Travel

Hannah Price, 23, a business owner from Portishead, is facing a seven hour journey to get home via Amsterdam after her flight was cancelled when BMI went into administration

For this month's Travel Tales, we caught up with newsreader and Escape to the Country presenter, Sonali Shah. She told us all about early holiday memories visiting family in Kenya, her favourite foods from around the world and why she thinks Michelle Obama would make a cracking travel companion. Tell us about your first holiday memory? Playing with my cousins in the courtyard of my nanima's (maternal grandmother's) house in Nairobi and eating the mini, coloured popcorn she always made...

Closer to Dubai Airport than the famous tourist strip of Jumeriah Beach, Sharjah is the UAE’s third largest emirate. It might not be as well-known just yet, but here, the glitz and excesses of its neighbour are resisted in favour of Islamic heritage and tradition. As we found out on a recent trip over, it means it’s a fascinating destination that welcomes respectful visitors, and rewards them with a wealth of unique attractions like the glassy lakeside area of the...

A Romanian airline has cancelled flights due to Brexit uncertainty. Blue Air made the decision to halt their flights from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. Many passengers were left fuming after they were not able to board their scheduled flights to Alicante and Rome. Blue Air flights between Luton and Turin are also expected to be affected. The airline will continue to fly to Romania and UK, but from the UK to any other nation in trouble if the UK exits...

The fast jet flyer was conducting an early season display practice over RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire

Ten minutes out of Lausanne on board a typically punctual train lies a stretch of track that has become a Mecca for wine tourists across the world. Skirting the glacial Lake Geneva (the locals prefer Lac Léman) and with views of Évian-les-Bains and the Alps it winds its way across hillside vineyards to Grandvaux where it passes underground through the “ticket tunnel”, so named because those entering from the German-speaking side of Switzerland are said to have thrown their return...

Hundreds of people had their trip ruined by out-of-control Shelia Thompson

Valentine’s Day can be a high-pressured affair - but you've won before you've begun when you can plan a special night out. From magic meals to overnight escapes, here are our tips for a chic way to celebrate cupid’s arrow in London’s finest hotels. Animal-lovers rejoice with a 5-course vegan dinner and overnight stay at La Suite West Get your plant-based swooning on at this minimalist Paddington boutique hotel, courtesy of London’s first vegan French patisserie – Café Forty One....

The "unique agreement" between British Transport Police (BTP) and Royal Military Police (RMP) will mean the red hats and brown uniforms could become the norm at the capital's busiest stations.