Zimbabwe airliner grounded by wild pig

Decay of national airline highlighted as Air Zimbabwe plane hits bushpig on take-off, damaging nose, wingtip and propeller

My hols: Jamie Cullum

New York’s cool, Bali’s hot, and anywhere with Sophie is groovy for the loved-up jazzman

Neofile

Realign your bones with heated pillows of mung seeds in Stockholm | Boutique hotel 42 The Calls presents a sausage challenge

Confessions of a tourist: Brotherly love 0 Sheer lust 1

The twins shared everything — but Rick Thomas wanted Sal to himself

Frequent flyer: Dame Vera Lynn

The forces' sweetheart on her favourite holiday and inflight champagne

BA to cut tenth of jobs after disastrous summer

Airline announces £292 million loss in six months to September as cost-cutting programme raises prospect of strike action

School’s out: Ideas for adventurous families

Nervous ski resorts welcome early snowfall

The opening of some runs has raised hopes of a bumper season after a decline in British visitors hit by the strong euro

Where to celebrate Guy Fawkes and Remembrance Day

Our list of fireworks, Remembrance Day parades and Christmas crafts will get you in the celebratory mood

British Airways reveals record loss of £292m

Airline makes worst first half loss since privatisation as it faces the High Court over staff contract changes

Cuts to go ahead but BA faces court challenge

Staff numbers on long haul flights will be reduced but Unite, the union, will test the changes in the High Court

Mickey Mouse finally heading to China

China approves Disney theme park after decade of negotiations, two weeks before first official visit from Barack Obama

A quarter of Bmibaby staff to go in cutbacks

New company head Wolfgang Prock-Schauer announced two days after taking over that 158 of its 633 employees will go

Stay in lighthouse keepers’ home

Discounts are available on Trinity House Lighthouse Service cottages until December 17

Qatari deal could turn US Embassy into hotel

The US State Department will sell the Chancery building, home to the US Embassy for almost half a century, to Qatari Diar

Late travel deals: November 4

An arty week in Cornwall for £274; four nights B&B in Marrakesh for £279; a week in San Francisco for £434

Take a trip to England's unsung cities, the Potteries

Stoke-on-Trent is part of a consortium of unfashionable cities, including Derby and Dundee, trying to encourage tourists to visit