Inside the incredible flight that took the actual Olympic flag – not the fake Tom Cruise one – to Los Angeles, with gold-medal-winning athletes onboard and the historic box the flag lives in

by David Hibbins | Aug 15, 2024 | Latest Travel News

 This week the actual Olympic flag – not the fake Tom Cruise one from the ceremony – was flown from Paris to Los Angeles, where the next Games will take place in 2028.It was a flight worthy of champions, with a fascinating Instagram video by Nicky Kelvin, Editor...

Found after a century beneath the waves – British troop ship sunk during WWI five years to the day after Titanic sank… with a passenger on board who survived BOTH disasters

by David Hibbins | Aug 15, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A British troop ship torpedoed in the First World War with a Titanic survivor on board has been discovered in the Aegean Sea.Built as an ocean liner, the SS Arcadian was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1915 and sunk on April 15, 1917, with the loss of 279 lives.It was...

Inside one of America’s poorest regions plagued by drug addiction, suicide and INCEST

by David Hibbins | Aug 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

An eye-opening documentary takes viewers inside one of America’s poorest regions, where drug addiction, suicide and incest are just some of the complaints among locals.YouTube creator Drew Binksy set out on a road trip through West Virginia and, in a film...

British couple say they were forced to reserve sunbeds by the pool at 1AM after discovering other hotel guests were sneaking to the pool at night to lay towels down

by David Hibbins | Aug 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A young British couple say they were left with no other choice but to sneak down to the hotel pool at 1am to reserve sunbeds while on holiday in Portugal. Aimee Millar, 20, from Belfast, said she resorted to leaving her room in the middle of the night when she...

Britain at its best: Inside the pretty seaside town of Lyme Regis – which boasts million-year-old fossils and a blooming restaurant scene

by David Hibbins | Aug 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Once upon a time, before anyone had heard of dinosaurs, locals in Dorset used to stumble on strange-shaped stones on the beach – and sell them as curios.The curved sea-creatures we know as ammonites they called ‘sea snakes’. As for belemnite molluscs, they named them,...

Rawdogging might be all the rage on social media – but now experts warn the travel trend could kill you

by David Hibbins | Aug 14, 2024 | Latest Travel News

‘Rawdogging’ has become an online buzzword in recent months but now an expert has warned the strange trend among mostly male travellers could be harmful.The term refers to the practice of consuming no form of entertainment during a flight –...