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
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
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
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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‘One in two BA cabin staff bullied’
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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Rolls seals £3.2bn BA aircraft deal
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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Cuba rolls out red carpet for liner
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
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%
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
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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Shareholders to vote on BA merger