Crowds went to Manchester Airport to receive David Beckham back to London. The midfielder was revisiting the country for the Champions League, where Beckham’s team AC Milan will compete with his old squad Manchester United.
Upon his arrival at the airport, Beckham was given a wholehearted welcome by dozens of fans, reporters and photographers, even though he is now playing for the Italian AC Milan.
As for his comment on the upcoming match, he said that returning back to Manchester as an AC Milan player is exciting. United Manchester emerged as the winner during the first match, with a result of 3-2.
He [...]

The already troubled British travel industry, still mired in ongoing airline disputes, has been dealt another body blow after the RMT union advised that national rail network staff had spoken out in support of a proposed walk-out. This means the threat of a rail strike over the Easter period is now a very real possibility.
Members voted by a favourable 77 percent to take action against network rail whose changes made to working conditions and practices has resulted in around 1,500 job losses.
The RMT union claimed that no call to strike would be made before next Friday’s group meeting. Any decision [...]

A young Singaporean man was yesterday sentenced by a local district court to serve 42 months behind bars following investigations into an alleged car hire scam.
22-year-old Allen Tan Wei Loon pleaded guilty to eight charges, mainly involving cheating and fraud, and was also banned from driving for the next four years after it was discovered that he had been driving without any insurance cover or a driver’s license. The court heard how Loon cheated around S$134,000, the majority of which has already been repaid.
The scandal followed Loon’s response to an advertisement placed online by Ms Lim Lay Lan offering her [...]

Colleen LaRose, residing at suburban Pennsylvania and whose online nickname is ‘Jihad Jane’, was indicted by the Justice Department for several criminal charges – including providing material support to terrorists, planning to kill somebody abroad, giving false statements to authorities, trying to commit suicide five years ago and identity falsification.
The accusation was heavily supported by an email of a conspirator, which states how LaRose’s American passport and fair complexion would make it simpler for her to operate unnoticed. Holding a US passport, she can effortlessly blend herself among Westerners. A law officer involved in the case described LaRose having green [...]

More work-related strikes are threatening to interrupt the travel plans of million of air and rail travellers over the following months, as disagreements between worker unions and two operators British Airways (BA) and Network Rail escalates.
A strike of BA cabin crew next week may be possible if talks between the Unite trade union and the airline company fail. The airline had already asked for an extension to consider the union’s pay cut offer of 2.6 per cent.  As result, unite has decided not to strike during the Easter, but the group warns that a walkout could happen next week if [...]

Car manufacturer Toyota has received yet another disastrous body blow to its international representation after a recent model Prius was halted by the US highway patrol after it was found to be accelerating out of control. The issue is a continuation of the massive problems with braking and accelerating that have plagued the brand image of the Japanese car maker.
The drama occurred on the Interstate 8 freeway near San Diego, where Californian police officers were contacted by the 61-year-old driver, James Sikes, who used his mobile to ring the Highway Patrol as his 2008 Prius accelerated out of control. The [...]

The toll for driving on the Irish M50 motorway is being applied to rental bookings by some operators, who argue that the increase in fees for hire car customers has been brought about by losses generated from unpaid charges. In some instances, the standard £3 pound each way charge is being added to the overall bill along with an additional fee of up to 64 percent.
The rate hike revelation came after a Europcar customer, who is based in the UK, hired a vehicle for his trip home. He was charged with a extra fee of €1.93 each for each leg [...]

EU parliamentarians recently approved a new regulation allowing any non-EU national on a long-stay visa to travel within the bloc for three months under the same conditions given to residence permit holders.The new EU regulation will be implemented starting 5 April.
The European Parliament said in a media statement that the increased liberty to travel to EU member states will not cause any immediate security hazard. The new directive however does not cover Ireland, Denmark and the UK.
Under the existing EU law, people holding long-stay visas, like students, are not allowed to travel to other EU member states nor pass through [...]

The recent state visit of South African President Jacob Zuma to Britain seems to be yielding positive effects for the nation. Zuma, together with a dozen of his cabinet ministers and 200 more people from the business sector, came to Britain not only for economic interests but also to promote the upcoming World Cup event – to be held at the African country.
South Africa will host the soccer event in three months time and thousands of soccer fans are expected to flock the nation. With the sudden influx of visitors to witness the sports event, warnings are now out that [...]

The pay-as-you-go car hire service operated by Peugeot using their Mu vehicle program has been successfully launched in France for some time, and now UK motorists can experience the latest driving concept.
Similar to a pre-paid mobile account, the Mu system provides users with top-up options simply by visiting the dedicated website. With sufficient credit, renters can choose from numerous vehicles such as an SUV, the 207 or 308 CC, 407 Coupe and more. There is even the option to rent scooters and bicycles for the more environmentally friendly or exercise conscious, while additional extras such as ski racks and GPS [...]