Daily Mail - Fallout From Credit Crunch And Rising Fuel Prices Can Make ...

Fallout from credit crunch and rising fuel prices can make ... - Daily Mail

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Fallout from credit crunch and rising fuel prices can make ... Daily Mail, UK - Sep 1, 2008 But now aviation bosses are warning that thousands of Britons who have bought a second home in the sun or a winter hideaway near destinations served by ...

Fallout from credit crunch and rising fuel prices can make ... - Daily Mail

- Return Of The Great British Holiday Puts Spain And Greece In The Shade

Return of the great British holiday puts Spain and Greece in the shade - guardian.co.uk

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Return of the great British holiday puts Spain and Greece in the shade guardian.co.uk, UK - Aug 15, 2008 The number of Britons visiting Turkey this year has jumped by a fifth to 1.7 million, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). ... Gill Charlton: On the case Telegraph.co.uk all 2 news articles

Return of the great British holiday puts Spain and Greece in the shade - guardian.co.uk Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty ImagesThe British seaside is proving a popular holiday destination this year, with a weak pound and stretched finances forcing more people to stay in Britain. But many people are still escaping the wet and windy British summer to sunnier climes - outside the increasingly expensive eurozone.The strength of the euro is putting many holidaymakers off traditional European destinations such as Spain and Greece. The pound is now worth €1.27, 20% less than a year ago. Turkey and Egypt have become the new hot spots, seeing the biggest rises in bookings this year. Croatia, Bulgaria and Tunisia are also popular. Outside the eurozone, Bulgaria has emerged as the cheapest European destination.For late summer bookings, Turkey - in particular the Dalaman area which offers sea and mountains - has come out top, according to new figures compiled by Co-operative Travel for The Guardian. The Co-op's Trevor Davis described this as "a seismic shift in holiday bookings, as Spain has been the UK's number one choice since the package holiday began". The number of Britons visiting Turkey this year has jumped by a fifth to 1.7 million, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). Egypt has seen an even bigger increase of 28%, attracting 600,000 holidaymakers. By contrast, Spain and Greece are showing flat growth - though Spain remains by far the biggest destination, with 14 million Britons going there every year. Greece attracts 2.5 million holidaymakers from Britain.Thomas Cook has seen its summer bookings to Turkey and Egypt increase by 15% from last year. A family of four will pay £1,516 for a week in a self catering apartment in Dalaman with Thomson (owned by TUI) - or £2,141 for the same deal at Alykanas village apartments in Zante, Greece. The British seaside is seeing record numbers of bookings: Brighton is up 70%, Bournemouth 20% and Eastbourne 66%."The Brits are taking another look at holidaying at home because of the economic climate," said Sian Brenchley at Visit Britain. Customers are booking more add-ons with their hotels - theme parks, theatre and music tickets. The trend has continued despite the rather poor summer we've had this year."Asda reported this week that its stores in seaside towns, were trading "phenomenally well".More people are cutting the length of their summer holidays abroad to enjoy several breaks at home. Since the mergers of travel groups TUI and First Choice and Thomas Cook and MyTravel, last year, they have cut the number of low-cost late deals to western Mediterranean resorts such as mainland Spain and the Balearics. The surge to the turquoise coast may continue. Searches on Teletext Holidays between June and August for holidays to Turkey soared by 72% compared with last year. Ash Makkar, marketing director, said: "The credit crunch has affected our customers' priorities in terms of booking a summer break, as they now demand greater value than ever before. It was last updated at 01:45 on August 16 2008. Printable versionSend to a friendShare ClipContact us larger| smaller Share Close Digg reddit Google Bookmarks Yahoo! Share Close Digg reddit Google Bookmarks Yahoo! Travel insuranceMulti-trip annual holiday insurance from £38 and single trip travel insurance from £6. Share travel tips about your favourite places on Been there, our interactive travel guide to the world.

Daily Mail - Patients With High Risk Of Stroke And Heart Attack 'Ignoring ...

Patients with high risk of stroke and heart attack 'ignoring ... - Daily Mail

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Patients with high risk of stroke and heart attack 'ignoring ... Daily Mail, UK - Sep 1, 2008 By Jenny Hope Britons at high risk of heart attack and stroke are ignoring doctors' advice to change their lifestyle, says a new survey. ...

