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Instagram travel blogger criticised after posting 'dangerous' selfie on train tracks (11/14/2018)
Patricia Alejos Monzon's snap of herself standing on train tracks sparked outrage online
Flybe up for sale as airline struggles with high oil prices (11/14/2018)
CEO blames 'softening in growth in the short-haul market, as well as continued headwinds from higher fuel and currency costs'
Train operators criticised for 'serious underlying problems' with complaints system (11/13/2018)
Most rail commuters who complain don't like the outcome
Brexit: UK visitors to Europe will not need visas – for now (11/13/2018)
'Rules on non-EU nationals travelling to the EU, such as those on border control, would of course apply to UK citizens once they are no longer EU citizens,' says the Commission
Space travel: What it's like to take a zero gravity flight (11/9/2018)
Achieving weightlessness while sipping specially crafted space champagne is the ultimate bucket list experience, finds Mars El Brogy
Burundi cancels new flight route to Kenya because there's no business class on board (11/13/2018)
The flights were due to launch on Wednesday 7 November
Paris taxi driver charges tourists €250 for journey from Charles de Gaulle airport (11/13/2018)
The couple were charged five times the fixed rate fare
Brexit: EU to decide whether Britons will need visas in event of no-deal (11/13/2018)
The default position for a third country is to join the 'visa required' list