Holidaymakers might ponder long on a choice of overseas destinations but some seem unaware of where they have been, according to a survey.
As many as 17 per cent of those asked if they had taken trips outside Europe said they were unsure, the poll by travel agent www.sunshine. co.uk found.
This uncertainty was down to either their lack of geographical knowledge or due to just not recalling past trips.
The poll was based on responses from 2,134 UK adults, of whom 55 per cent said they had never ventured outside Europe, while 39 per cent said they never planned to take a trip beyond their own continent.
Those preferring breaks closer to home, said unease with unfamiliar places was the main reason for not travelling long-haul. (PA)
Range Rover’s epic journey
A Range Rover stolen in the UK has turned up in Trinidad being driven by a senior woman politician.
Police sized the white diesel sport 2.7 TDV6 S from Anna Deonarine-Rampersad, deputy leader of the Caribbean island’s Independent Liberal Party. It vanished five years ago when someone hired it using a false identity.
The mother-of-two, a 35-year-old lawyer, said she had no idea it was stolen when she bought it. Lombard Vehicle Management, the Birmingham-based owners, are demanding the Range Rover is sent back to the UK. (PA)
Dial D for drink-driving
A US woman called the emergency number 911 and said she was too drunk to get out of her car.
Carol Frances Omeara, 55, is charged with felony drunken driving and is being held in jail in Billings, Montana, on $3,000 (€2,215) bond, The Billings Gazette reports. She was arrested after calling dispatchers to say she could not get out of the vehicle.
When the dispatcher asked if she was having medical or mechanical issues, she replied that she was too drunk.
Prosecutors say Omeara’s blood-alcohol level was nearly four times the legal limit for a driver. She had the keys to the vehicle in her pocket. (PA)
Meteor chunk recovered
Russian scientists have recovered a giant chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteor from the bottom of the lake it crashed into.
The meteor, which blazed across the southern Urals in February, was the largest recorded meteor strike in over a century. More than 1,600 people were injured by the shockwave from the explosion, estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs, as it landed near the city of Chelyabinsk.
The scientists recovered what could be the largest part of the meteor from Chebarkul Lake outside the city. They weighed it using a giant steelyard balance, which displayed 570kg before it broke. (AP)