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Breaking News

• British Airways offers more Caribbean flights
  10 December 2009 x Close
  British Airways has announced that it will be launching additional flights to St Kitts and Grenada in 2010, with two services per week departing from Gatwick Airport from 28 March on Sundays and Tuesdays via Barbados. BA’s connection to St Kitts will also be served by two weekly flights from 27 March 2010 with the frequency being increased due to the strong demand for flights here. Flights to St Kitts will be available on Saturdays and Tuesdays from Gatwick Airport via Antigua. Read More at Just the Flight
• EasyJet’s new summer routes
  25 January 2010 x Close
  Low cost airline EasyJet has announced it will be introducing four new routes to popular holiday destinations from its Gatwick base. Travellers will be able to fly to Antalya in Turkey and the Greek islands of Crete, Kos and Zakynthos from around the 2rd May this year. The new links to Turkey and Greece will be launched following EasyJet's previously announced new routes to Bordeaux, Dusseldorf and Hamburg, which will commence in February this year. Read More at Just the Flight
• Continental increases flights from London to New York
  02 February 2010 x Close
  Continental Airlines will be offering more flights from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York in 2010. The airline will add a fourth daily connection to its hub at Newark Liberty Airport from 27 March, with a fifth daily service set to be introduced from 30 October, bringing the total number of daily departures from Heathrow to seven, with two services to Houston currently available from the base. Read More at Just the Flight
• EasyJet launches new routes
  04 February 2010 x Close
  Low-cost airline EasyJet announced this week it will be launching new flights to Hamburg and Dusseldorf from Gatwick Airport, the first new routes of 2010 with dozens more in the pipelines. Travellers will be offered more than 70 new routes across EasyJet's European network in 2010, boosting the carrier's total number of services to over 500. New routes set to begin later in the year include flights from Stansted Airport to Cagliari and Gatwick Airport to Bordeaux, beginning 28 March, as well as flights from Doncaster-Sheffield Airport to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Faro, Palma de Majorca and Prague set to be launched from the base in April. Read More at Just the Flight
• Wizz Air launches new flights
  09 February 2010 x Close
  Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will expand its network into Serbia this summer and launch flights to Belgrade from Luton Airport. The new route will be served by three weekly flights from 24 July this year. The airline is also set to introduce a service linking Serbia's capital city to Dortmund in Germany from 12 June. Read More at Just the Flight
• London City Airport opens security search area
  04 March 2010 x Close
  London City Airport has opened two new security check-in lanes, bringing the total number to six, to improve the gateway's security facilities and reduce passenger processing times. Other measures recently implemented include the purchase of new equipment and the recruitment of additional staff to reduce delays and make the security checking process faster and smoother. Read More at Just the Flight
• Recession has little effect on travel
  11 March 2010 x Close
  According to the annual British Travel Awards (BTA) survey which polled some 15,000 people, the recession has had very little effect on consumers' desire to travel. According to the research, regular breaks are seen as an essential aspect of the work-life balance and many people feel that breaks take priority over other commitments, even financial ones. Twenty-seven per cent of those polled said that they would rather reduce costs elsewhere in their daily lives than forego their main annual holiday, while many others suggested they would reduce holiday budgets. Read More at Just the Flight
• BA faces seven days of strikes
  12 March 2010 x Close
  British Airways cabin crew are set to stage a series of strikes, threatening travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. According to Unite, its members at the airline will walk out for three days from Saturday, 20 March and for four days from Saturday, 27 March. This follows the collapse of talks aimed at resolving a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and working conditions. BA has immediately assured passengers due to travel between 19 and 31 March that they can either get a full refund or make arrangements to travel later. Read More at Sky
• Emirates adds another A380 to its London route
  12 March 2010 x Close
  Emirates is to add another 517-seat Airbus A380 to services to Dubai from Heathrow starting 1 July 2010. In addition to a daily departure, the A380 will also be deployed daily on a 20.40 service which arrives in Dubai at 06.30 the following day. The Dubai-based airline first brought the double-decker mega jumbo to London in December 2008. The plane, which is equipped with an onboard lounge and shower spas 14 flat-bed first class suites with electrically operated doors, 76 fully-flat seats in business class and 427 economy seats spread across four cabins on the lower deck, is the largest passengers aircraft in the world. Read More at Travel Mole
• British Airways strike results in flight cancellations
  15 March 2010 x Close
  The union representing British Airways’ cabin crew announced a strike for three days from 20th March and for an additional four days from March 27th. A number of short-haul flights will be cancelled, details of which are yet to be released. British Airways says all departures from London City Airport, will be unaffected as will flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports to airports outside of Europe. Read More at Breakingtravelnews
• 200-year old Gloucester Cheese event cancelled
  18 March 2010 x Close
  The off-beat and world famous Gloucester cheese rolling event has been held for nearly two centuries challenging daredevil competitors to chase a 7lb wheel of Double Gloucester down a 200-yard steep hill incline. It ranks as one Britain's most eccentric traditions – but now will be cancelled due to EU health and safety fears. Each year dozens of people suffer minor injuries in their pursuit of the rolling cheese, but the real concern are the thousands of spectators crowding into the small village to watch the event. Read More at Daily Mail

Overview

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All the regions of England are easily accessible from the invigorating capital city, London, famous for its history, culture and pageantry. In England's North Country lakes, mountains, castles and craggy coastlines create a scenic splendour while further south the medieval city of York contrasts with lively Liverpool and Manchester, both famous for their football teams and exhausting nightlife.

Visitors travelling south will discover a quieter England, where a tranquil air blows through country lanes or across shimmering fens, while the gleaming spires of Oxford stand proud above a University city that's changed little over the centuries. South of London the 'Garden of England' stretches out with bountiful farmlands to the coast, where visitors will find charming seaside resorts and fishing villages. From the Cotswolds to the craggy coast of Cornwall, the West Country presents an idyllic pastoral existence, with charming thatched cottages and winding roads through lush, green fields.

With its pomp and pageantry, wonderful idiosyncrasies and vibrant diversity, today's England is friendly, welcoming, fascinating and fun.