Celebrity travel news and miscellaneous

Harry Potter writer heads somewhere brighter. J K Rowling seals the deal on Australian mansion:
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has closed the deal on a £6.5m holiday hideaway in Tasmania. Symmons Plains, a Georgian mansion complete with 856 hectare farm, was built in 1839 by James Youl using convict labour and has been in the family for generations.

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• Tube strike planned for Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding

• Government firms up plans to introduce bin tax

• British Airways chairman knighted in New Year's Honours List

• The zebra crossing made famous by The Beatles is given heritage status

• Semi-finalist from The Apprentice defends property dealings

• British tourism industry set for Royal flush

• BBC comedy show gives Lake District home owners a reason to smile

• Prepare for travel mayhem when Pope visits London

• Pope to visit Birmingham

• Tony Blair and Cherie search for holiday home in Barbados

• 84 year old adventurer prepares to cross Atlantic on a raft

• Venice appoints first female gondolier

• Naked charity rollercoaster ride aims to break world record

• Pakistan floods: more downpours add to misery

• Russian wildfires continue to rage: 48 dead

• Pakistan floods appeal broadcast across media today

• Michelle Obama and daughter to holiday in Marbella

• BNP leader Nick Griffin denied entry at Buckingham Palace

• Paul the octopus wows punters with World Cup predictions

• Cheryl Cole rushed to hospital after catching malaria in Tanzania

• Confession letter from killer fugitive declares war on police

• Southern Mexico struck by 6.5 magnitude earthquake

• Istanbul roadside bomb kills four in military bus

• Riots in LA after Lakers win NBA basketball championships

• BBC gets 545 vuvuzela complaints during World Cup coverage

• Gazza recovers in hospital after quayside car crash

• Two teenage Britons killed in bus crash in South Africa

• Cumbria memorial services for gun victims

• Bangladesh fire kills at least 116 people

• Cumbria shootings: family row may have sparked rampage

• Gunman goes on rampage in Cumbria

• U2 singer Bono cancels band's headline slot at Glastonbury

• Seb Coe says England 2018 World Cup bid can overcome setback

• David Beckham presents England's World Cup 2018 bid

• Canadian national anthem will not change

• Coleen Rooney holidays in Barbados with baby Kai

• Robert Pattinson to sell his Canadian home

• Kelly Brook and Danny Cipriani relocate to Australia

• Cheryl Cole refuses Dubai holiday with husband Ashley

• Katie Price attends Vienna Opera Ball as Lindsay Lohan misses flight

• John Terry in Dubai for Toni Poole reunion

• Vancouver trucks in snow for Winter Olympics

• Pope to visit UK - easyJet offers Vatican free flights

• Katie Price & Alex Reid married in Las Vegas

• Air France denies reports it will charge obese passengers for two seats

• Ryanair's toilet charge on the cards

• Man arrested after Twitter joke about blowing up airport

• CairnGorm ski centre closed because of too much snow

• Simon Cowell gives Joe McElderry luxury ski holiday

• Miley Cyrus misses Blackpool illuminations

• Swindon twinned with Disney World Florida

• Cornwall road signs to be written in Cornish

• American Airlines fires employee "Mr X" after Dustin Curtis complaint

• Ryanair may charge 100 euros for forgetting to print boarding pass

• X Factor house road closed to protect fans

• Jenson Button Formula 1 world champion flies with budget airlines

• X Factor's Cheryl Cole & Dannii Minogue mentor hopefuls abroad

• Thames to return to Tube map

• VistDenmark YouTube video removed after complaints

• Rio Ferdinand holidays in Wales

• Beyonce holidays in Croatia

• George Clooney fans to be fined around Lake Como villa

• Rachel Stevens taking 'staycation' honeymoon with Alex Bourne

• Coffee smells trigger Southwest Airlines emergency landing

• Dave Carroll: United Airlines guitar song is YouTube hit

• How to make money from Ryanair

• Gordon Brown to holiday in Lake District

• Wookey Hole offering witch job

• Wayne Rooney on holiday in St Tropez

• Kylie Minogue shows Demi Moore around Paris

• Live alligator found on train

• The Blarney Stone revealed as world's germiest visitor attraction

• Wayne Rooney & Coleen holiday in Barbados

• Man carries 6 inch knife through airport security, but stopped over a bottle of water

• Michelle Obama, Sasha and Malia take secret London trip

• Ryanair angers Spain's royal family over Queen Sofia photo

• Pianos to be left round London to boost public spirit

• Ryanair toilet charge confirmed as O'Leary suggests fee for sick bags

• British footballers dressed as nuns arrested on Crete

• Alton Towers bans high heels for children

• Gatwick Express offers tea & coffee for 26p

• easyJet plans inflight weddings

• Angels and Demons producers get round Rome ban

• Anger in Torquay as palm trees are removed

• Britain's oldest nudist beach to close

• Pets only airline to launch in America

• Ryanair's possible 'fat tax' comes as United Airlines targets obese passengers

• British Airways could sell last Concorde to Dubai

• Cyclists face arrest if they are over the alcohol limit in Bordeaux

• holidaylettings.co.uk's April Fool's properties prove a Twitter hit

• Coach that turns into a boat, the Amphicoach, launched in Malta

• Spain launches 'friendliness' campaign in Lanzarote

• Travellers strip naked for free Aer Lingus tickets

• Amy Winehouse unable to get US visa

• Australia's 'best job in the world': final candidates revealed

• Cheryl Cole among celebrities climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief

