• ‘Heathrow’s third runway should have been built 10 years ago’
    Feb 26 2026

    That's the message from Thomas Woldbye, chief executive of Europe's busiest airport, who is keen to build a third runway and opening it to flights within a decade. He also tells me the passenger operation had run better than ever in 2025: “Ninety-eight per cent of our passengers waited less than five minutes in security, and we halved the amount of bags that didn't reach the intended flight.”


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    7 min
  • Red tape gets even more tangled from today
    Feb 25 2026

    For many British travellers who plan to travel to Ireland, or who happen to be dual nationals, red tape has become a lot more complicated from today. Aer Lingus, the Irish national airline now insists that passengers flying between Great Britain and the Republic carry passports – until now, many other forms of ID were accepted.


    And any British citizens who also have a passport from another country face tougher controls when entering the UK. To try to make sense of it all


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    8 min
  • First time in Africa for senior travel writer Natalie Wilson
    Feb 24 2026

    Travel desk Tuesday – and the joy of working at The Independent is that my excellent colleagues are constantly returning from exciting places. Senior travel writer Natalie Wilson tells me about her first experience of Africa. She visited Borano Conservancy in Kenya – and can't wait to return to the continent.


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    8 min
  • Mexico: UK Foreign Office issues urgent warning as flights are cancelled due to drug cartel violence
    Feb 23 2026

    Many thousands of tourists are stranded in the resort of Puerto Vallarta after violence erupted following the killing of narcotics kingpin ‘El Mencho’. Most are American and Canadian visitors – dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled at Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara due to the upsurge in violence.


    The vast majority of British travellers are in and around Cancun, 1,000 miles from the trouble. Should they be worried?


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    7 min
  • "Huge, massive beautiful place" – welcome to Mongolia
    Feb 20 2026

    Ulan Bator, the capital, is a busy, creative location, says Anna Butler – Tour Manager for Expat Adventure. She has lived in the vast land – six times the size of Britain – for 10 year. But beyond the city there is much more to be discovered.


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    5 min
  • Dual citizens may now be able to use expired passports to enter the UK
    Feb 19 2026

    From Wednesday 25 February, people who are British but also citizens of another country were told they can travel to the UK only with a valid British passport or “Certificate of Entitlement”. But now it seems an expired UK passport may work.


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    7 min
  • Forget travel with family or partner – the trend is to explore with friends
    Feb 18 2026

    Andrea Godfrey, head of the long-standing and highly innovative travel company Regent Holidays, tells me about the new Holidays with Friends portfolio – taking groups of pals to destinations as diverse as Kosovo and the Philippines.


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    8 min
  • Are you tempted to travel to the frozen north?
    Feb 17 2026

    Greenland, Iceland, Lapland – their names alone might make you shiver. Then there's the geological instability of Iceland (remember the volcano?) and the geopolitical instability of Greenland – the 51st state, if Donald Trump gets his way. But Clive Stacey, founder of specialist operator Discover the World, says there is a special appeal to the far north.


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    6 min