a year capturing images of capital's ever-changing skyline
London based photographer Jason Hawkes has been shooting aerial views from helicopters for over 20 years and boasts a portfolio of hundreds of thousands of shots from all over the world. So dedicated is he to the Big Smoke, that he flies over the city three or four times per week in a helicopter searching out the perfect shot. Here, he selects his favourite images of the UK capital, taken in 2014
Holidaymaker captures brutal moment leopard takes down springbok in less than 20 seconds... and then growls at tourists
Snaps taken by Kevin Wilson, from Leatherhead, Surrey, show terror in the face of the springbok, which met an unfortunate end as it was attacked by the big cat at Etosha National Park in Namibia. The ruthless predator sinks its teeth into the gazelle and clings on to its prey with its powerful paws while its whole body is lifted off the ground during the struggle, which was over in an instant.
Incredible slow motion video captures tiger leaping 10ft into the air to clasp jaws around lump of meat (and worryingly, that's higher than the fence of the enclosure)
Amazing slow-motion footage has emerged from South Africa of a tiger jumping to grab food in mid-air. The animal leapt higher than the fences of its enclosure to get the meat, gracefully catching it while in flight, in the slowed down video from Boxing Day. The filmer later wrote online: 'If you watch closely you'll see that the tiger actually jumps higher than the fence of the enclosure. Impressive animals.'
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- Etihad Airways computer error accidentally slashes flights by up to 75 per cent to offer $187 trips from New York to Abu Dhabi
- London named most reviewed city in the world on TripAdvisor (and Lesley Cawthorne is UK's most prolific contributor with 7,644 posts)
- EXCLUSIVE: Businessman reveals what it was REALLY like to be first to fly in £14,000 'penthouse in the sky'... and he even invited a passenger from economy to breakfast
- Is this the POSHEST service station toilet ever? Amazed traveller declares Philippines bathroom 'nicer than my apartment'
- Say cheese! Majestic cheetah uses GoPro as a chew toy after cameraman gets too close while filming in the Serengeti
- New regulations force cruise companies to publish online crime list documenting statistics for thefts, rapes and murders committed on ships
- It's enough to make you a bookworm! Photographer captures amazing images of the world's most spectacular LIBRARIES
- Inside an abandoned chalk mine: Adventurous photographer snaps eerie tunnels and haunting relics in maze under Russian city
- Polar dancing! Play-fighting bears appear to perform waltz in front of amazed tourists on frozen tundra in Canada's north
- Cheeky monkey! Priceless moment clever primate makes friends with tourist... then tries to pick-pocket his money
- Get ready for another tourist invasion! Holidaymakers to spend record £22 BILLION in UK in 2015 with number of visitors expected to surpass 35 million
- Melbourne mayor claims a THIRD of beggars in Australian city are actually backpackers scrounging money for travel
- New Year, new strike: French easyJet crew plan two-day walkout over bank holiday causing chaos for thousands of passengers .
