Flat white or skinny latte? Melbourne is home to a vibrant cafe culture, and it's all online, writes Benji Lanyado.

  Young people aged 16 or 17 will be able to apply for a passport without parental consent from December, the government announced today.

  Welcome: Portraits of America, a new seven-minute film produced by Disney to woo visitors with a sanitised take on US landmarks, features an image of Horseshoe Falls which lies almost entirely inside Canada.

  Britain's first Muslim minister Shahid Malik had his hand luggage analysed for traces of explosives as he was about to fly home from Washington DC.

  From brie-topped productions at Café Midi to chilli shockers at Original Tommy's, Amy Balfourpicks starring hamburgers from the celluloid city.

  More than 13,500 readers voted in the annual travel survey, now in its 21st year. This year the awards were presented at a ceremony in Seville.

  A new social network website aims to keep travellers in touch. By Bobbie Johnson.

  A combination of barren beauty and altitude leaves Euan Ferguson breathless on a new and spectacular journey across the Andes from Chile to Argentina.

  An autumn break in a cosy cabin for two in the Swedish wilderness combines romance with roughing it, writes Rhiannon Batten.

  Driven by a shortage of dentists in their home towns, tourists are 'combining a trip to see Cumbria's wide open spaces with a chance to open wide'.

  Groping for a reasonto love Sorrento

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