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Hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers are set to see their travel plans upended again after the airline announced it would cancel more than 10,000 flights until the end of October. At the same time there have been more votes by rail unions to strike at operators including LNER, …

Wandering Brno’s streets is like walking through a Wes Anderson storyboard, where confectionery-coloured 19th-century facades mingle frame-by-frame with sleek modernist buildings and communist-era apartment blocks. Brno map The Czech Republic’s second city enjoys its quiet, quirky life out of the spotlight: while Prague handles the stag parties, Brno, about a …

Graz truly is a tale of two cities. The old town lies on the east bank of the River Mur under the lee of the tree-covered Schlossberg. The hill was a medieval fortress until an irate Napoleon demanded its walls be destroyed by the inhabitants; around its base, a harmonious …

Düsseldorf’s residents call their home “the 10-minute city”, because it rarely takes longer than that to get wherever you want to go. That’s a big claim for somewhere that boasts no fewer than 50 stadtteile (mini districts), but it’s backed up by a transit system of U-Bahns and S-Bahns that …

Families of eleven passengers of the Abuja/Kaduna train who were recently released by terrorists, have revealed that the victims are sick, mentally unstable and traumatised.   The terrorists that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound AK9 train on March, 28, released 11 out of the 61 abducted train passengers, after almost three months in captivity.   …

After 74 days in captivity, eleven of the passengers abducted by terrorists during the March 28 attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train have regained their freedom.   Confirming this development to Vanguard, the media consultant of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, Malam Tukur Mamu said the 11 passengers, five males and six females, were released …

A 24-year-old African footballer has died after falling off a moving train in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, India.    The passport found in the victim’s pocket identified him as identified as Kouadio Mathieu, from Ivory Coast.   The incident happened on Saturday, June 4, when the victim who was …

There’s nothing quite like the excitement of going on holiday – especially after a pandemic. But having stayed put for so long, many of us have forgotten the stress involved in planning a break – booking annual leave, sorting out transport to the airport, and researching all the landmarks, restaurants …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the resumption of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna route.   This comes amidst threats by members of the over 50 Nigerians kidnapped by terrorists during the March 38 train attack who vowed to occupy the train tracks if the Federal government resumes the train …

Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train have freed Sadik, the son of elder statesman and Northern Elders Forum (NEF) convener, Professor Ango Abdullahi.   According to The Nation, a family member of the abducted train passengers confirmed that Sadik Ango Abdullahi was released on Friday April 29, after extensive negotiation.    …