- Rip curl river! Surfer swaps ocean swells for Big Sky Country to ride waves on landlocked Montana's waterways
- Moment brave buffalo takes on THREE hungry lions to rescue young calf after it is snatched from the herd
- Panic on board Thai Airways flight to London as it dumps fuel and circles back to Bangkok due to 'hydraulic leak'
- Just stopping by! Tourist captures amazing moment elephant turns up on doorstep of his safari lodge looking for a drink of water
- Delta Airlines flight from New York's JFK Airport delayed after ultra-Orthodox Jewish passengers refuse to sit next to women
- Disgruntled tourists give Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh one-star reviews on TripAdvisor... because it doesn't have wifi or gift shops
- Now that's a bear-knuckle brawl! Ferocious grizzly siblings bare teeth and use judo-like moves while play-fighting in snow
- More than 20% of British passengers suffer lengthy flight delays... but most are not claiming compensation (and Thomas Cook and Monarch are worst at being on time)
- Miami businessman becomes first to fly in Etihad's £14,000 'penthouse in the sky' as A380 superjumbo jet makes inaugural flight from London to Abu Dhabi
- The slow march of the chubby penguins: Portly birds waddle in front of tourists at Japanese zoo to keep them trim during winter
- Oil wrestling, Niger's sense of humour and the whistled language of La Gomera: The world's most bizarre cultural traditions endorsed by Unesco
- Typical British holiday in 2015 will be a ten-day trip to Spain at a cost of £1,220... but 32% of Britons plan to stay close to home
- Women brawl at Bangkok airport after passenger cuts in front of others in queue at check-in desk
- From an illegal Colombian cocaine factory to a tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant: World's most dangerous tours revealed
- Italy named top destination by British TV viewers after Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's adventures in The Trip (and Northumberland and Durham are No 2)
- From the Philippines to Poole: Condor's £50m high-speed ferry arrives in UK after sailing 10,000 nautical miles on maiden voyage
- Ski resorts in French Alps switch on snow-making machines to cover bare slopes as region prepares for blizzard that will dump up to 30 INCHES of snow
- Get packing...travel companies start luxury holiday price war: Thomson and Thomas Cook go head to head to tempt families into breaks in Miami, Mexico and Mauritius
- Delta Air Lines passenger live tweets emergency landing after unruly traveller makes threats on flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles
- Lanzarote, Tenerife and Cancun named 'best-value' winter sun destinations as pound strengthens... but British tourists will get less for their money in US
- One hundred Liverpool flights deliberately attacked with laser pens as twisted craze puts lives of passengers and crew at risk
- Those were the days! Collectors spending thousands of pounds on retro posters that capture halcyon days of Europe's top ski resorts
- Duck! Tourist films terrifying moment plane approaching runway passes just FEET above heads of beachgoers
- Cosmic kaleidoscope! Photographer captures spectacular beauty of Milky Way stretching across night sky above US National Parks
- Penguins CAN fly! Australian photographer captures incredible snapshots of flightless birds leaping out of freezing water
- Whale of a time! TV star Michaela Strachan watches grizzly bears, bald eagles and orcas on epic Vancouver Island adventure
- Where on Earth is the snow? Searching for the precious white stuff as the ski season grinds to a slushy halt in the French Alps
- British holidaymaker awarded £3,000 compensation from Thomas Cook after contracting SALMONELLA at all-inclusive resort in Tunisia
- Krampus the demon, a bad-tempered Yule Cat and the Mexican night of the radishes: The strangest Christmas traditions from around the world revealed
- Gulp! Lucky seagulls narrowly avoid being swallowed by whale while swooping through its mighty jaws amid feeding frenzy
- Sexy silhouettes and lashings of lace: Inside the Seven Deadly Sins-themed Paris hotel by lingerie designer Chantal Thomass
- Party poopers! Passengers warned that poppers, crackers and wrapped presents are banned on planes this Christmas period
- British Airways is recruiting more female pilots than ever before ... a long way from these campaigns from the fifties and sixties for 'trolley dollies'
- Star of the street! Meet the man behind the incredible Christmas house that sparkles with more than 400,000 lights
- Is this the world's most dangerous job? Fearless zoo workers put their heads inside crocodiles' mouths to impress tourists
