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Brits set for bank holiday getaway 23 Aug 2013 | 01:27 pm
The bank holiday weekend is due to see more than six million Britons make overnight-stay trips both in the UK and overseas, with Spain the top destination. Travel organisation Abta said 1.8 million w...
Road traffic 'makes asthma worse' 22 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
Traffic pollution and smoke from wood fire heaters has a significant effect on middle-aged people with asthma, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Melbourne claim symptoms wo...
Travel to Egypt from UK continues 21 Aug 2013 | 01:51 pm
British holidaymakers are still able to travel to Egypt from the UK despite several European tour operators cancelling all trips to the country, which is currently beset by violence civil unrest. The...
Air passengers stranded in Canada 20 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm
Hundreds of passengers suffered prolonged disruption on Saturday as a flight from Heathrow to New York had to make an emergency landing at a small Canadian airport. More than 250 people, including a ...
Genetic mutation of cells charted 17 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Many of the major genetic mutations which cause cancer have been categorised by scientists in what they say constitutes a significant advance in their understanding of the disease. A lot of work rema...
Boozy Britons warned of travel risk 17 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Young holidaymakers have been warned to take care when taking advantage of cheap alcohol prices abroad - after research showed how boozy Britons are putting themselves at risk of injury or imprisonmen...
Stansted workers to go on strike 17 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
Holidaymakers planning a trip abroad from Stansted Airport over the bank holiday weekend might want to give extra consideration to their choice of travel insurance after baggage workers announced stri...
Cancer mother to climb Kilimanjaro 14 Aug 2013 | 04:34 pm
A mother-of-two from Cardiff is set to climb Africa's highest mountain - one month after she finishes her treatment for breast cancer. Rachael Barlow-Maguire, 41, was diagnosed with the disease a yea...
Fresh hopes for malaria vaccine 14 Aug 2013 | 04:34 pm
Scientists appear to have produced an effective vaccine to give total protection against malaria. Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, pro...
Holidaymakers warned on eye health 12 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Holidaymakers who wear contact lenses are being advised to take extra care with their eye health to avoid infection. Parwez Hossain, a consultant ophthalmologist at Southampton General Hospital, said...