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More than three-quarters are obese or overweight, with dangerously big stomachs, and most smokers have refused to give up. More than half have out-of-control blood pressure and 40 per cent have high cholesterol levels. Two out of three refuse to accept they are more at risk than other people their age - despite being given warnings and prescription drugs by their GP. The findings from a major European survey were released today at the European Society for Cardiology congress in Munich. Around one in three middle-aged Britons is at high risk of heart disease because of factors such as obesity, diabetes, family history, high cholesterol and blood pressure levels. This means they have a one in five chance of suffering a fatal heart attack unless they change their lifestyle. The new survey of 12 countries looked in detail at 381 patients in the UK, who had been diagnosed as 'high risk' at least six months earlier by their GPs. In many cases they were taking medication as a result. Almost 80 per cent of those who were smokers at the time had not given up despite smoking being a major cause of heart disease. Altogether 82 per cent of high risk patients were overweight or obese - half of whom were so fat it threatens their health. Four out of five had a dangerously large waist circumference, indicating deposits of abdominal fat that raise the chances of diabetes and heart problems. The EUROASPIRE survey showed about two out of five patients said they did not take regular exercise and had no plans to do so. Around half had diabetes, including seven per cent whose condition was detected when they were taking part in the survey and having various tests. In total, 57 per cent of patients had raised blood pressure despite three-quarters of them being on antihypertensive drugs. At least 40 per cent of patients had high blood cholesterol, even though the UK uses more statin drugs – which reduce cholesterol - than any other European country except Italy. Three out of four of those agreed, when they were asked whether everyone should know of their heart disease risk, compared with just 21 per cent in Bulgaria. But there was an alarming level of ignorance among British patients about their state of health. Altogether two-thirds said they did not think their risk of heart disease was higher than a person in the general population of the same age and sex, including 16 per cent who thought it was lower. Just 33 per cent believed it was higher - as their doctors had told them. Professor David Wood, an expert in cardiovascular medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, said the survey raised concerns that many Britons were in denial about their heart health. He said 'These figures are quite shocking. They should be managed much more rigorously and their lifestyle should be changing. He said European research showed that nurse-led programmes in GP surgeries were the best way to help high-risk heart patients change their lifestyle - and that of their partners. Four out of five families ate more fruit and vegetables when nurses got involved, and the number doing physical activity doubled, he said. The survey used trained technicians to question 381 patients who had been told they were at high risk of heart disease before developing any symptoms. They were prescribed drugs or being treated with dietary advice. The fact that so few smokers had quit goes against the national trend, with more people giving up since the ban on smoking in public. However, many of these patients in their 40s, 50s and 60s will have been smokers for decades. Print this article Read later Email to a friendShare this article: Digg it|Del.icio.us|Reddit|Newsvine|Nowpublic|Facebook|MySpace|FarkDM.has("readerComments");DM.has("debate");Add your commentsView allComments (0)No comments have so far been submitted.

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria: The Age Of $15 Flights

Bulgaria: The age of $15 flights - Sofia Echo

Bulgaria: The age of $15 flights Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Aug 22, 2008 ... the UK since their country joined the European Union in January 2007 as well as Bulgaria’s appeal as a holiday and investment destination for Britons. ...

Bulgaria: The age of $15 flights - Sofia Echo

Litters - Times Online - A New Chapter For Flit

A new chapter for flit-litters - Times Online

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A new chapter for flit-litters Times Online, UK - Aug 30, 2008 ... in Bulgaria or Downhill in Dubai: Skiing in the Desert. Also, the literary output from North America, the third most popular destination for Britons, ...

A new chapter for flit-litters - Times Online

Overseas Property And Investment News - More Britons Purchasing Bulgarian Currency

More Britons purchasing Bulgarian currency - Overseas Property and Investment News

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More Britons purchasing Bulgarian currency Overseas Property and Investment News, UK - Aug 22, 2008 Investors in the Bulgarian market can be in line to benefit from growth in the country's tourism sector. According to the Post Office, ...

More Britons purchasing Bulgarian currency - Overseas Property and Investment News Low money down, 70% mortgages & high rental potential.

Value Holidays - - Britons Look Beyond Eurozone For Better

Britons look beyond Eurozone for better-value holidays - Telegraph.co.uk

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Britons look beyond Eurozone for better-value holidays Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 20, 2008 ... while sales of Malaysian ringgit, Slovakian koruna and Bulgarian lev have also risen sharply. The figures provide further evidence that though Britons ...

Britons look beyond Eurozone for better-value holidays - Telegraph.co.uk

AFP - Freerunners Fly At World Championships

Freerunners fly at world championships - AFP

AFP	Freerunners fly at world championships AFP - 6 hours ago Britons Tim "Livewire" Shieff and Ben "Jenx" Jenkin finished second and third respectively, while compatriot Pip "Piptrix" Andersen and America's Billy ...

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- Britons Work Almost Two Hours More Per Week Than The Average European

Britons work almost two hours more per week than the average European - Telegraph.co.uk

Britons work almost two hours more per week than the average European Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 20 hours ago Only workers in Romania and Bulgaria work longer at an average of 41.7 hours a week. By comparison, the French spend an average of just 37.7 hours a week at ...

Britons work almost two hours more per week than the average European - Telegraph.co.uk