- Plane about to crash due to engine failure? There's an app for that! Gadget will guide you to the nearest place to land
- Oh, what a lovely property! Late Oscar-winning director and Miracle on 34th Street star Lord Richard Attenborough's Isle of Bute house for rent
- Fit for kings and queens! Inside the fairytale castles you could own in Italy ... with 'great value' prices starting at £1.96million
- English and German artists join forces to paint remarkable graffiti mural in tribute to WWI Christmas Day Truce
- Iconic Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette offers tourists chance to stay the night... so they're first in line for the sales
- From fighting tigers and leaping wildebeest to incredible urban snapshots: National Geographic readers' best photographs
- Biggest ever crowd-sourced timelapse filmed in London as 40 photographers come together to showcase the capital's beauty
- Meet the girl on fire! Katniss Everdeen arrives in London ... for special Hunger Games display at Madame Tussauds
- Paw war! Powerful polar bears hit, bite and push each other as photographs capture nine-foot giants play fighting in the snow
- International tourism set to hit an all-time high with 1.1 BILLION people travelling abroad this year (and Europe is the most visited region in the world)
- 'Have some ear plugs in case you don't enjoy my first public serenade!' Parents on baby's first flight give out goodie bags to placate passengers
- The ideal base for a Spanish golf retreat? Costa del Sol's finest fairways at your fingertips, sublime seafood and a safe distance from Marbella
- Magaluf bans boozy Brits and pub crawls in desperate bid to reinvent itself as a 'mature tourist zone' just six months after teenager was filmed performing sex acts on 24 men
- Robert De Niro backs plan to open world's largest Nobu restaurant at his favourite luxury Miami hotel
- Fake police officers, airport security thieves and the infamous 'baby toss': The most common travel scams revealed (and how you can avoid them)
- Left to ruin: Haunting images show abandoned state of once-popular Pontins holiday park... and there's not a Blue Coat in sight
- Visit Castro's Cuba now! Travellers urged to explore Caribbean nation before it becomes 'Americanised' following landmark thaw in relations with US
- The Shard's Shangri-La voted WORST luxury hotel of 2014 for its 'peeping Tom' views... but Andy Murray's Cromlix named among best new hotels in the world
- Pray the glass doesn't break! Zoo offers sleepovers with POLAR BEARS... with just a window to separate tourists from enclosure
- The $17,000 ski trip! Luxury tour offers superyacht stays and on-board helicopter to whisk you to slopes in Alaska and Greenland
- Pilot threatens emergency landing after mid-air brawl erupts between mother and angry women who complained about her crying baby
- Panic as first-time flyer opens emergency exit moments before take-off because he wanted some FRESH AIR
- New York and Rio de Janeiro offer WORST value for money for tourists... but Prague and Lisbon are best for affordable holidays
- Edinburgh hikes prices 146% for Hogmanay ... with New Year's Eve hotel stays even pricier than London (but you can still find a bargain in Manchester)
- Sacrebleu! Paris most searched holiday destination of 2014 for UK travellers.... and Cornwall is only British spot to make top 10
- Tourist suffers deep lacerations to leg after being hit by blades of parasailing speedboat while swimming in Phuket
- The great British getaway! Four million will head overseas for Christmas with those left behind facing travel chaos
- The $17,000 ski trip! Luxury tour offers superyacht stays and on-board helicopter to whisk you to slopes in Alaska and Greenland
- Thai police 'harassing' tourists on streets of Bangkok with searches, on-the-spot drug tests and heavy fines to be paid in cash
- Air Canada flight from London to Toronto diverts to Halifax after female passenger assaults two flight attendants
- No fiance? No problem! Japanese travel agency offers women chance to be solo bride for the day (and for an extra fee you can even hire a groom for the pictures)
- Looking for a Christmas getaway? HALF of most popular destinations are cheaper than last year... and Belgium offers the best value
- Vietnam Airlines suspends flight crew after pilot presses wrong button and accidentally triggers hijack alert
- Sam Faiers, Stacey Soloman and X Factor finalists Only the Young jet into Disneyland Paris for Christmas charity trip with 40 deserving children
- Now that's a mouthful! Spectacular moment humpback whales lunge out of ocean to swallow herring during feeding frenzy
- Spotted stingrays, a hungry octopus and a smiling anemone fish: Wildlife photographer captures beauty of nature in the Red Sea
