Tour de France: Mark Cavendish deserves fame for all that pain

The British rider is poised to be our first Tour de France champion in decades, says Jim White.

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Tour de France: Mark Cavendish deserves fame for all that pain

France holidays: Gascony vs Dordogne

One is a famous favourite with the British, the other is less well-known, but which region offers more to the traveller?

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France holidays: Gascony vs Dordogne

Pirates target British cruise ship

A cruise ship carrying hundreds of British passengers has been targeted by pirates in the Indian ocean.

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Pirates target British cruise ship

‘One in two BA cabin staff bullied’

Almost three out of four members of British Airways cabin crew have witnessed or been victims of bullying, the country’s biggest trade union has claimed.

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Rolls seals £3.2bn BA aircraft deal

Rolls-Royce has signed a £3.2 billion deal to supply British Airways with engines for up to 61 aircraft in the first sale of its Trent 900 engine since one exploded in mid-air on a Qantas flight last year.

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Cuba rolls out red carpet for liner

A salsa band, dancing schoolchildren and showgirls in bikini tops and feather headdresses welcomed around 1,500 tourists on a British cruise liner – one of the biggest ships to visit Cuba in years.

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BA warned of cabin crew strike vote

The union representing British Airways cabin crew has given the airline formal seven days notice of its intention to hold a fresh strike ballot in its long-running dispute with the company.

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BA warned of cabin crew strike vote

BA passenger numbers increase 6%

The number of passengers travelling on British Airways planes last month rose almost 6% compared with November 2009.

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BA passenger numbers increase 6%

BA and Iberia support £5bn merger

Shareholders of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia have voted in favour of a £5 billion merger of the two airlines.

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BA and Iberia support £5bn merger

Shareholders to vote on BA merger

The final hurdle to a merger between British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia should be cleared when shareholders of the two airlines vote on the £5 billion link-up.

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