It said passengers delayed by 300 minutes or more would be offered a free return journey in the same class of travel as well as a cash refund for the delayed part of the journey.

BBC: Delayed passengers arrive at St Pancras

Powered by wind, solar panels, gel batteries and a foot crank, Yrvind Ten will set sail from Ireland in a 48, 000 kilometer return journey around the globe.

CNN: November 29, 2012 -- Updated 0332 GMT (1132 HKT)

He travelled to Brussels from Ebbsfleet International station in Kent, but had chosen not to take his guide dog on the return journey.

BBC: Blind Eurostar passenger left stranded in Brussels

The new rail link to the Channel Tunnel was as much about regeneration as speeding up journey times, a proviso made by the government in return for grants and financial backing.

BBC: St Pancras - the new link to the Channel Tunnel

Visitors will also be able to see the Welsh flag Scott planted in the Antarctic ice on St David's Day 1911 on his doomed return journey, in recognition of Wales' unrivalled support.

BBC: Scott of Antarctic 'propaganda created Welsh obsession'

Perhaps Obama should use this moment as an opportunity to be bold and to return to some of the fundamental ideas for reform that he raised in embarking on his journey to the White House.

CNN: What happened to Obama's promise?

When they made this return journey, they began their characteristic nest-searching behaviour, quartering the ground in detail looking for the entrance, after travelling about ten metres.

ECONOMIST: Ants find their way home using pedometers

Brown is a New Hampshire resident spending the week in New York to promote "Inferno, " a return to his beloved continent and a chance, he hopes, to interest readers in the classic 14th century journey in verse by Dante that provides the title for his new novel.

WSJ: Dan Brown returns to Europe for 'Inferno'