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- Man charged in house attack inquiry
- Marchers support same-sex marriage
- Ferry collides with harbour wall
- Further fall in house prices: Study
- Shop sales fall biggest since 1999
- BAA warning on Heathrow hub plans
- Independence 'key to growth boost'
- Two arrested after house drugs raid
- Sheridan in legal bid over damages
- First-time buyers seize duty bonus
- Panda cake treat for zoo keepers
- Homelessness 'down by a fifth'
- Third man held in ear attack probe
- Rail signal staff on 24-hour strike
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- Rangers to go into administration
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International travel: Mauritius
Brilliant sunshine, azure seas and golden sands are uplifting enough. Add wonderful food, pampering galore and lashings of local rum and you must be in Mauritius
City Guide: Singapore
GAP YEAR students and baby boomers treating themselves to a midlife crisis no longer want to rough it, sleeping on the beach or stowing their fading backpacks at a hard-bedded hostel.
How airlines add bags more to your holiday
Families face paying up to £320 just to take baggage with them on their summer holidays this year.
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International travel: Sri Lanka
With magnificent temples and wildlife, a trip to Sri Lanka is the experience of a lifetime
Travel: London
WE ALL know the story of the town mouse and the country mouse. There’s a moral in there somewhere, I’m sure of it, though what I’ve decided to take from it is that even the most devoted town mouse or comfortable country mouse can learn something from the occasional change of scenery.
Hotels put room prices up in preparation for Madonna’s arrival
HOTEL prices in Edinburgh are already soaring for the night of the Murrayfield concert even before tickets for Madonna’s show go on sale.
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Travel: Mongolia
A JOURNEY on the Trans Mongolian Express takes the traveller through magical landscapes into a world steeped in the past
Travel: Airsaig House, Arisaig
ONCE upon a time, Sarah Winnington-Ingram had her wedding night at Arisaig House, a romantic, grey stone mansion on the Road to the Isles – a place so swish it even has its own railway station.
City guide: Düsseldorf
IF YOU want to get to know your ale like a real German, avoid the tourist traps (and taps) in Bavaria.
Travel: Scenic seaplane flight, Highlands
SPLASH out on a romantic weekend in the Highlands that delivers on adventure, luxury and good service
Travel: Manchester, England
FORTHY-EIGHT hours in Manchester is still plenty of time to enjoy Manchester’s cosmopolitan delights, finds Pamela Moffat
Travel: Cook Islands
Making a distinct cheeping noise as he sucks air through his teeth, The Birdman is on a mission. “Here, Georgie, Georgie, Georgie-Boy,” he calls sweetly, adding to the series of chirruping sounds. “Where are you today?”
Travel: Cornwall
AS we explore the huge beach at Mawgan Porth, the sun dropping from the sky, feeling the sand between our toes and hearing the crash of waves, it feels as though the holiday has properly begun.
Travel: North Carolina
THE guest book of the Grove Park Inn is your introduction to the rich history of North Carolina. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, George Gershwin, F Scott Fitzgerald and a dozen US presidents from the past two centuries have all passed through its oversized stone doorways.
City guide: Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN is well known for world-class design but it is the city’s sense of style that is making it an emerging global fashion centre.
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Travel: Lochaber, Highlands
SEA kayaking has a tendency to be a bit challenging – hence our securely fastened spray decks and slightly worrying capsize drill (I’m not sure my skills are up to an eskimo roll) – but today the water is blissfully still, barely a wave breaking on the rocks that line the coast.
Travel: The Peninsula, Tokyo
SLEEK, sophisticated and superbly located, the Peninsula Tokyo is perfect for tourists determined to see the city in style. While its sister hotel in Hong Kong is steeped in history, the Peninsula Tokyo is ultra modern and dripping with elegance.
Travel: Beaver Creek, Colorado
With vast, nearly deserted runs, excellent ski schools and an adrenaline rush for those who want it, Beaver Creek in Colorado has more family-friendly attractions than you can shake a stick at writes Richard Bath
Travel: Rauris, Austria
MASTERING the art of snowboarding may be challenging, but this Austrian idyll is the perfect place to learn
Travel: Brussels
ART lovers and collectors will be bidding to indulge their passions at Brussels’ annual antique fair
Scottish hotels struggling as travellers cut their costs
SOME Scottish hoteliers are struggling to stay in business because of the economic downturn, according to new figures.
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Travel: Gambia
THINGS started slowing on the ‘M1’. Up ahead I spotted the hold-up - a local bus with four goats strapped to the roof.
Travel: La Rochelle, France
IT IS late September and La Rochelle’s Vieux Port, one of the most photographed harbours on the Atlantic coast, is basking in the last of the summer sun. Its quayside restaurant and café terraces are packed.
City guide: San Francisco
SAN Francisco surely deserves its reputation as one of the US’s coolest, most cultured, sophisticated and laid-back destinations.
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- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
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Wednesday 15 February 2012
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