An airline in the US is suing a man whose website finds cheap air fares.
Aktarer Zaman founded the website Skiplagged.com in 2013. It looks for “hidden city ticketing”. This involves finding flights to a more distant destination, but with a stop in the desired city.
The international travel publisher of the Rough Guides series has promoted Portugal’s Alentejo region in its ‘Top 10 destinations to visit in 2015.’
The Portuguese region joins Kosovo, the UK’s Peak District, the Canary Islands, Karnataka, Northern Ireland, the Mekong Delta, Northwest China, Oaxaca and Queens.
The Portuguese are happy to welcome New Year revellers in their thousands but within Europe, plan to spend less time and money on the celebrations to see in 2015.
Of Europe’s 22 nationalities, the Portuguese lie third behind Poland and Serbia with their plans to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve.
Coastal erosion in the UK is becoming so pronounced that the Environment Agency has warned that 800 properties in England and Wales will be lost over the next 20 years.
It further warned that that figure will rise to some 7,000 residential and commercial properties over the coming century.
A device which alerts drivers to the proximity of police has come under scrutiny.
Officials in the UK are considering if the Target Blu Eye device is in breach of the Wireless Telegraphy Act which governs the use of radio communications.
British taste buds are favouring ready-made rice and noodle dishes instead of pasta.
Sales of pasta in the UK fell by 4.2% in the last year while rice sales rose by 3.6% and noodles by 2.6%.
A 35-year old man was found in a pool of his own blood in the early hours of Saturday morning, in an area between the municipal sports hall and the Francisco Cabrita school in Albufeira.
The Brazilian remained in a serious state on Sunday.
A statement from a manager of Erbslöh, a subsidiary of Ferrostaal, outlines how the submaine bribery system worked, a system previously so overt that the company was able to claim the sums paid to foreign government employees as a legitimate business expense when it came to its end-of-year taxes.
"When they tell me they did business without resorting to ‘useful applications,’ I do not believe it."
