Filed under: United Kingdom, Airlines, Airports, News The UK has a bit of a history when it comes to airports getting in the way of your vacation plans. London Heathrow airport is where I've spent many a night waiting for air traffic to get back to normal while they attempt to fix whatever was inter...

It could be the most expensive bottle of asti spumante you'll ever buy. Ryanair has confirmed passengers will be charged £30 if they cannot fit their duty free purchases into their single piece of hand luggage. The low-cost carrier, which makes sizeable profits from its add-on fees, said it would m...

Britain ground to a halt this morning as the transport systems lack of operational competence and depth was once again cruelly exposed. Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "We are doing everything in our power to ensure services, road, rail and airport...

BAA is expected to fast-track a third runway at Heathrow after the government yesterday backed expanding the airport as soon as possible after 2015. The transport secretary, Geoff Hoon, recommended that the airport owner "brought forward" a planning application for the runway after he made the surpr...

So, we staggered into half-term shattered by new-school-itis, and all the out-of-school stuff. During the holiday, we had a short break to see the Stockholm based rellies - both to see how they were doing, as they moved out there in the summer, and to see something of Stockholm, as we missed younges...

"Geertje, hoe lang ben je nog baas?" "Morgen nog en dan is het fini" "Komt Old Shatterhand terug dinsdag?" "Yup" "Ge zijt er niet rouwig om, zeker?" "Nee-eee, zeker niet." "En hoe gaat het met M?" "Zo goed en zo kwaad als het gaat.  En met jou?" "Niet goed.  Die van ons moest niets van m'n...

From the sexy brain_nightlong , who rarely posts but is totally worth the wait: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LJ along wit...

Ik zit aan tafel.  Het is een houten tafel van Ikea met bijpassende stoel.  Bloot, ik ben volledig bloot.  De oude Grieken zouden er niets op tegen hebben gehad.  Naaktheid was voor hen ok zolang je je stijve penis maar niet liet zien. Lak heb ik aan het oude Griekenland.  M...

If the Terminal 5 fiasco in March and the shambles last summer are anything to go by, holidaymakers in July and August have much to fear at Heathrow airport....

The St. Reatham One - 29 May 2008 The Celtic Sage has long cast a cold eye on the abusive behaviour of British Airways (BA) and the so called British Airports Authority (BAA) to the cattle (their expression is “self loading cargo�) who have to use their quasi monopolies which have been protected...