• Siam Sunray, Thailand's new national cocktail, to get tourism back on track

• Man caught smuggling pigeons in his trousers in Australia

• Ethnic restaurants and fast food bars banned in Lucca

• Madrid's Prado gallery opened up to new visitors using Google Earth

• 'Best job in the world' on offer on Hamilton Island

• Obama taking family holiday in Hawaii

• Lapland New Forest theme park closed

• Pill to combat jet lag being tested

• Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson to get engaged in Paris

• Air France-KLM launches social networking site for passengers

• Extreme Scrabble as popular word game turns 60

• Honeymoons in space possible by the end of the century

• Giant Lego man washes up on Brighton beach

• Expert calls for Benidorm to be made World Heritage Site

• Travellers advised to visit 500 sites before they disappear

• Justin Timberlake proposes to Jessica Biel on holiday in Rome

• Free cup of tea and a biscuit for every inbound passenger to the UK

• Family sends in bailiffs to claim expenses from easyJet

• Surfers in Cornwall threatened with ASBOs

• Travel guide suggests 101 things not to do before you die

• Kate Moss escapes to Ibiza after flea infestation at London home

• Air New Zealand seeks bald travellers to be walking billboards

• Elvis fan travels the world dressed as the King

• Sean 'P Diddy' Combs abandons private jets as fuel costs soar

• Eiffel Tower's lights to go out

• Church tower in Holland tilts further than Leaning Tower of Pisa

• World's first sauna ski gondola announced in Finland

• Dave Freeman, co-author of '100 Things To Do Before You Die', dies

• BA gives plane a golden nose job as Team GB's medallists get upgrade and fly home club class

• Tony and Cherie Blair spotted at Beijing Olympics as part of their extended holiday

• Mickey Mouse and friends arrested at LA Disneyland

• Inflatable church and beach-convent tempt sun worshipers back to the pews

• UK tops the list of literary tourism destinations worldwide

• Top ten modern Wonders of the World revealed

• Paul McCartney upsets Heather Mills by taking daughter on holiday with new girlfriend

• Holiday romance the world over

• Sports tourism doesn't have to mean the Beijing Olympics

• Kate Moss misses out on fun and games in Sardinia

• Giant Wii boxing recommended as jet-lag cure in New York

• Gordon Brown to holiday in UK - family to stay in Southwold, Suffolk

• Nude climbing set to come to the UK

• British man Steve Bennett hopes to run flights into space by 2013

• Celebrities to run a plane in ITV2's CelebAir

• Rooney and Coleen to honeymoon on Branson's Caribbean island

• Taxi troubles lead to Prescott delaying easyJet flight

• Travel writer admits to fabricating work

• Dubai to get four new theme parks

• Glastonbury tickets go on sale in HMV

• Drivers advised of new German 'Green Zones'

• See London from a Zeppelin - flights set to start next month

• Zeta-Jones and family to 'set up camp' in India

• World's first indoor winter sports complex coming to UK

• Eco-conscious Brits 'holiday at home'

• Mauritius 'a favourite with celebrity couples'

• Fed predictions weaken dollar

• Pound pushed up on rate cut

• Pound buoyant against major currencies

• Housing figures keep dollar weak

• Housing figures keep dollar weak

• Britons say 'I do' across the world

• Disney set to expand Californian theme park

• Dollar drops to record low after G7 meeting

• Zeta-Jones and Douglas head to India

• 'Celebrity factor and beautiful surroundings' make Italian lakes popular

• Palin set to inspire travel to eastern Europe

• Grand Prix stars enjoy Menorca

• Turkey offers 'sexiest beach'

• Employees should maximise holiday time

• More Brits are travelling abroad

• Holidaymakers opting for online options

• Tomkat visit Spain

• Tenerife possible UN World Heritage site

• Brits prioritise holidays

• Cyprus targets new tourists

• Brits taking more overseas trips

• Royal couple plans Welsh holiday home extension

• Spa etiquette 'puts Britons off'

• Gillian McKeith urges Brits to 'keep that holiday feeling'

• Build-up to relaxing holidays 'stresses Britons out'

• Malta Air Show to be tourism boost for the island

• Cruises rise in popularity

• Youth market is tourism's fastest growing sector

• Families spending more on holidays

• Nothing says "I love you" like a gift-wrapped holiday home

• Tom Jones makes $4m holiday home profit

• English rock icons 'inspire domestic holidays'

• Rooney buys Disney holiday home

• Mariah eyes Colorado holiday home

• Zellwegger to buy holiday home in Lake District

• Gibson's new film set to boost Latin American tourism

• More Britons finding homes abroad

• Brits head for sunnier climes to tie the knot

• Britons taking Christmas holidays abroad

• All star cast gathers for TomKat's Rome wedding

• More Brits quit the UK

• Holidaymakers finding love abroad

• More Britons visit the Azores islands

• New emergency travel guides launched

• Michael Jackson in St Tropez, dressed as a woman

• Holiday time 'most valuable' to British workers

• Rome to hold first film festival