Dubai beach arrest the tip of the iceberg

Free learn-to-ski deals to coax us back to the slopes

Namibia stands firm on hunting

Neofile - Libya is so now darling

News in brief - Brilliant Weekends shuts down

My hols: Brian Williams

The performance artist and art director Brian Williams, 50, is co-author, with Roderick Gordon, of the hit children’s novel Tunnels and its...

Confessions of a Tourist: In Canada, our writer found the local bikers to be very ‘friendly’

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Travel insurance fraud rises

Fake claims are soaring as tourists feel the credit crunch pinch

Quick trips? Why a slow walk will stop you wearing down your soul

George Brock completes his walk of The Thames - after two years of taking it in stages

Sat-nav on the road to nowhere

Lost? We will be if we give up on The Ordnance Survey simply because of laziness

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Isle of Wight extreme sports weekendfor £135; Sicily Club Med for £539 and Maldives for £799, plus more travel deals

Namibia licences elephant cull

Africa’s few remaining desert elephants are facing extinction after the Namibian government issued shooting permits

Qantas plane maintenance is 'below standard'

Safety authority orders the embattled Australian airline to update its maintenance programme after series of incidents

India's criminal tours

Explore Rajasthan with a reformed criminal, New York's £50 hotel and more travel style news

China's border blood tests

Visa aren't the only hurdle into China, plus more travel news in brief

Naples chefs slam over-priced pizza

Restaurant owners accused of ripping off tourists by charging £3

My hols: Lucy Fleming

For all her gloebtrotting, the actress and niece of the James Bond author, Ian, loves Scotland and Cornwall

Caribbean crunch as XL Airways pulls out

Thousands of holidaymakers face a scramble for substitute seats after XL cancelled its entire Caribbean winter schedule