New research has revealed the extent to which travel companies use card charges, premium rate telephone lines and automatic opt-ins to “trick” their customers.
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Dog Falls walk, Glen Affric: The scene was awesome for one main reason: I was above the canopy of many of the trees and I suddenly felt very insignificant This marked route runs through the core of the ancient woodland of the Caledonian pinewoods in Glen Affric .
Continue ReadingAirline passengers could be endangered by EU plans to allow pilots to fly longer hours, MPs have been told.
Continue ReadingIn 2011 two tourists – including a British honeymooner – were killed in freak shark attacks in the Seychelles.
Continue ReadingRising interest payments on BAA’s debts turned the operating profit of £572m into a pre-tax loss of £256m – a £60m improvement on its 2010 losses The airport operator BAA has announced a pre-tax loss of £256m for 2011, despite record traffic at Heathrow and a leap in revenues. BAA said it had delivered a strong operational year with continued significant investment that would ultimately see it turn a profit, although interest payments on its £10bn debt continued to drag its annual accounts into the red.
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