All news by author: Milo Boyd

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Pilot who's 'most experienced' says brace position isn't used for morbid reasons
Nick Eades, the world's most experienced 747 pilot, has explained why a certain crash position is adopted when a plane goes down and new terminology flight attendants use in the event of a disaster
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Flight attendants' behaviour can show if the pilot is worried about the plane
Watching flight attendants while cruising at 30,000 feet is a good way to freak yourself out and potentially glean some clues about what is going on in the cockpit
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Passengers spot plane 'floating' over building - but pilot says it isn't magic
A pilot explained what was happening when passengers aboard a commercial jet approaching San Francisco International Airport looked out of the window to see a plane that appeared to be floating
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Calls for family to face cruise ban after kids spotted dangling off ship
The children were seen perched on the edge of a thin railing on a ship some has claimed is the Royal Caribbean vessel Serenade of the Seas, leaving some onlookers terrified
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Popular UK seaside town becoming 'rat infested, rubbish-filled and tatty'
West Bay in Dorset, which was used as the location of Broadchurch in the ITV detective show starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant, has fallen on hard times, according to locals
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Flight attendant warns Brits not to bring nail polish and booze on flights
Lisa Kulpa, co-founder of the Basic Travel Couple blog as well as a member of the cabin crew of a major airline, has explained why flight attendants stop customers from drinking aboard planes
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Travel experts urge Brits to book cruises early if they want the best deals
With the cost of living crisis pushing up the price of package holidays by 30% in 2023 alone, making your money go as far as possible is more important now than ever
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You can still bag cheap Spain deals including Ibiza trips from £75 a night
TUI has a number of half-board and all-inclusive deals on offer for holidays to Ibiza, Spain before the summer is out, so it's not too late to bag a bargain this year
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Passenger branded 'genius' for turning economy seat into private VIP section
Giga Vashakidze, from California, filmed a fellow passenger on a flight from San Diego to Venice, Italy using a simple trick to turn their economy seat into a VIP section
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Venice warning as UN experts say Italian hotspot should be put on 'danger list'
Unesco has warned that Venice faces "long-standing but urgent issues" that are not being solved, including flooding as sea levels rises and damage from over tourism
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Brits warned of hefty airport charges if you forget to pay ahead for parking
A study of car parking at airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Stansted found that paying for a spot ahead of your trip could save you hundreds of pounds
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Cabin crew say the comfiest seat on the plane also happens to be the cleanest
If you have the chance to choose what plane seat you are going to sit in, there is one which is more likely to be clean and also has plenty of room to stretch out into
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Brits urged to check travel insurance or risk a potentially hefty bill abroad
Many holidaymakers maybe heading away on breaks without being fully covered by their insurance provider despite having policies which seem fairly comprehensive
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Brits flock to gorgeous UK beach 'like Greece' as it's one of best in the world
Cornwall's Pedn Vounder has been judged to be the best in the country in a rundown of the best of the best globally by Big7, with White Beach in The Philippines coming out on top
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Spain holiday warning for Brits as popular beaches closed and red flags issued
The Carlotti Cove in Santa Pola and Playa de las Villas de Pilar de la Horadada, in Alicante have both been shut down due to issues with the cleanliness of the water
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Sunbed wars spark night-time chaos and 'illegal' towel queues as tourists battle
Popular resorts across the Mediterranean in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Portugal have been hit by the sunbed wars, with battles breaking out across the summer months
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Woman's plane window didn't have a blind so she used safety card for 8 hours
Ally Shapiro, a TikTok influencer, was flying from Nice in France to New York earlier this month when she noticed that the window next to her seat didn't have a blind, she claimed
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Greek prime minister offers free holidays to Rhodes after wildfires
The Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has offered a free week's holiday to the island of Rhodes to those who were affected by the wildfires that swept across it last week
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Lifeguards rush tourists in Spain out of the sea after spotting shark nearby
A shark was spotted this morning at Playa de Palma, a near-four-mile stretch of beach running between Can Pastilla and the former fishing village of El Arenal which attracts hordes of British, German and Dutch holidaymakers in the summer months
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Gwyneth Paltrow has put her £3.8million mansion's guesthouse on Airbnb
Gwyneth Paltrow has put her home in Montecito, California on Airbnb, giving guests the chance to be neighbours of the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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Aspiring Kens can apply to work as Beach in the Maldives and get a free stay
Now Coco Collection – a luxury resort group in the Maldives - is looking for a person to act as a Beach for ten days following the release of Greta Gerwig's movie Barbie
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Airline 'very sorry' after woman was taken to wrong destination 1,000 miles away
Wasifa Jan found herself in the western city of Pune, which is just under 100 miles from the city of Mumbai, after trying to fly from the Indian capital New Delhi to Srinagar with SpiceJet
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UK's cheapest camping hotspot has pitches from £4.50 a night per person
Pitchup.com has highlighted parts of the country with the best value campsites that are perfect for an outdoor holiday, including Greater Bristol, the Orkney Islands and Caithness
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'I trained as an astronaut at space camp for adults - our mission was intense'
How astronauts train is always top of the list of any space fan's questions - so we sent one writer to try it out and find out exactly what happens at space camp
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'I fit a year's worth of travelling into two weeks - and it cost me £71 a day'
Alex Hempton, from Edinburgh, is on a speedy trip to Malta, Serbia, UAE, The Maldives, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Qatar, Egypt and Greece with four of his friends