Some of the 85,000 holidaymakers stranded overseas following the collapse of Britain’s third largest tour operator are trickling home today.

FORMER US astronaut Lisa Nowak yesterday came face-to-face in court with the romantic rival she is accused of attacking after allegedly driving half-way across the United States wearing a nappy.

America’s space agency has been rocked by reports of astronauts drunk before flying and a NASA worker sabotaging a computer bound for the international space station.

A FORMER US astronaut charged with trying to kidnap the girlfriend of a space shuttle pilot did not wear nappies during her 1,500km trip to confront her romantic rival, her attorney said yesterday.

AIRPORT security screeners refused to let a cancer patient board a flight home to Denver because they said she no longer resembled her identification photos.

Airport security screeners refused to let a cancer patient board a flight home to Denver because they said she no longer resembled her identification photos.

Airport security workers found a loaded handgun stuffed inside a brown teddy bear that a nine-year-old boy was carrying on a trip home after his family’s Florida holiday.

Airport security workers found a loaded handgun stuffed inside a brown teddy bear that a nine-year-old boy was carrying on a trip home after his family’s Florida holiday.

Visitors to Orlando International Airport in the next few days will witness the latest in airport security systems being tested, including one that sees right through passengers’ clothes.