As much of the UK continues to suffer the cold weather, heavy snow is predicted in some parts of the country with the worst hit areas to be in the south east. A cold front moving east and south is expected to meet slightly warmer air which could cause snow. A Cold Weather Alert has [...]

Qantas passengers will see fare rises beginning 1 July. The Airline said this week that the move comes as a result of the Gillard government’s carbon initiative, which will add an extra AUD $6.86 (£4.64) per one-way ticket, as well as the carrier’s skyrocketing fuel bills, which could add up to as much as AUD [...]

The growing trend of online shopping in the Middle East is likely to spread to car hire bookings, Hertz UAE has said. The prediction comes this week via an official release from one of the region’s largest car rental providers, which said that following a 35 per cent increase in internet bookings over the last [...]

Last week saw several airlines divert flight routes in response to a major solar storm. United Airlines, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and other North American carriers said late last week that several long-haul routes were affected by the largest solar storm to hit the earth since 2003. A spokesman for Delta said that many [...]

Budget carrier easyJet has declared a 16.7 per cent rise in revenues for the last quarter of 2011. The airline said that passenger numbers were also up by 8.1 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Although the figures are an improvement, easyJet pointed out that figures for the last three months of [...]

A breakthrough electric vehicle was launched on Tuesday ahead of its start of production next year. The Hiriko prototype vehicle, which is designed to save space by folding inward, is powered by four small motors inside its wheels. The small car was launched by European Commission president José Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Tuesday morning [...]

An amateur video has surfaced of crew on the Costa Concordia telling passengers that there was nothing to be concerned about after the cruise liner ran aground off the coast of Italy last Friday. A crew member is heard asking people to return to their cabins while a problem with the vessel’s generator is fixed. [...]

A new study has shown that Britons are looking to spend less on holiday travel in 2012. The news comes via a survey conducted by Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance, which revealed that 28.9 million British holidaymakers said they would be spending some £22.1 billion in total on breaks in the coming 12 months. Despite appearing to [...]

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has promised that if Londoners provide him with a second term in charge this May, he will fix the roads in the capital, and will also provide another crossing beneath the Thames within a decade. He said that London should be permitted to flourish and that this would involve a [...]

Ministers are calling for action as whiplash claims in the UK spiral out of control, driving up insurance prices. Proof that claimants have suffered significant whiplash should have to be provided, the Transport Select Committee has said. The group also says that insurance firms should be banned from selling off any information regarding their customers. [...]