- Airlines to be reimbursed over computer failure that grounded hundreds of flights... but passengers are denied compensation because of EU loophole
- Ski passes are 85% more expensive in France than Germany as tourists heading to the slopes urged to do their research (and Bulgaria is by far the cheapest)
- Lace up your ice skates, visit the Nutcracker Mansion or venture through an enchanted, snowy rainforest: The UK's ten best Christmas activities revealed
- Last Tango in Paris! Engaged couple dance their way around the world taking gravity-defying photos in iconic destinations
- American Airlines flight diverted and 15 passengers reported injured as plane hits severe turbulence over Pacific Ocean
- America's most beautiful rest stops: Photographer spends five years travelling 20,000 miles to capture 'humble' roadside shelters
- Highclere Castle opens restored 200-year-old gatehouse as guest lodge for Downton Abbey fans (but it will set you back £350 a night and you won't get any servants)
- 'Sick passengers should be quarantined and unruly children sent to a separate part of the aircraft': Plane passengers reveal how they would combat their biggest frustrations
- Now that's a real cat burglar! Hungry feline sneaks into Russian airport and feasts on £700 worth of seafood
- British workers missing out on THREE DAYS of annual leave in 2014... with one in six too scared to take holiday in case they lose their jobs
- Scaredy-cats! Moment protective elephants chase away pride of hungry lions stalking young calf
- Diver finds tourist's camera off coast of Cuba a YEAR after it was lost at sea... and returns perfectly preserved photos after Facebook campaign
- Cremated remains, snakes-in-a-bottle and pecan pies: Infographic reveals oddest items seized from travellers at airports around the world
- Tiny Spanish village sees tourism boom thanks to THAT 'Beast Jesus' painting restored by pensioner (and even charges a euro each to see the artwork)
- Cold comfort: Sweden's ice hotel celebrates 25th season with 16 art suites and bar made from 1,600 TONNES of snow and ice
- Heathrow and Gatwick worst airports in Britain for Christmas disruptions... with nearly HALF of flights delayed last year
- Booking holidays on the move: One in 10 Britons plan trips from the pub... and 1% even book flights on theTOILET
- Angry monk slaps expat across the face on train in Thailand after victim offered his double seat to two women
- Who's a cheeky monkey? Tourist's selfie with primate goes horribly wrong as frisky animal pulls on her hair
- British skiers face a GREEN Christmas: Thousands face disruption as Alps resorts suffer poorest start to the season for 40 years
- Don't want to be alone! Real-life Monty finds soul-mate as breath-taking photos show penguin's desperate search for love
- Hello bear! Crowd-pleasing cub waves paw at tourists and sticks tongue out for cameras at wildlife refuge in Alaska
- Spend the night on a plane... without leaving the ground! Jumbo jet undergoes £1.5m transformation to become one-of-a-kind hostel
- Giant waterfalls, snow-tipped peaks and eerie lakes: Photographer captures stunning self-portraits in remote landscapes
- A wheel-y big trip: British teenager bids to become first person to travel around world on a UNICYCLE
- Air France passenger jet makes emergency landing in Ireland after CHILI PEPPERS set off fire alarm during transatlantic flight
- London City Airport staff seize Nutella jars from pregnant mum because chocolate spread posed 'terror risk'
- Luxury superyacht shaped like catamaran boasts gymnasium, office and enough room for 12 guests... but will cost £10m to build
- Underwater encounter of the third kind! Deep-sea divers dwarfed by gigantic alien-like jellyfish off coast of Japan
- Mele Kalikimaka! Santa Claus takes break from Christmas preparations in North Pole for relaxing holiday at Waikiki Beach
- Video shows angry passenger making threat to blow up plane after fellow traveller scalded flight attendant with cup of hot water and noodles
- Fast wifi found to be more important than stunning views or free cocktails when booking a hotel room (but what guests really want is a complimentary upgrade)
- Here's looking at you, Britain: Daredevils snap amazing images of snowy landscape during dangerous ascent of UK's tallest peak
- Luxury penthouse at Trump Tower hotel-condo skyscraper sells for record £10.8million (and it will cost £9.5million MORE to finish it)
- New Year's Eve in London is more expensive than Paris and New York (and a quarter of Britons would rather ring in 2015 in affordable Prague or Budapest)
- Tyre and ice: English motorcycle legend pops wheelies in snowy wilderness and rides through underground ice lair in mesmerising video