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Jon Platt ’
Mar 15th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The BBC has announced the results of an investigation it has made into the number of parents being fined for taking their children out of school in term time.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: BBC, Jon Platt, taking children out of school in term time
Jun 29th, 2017 |
By The Editor
I have been mulling over the implications of the case of Jon Platt, the father who took his daughter away on holiday in term time and who has fought a long and hard battle.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Jon Platt, taking children out of school in term time
Apr 6th, 2017 |
By The Editor
The judgement of the Supreme Court this morning is that taking your child out of school in term time is illegal and that when Jon Platt took his daughter on holiday to Florida he was liable to a fine.
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Tags: Jon Platt, Lady Hale, Supreme Court, taking children out of school in term time
Feb 3rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
It is asking a lot for the Supreme Court to uphold such a stringent view and make criminals out of hundreds of thousands of parents?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Holidays in term-time, isle of Wight Council, Jon Platt
Dec 24th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
On this Christmas Eve, may I wish all readers a very joyous Christmas and may Storm Barbara have no effect on your travel, holiday or the celebrations you will have.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Airline Seat Sizes, APD in Scotland, Athens, Benidorm, Dubi, easyjet, Etihad Museum, EU 261, Eurowings, Flybe, holidays in school terms, Jet 2, Jon Platt, LEGO NINJAGO World, Munich, New York, NYC & Company, Travel Counsellors, UAE
Jul 16th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian summarises the stories you might have missed in a week that saw yet another tragic attack that will reduce the number of tourists visiting France but, hopefully, not for long.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: "Lady Luck", Aer Lingus, Angkor Wat, Barbados, BBC, Cambodia, Competition and Markets Authority, dress etiquette at temples, easyjet, Florida, Holidays in term-time, Jet 2, Jon Platt, National Space Academy, Oregon, Pompano Beach, Portland 2016 Biennial of Contemporary Art, restrictiive hotel pricing practices, Skull Island: Reign of Kong, speedy bag drop services, Universal Orlando Resort, USA
Jun 11th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Gin, street parties and the never ending saga of Jon Platt – the main who took his children on holiday in term time – occupy Adrian’s thoughts this week.
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Tags: ABTA, Bombay Sapphire, Condor, Dà Mhìle Seaweed Gin, Dyfi Distillery, Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, Indonesia, Jon Platt, jordan, New Orleans, Petra, Plymouth Gin, Scottish Canals, teh monarchy as a tourist attraction, TS Queen Mary, Worls Gin Day