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Lauren McMahMorning homepage editor

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

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Travel Updates

‘Disgusting’ find in plane bathroom

A passenger has filmed what he claimed was the revolting state of the plane bathroom when he finally boarded a delayed flight.

Flights

Airline to ban booze and skimpy clothes

AN AMBITIOUS UK entrepreneur has burnt through thousands of dollars trying to get his controversial idea off the ground.

Travel Updates

Perth couple identified after selfie deaths

AN AUSTRALIAN man and his British girlfriend have been identified after plunging from a cliff while taking selfies.

Cruises

This cruise is really, really extreme

SPANNING 59 countries, and at a cool $118k for the cheapest ticket, this upcoming voyage is not for the faint-hearted.

Travel Updates

Yeadon, UK - April 16, 2014: Jet2 airplane parked at Leeds Bradford international airport on the West Yorkshire. Jet2 a British low-cost regional airline group based in Leeds, England that operates flights across uk and europe. This airport is situated in Yeadon on the metropolitan area of Leeds, it's an Hub for Ryanair, Transavia and Jet2. The airplane is an Airbus A320-200. Image taken in the afternoon on a cloudy day.

Man with blow-up doll grounds flight

A PASSENGER has been banned from flying with an airline for life thanks to his drunken antics with a blow-up doll on a flight to a party island.

Travel Updates

Flight UA971 from Rome to Chicago had to make an emergency landing in Ireland after the note was discovered. Picture: Flightradar24

Scary note written on plane toilet

A UNITED Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a message was found in a cabin bathroom.

Travel Updates

Virgin Airlines CEO John Borghetti for a feature. Picture for The Australian by Chris Pavlich

Virgin Australia boss to step down

JOHN Borghetti, who has spent a decade as Virgin Australia, has announced he would not renew his contract as CEO.

Travel Updates

TOPSHOT - The Blackened and heavily damaged cockpit area of a Star Alliance passenger aircraft is pictured at the airport in Frankfurt, western Germany, on June 11, 2018. Ten people were slightly injured on June 11, 2018 when a fire broke out on a vehicle towing a Lufthansa plane at Frankfurt airport, the airline said. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Boris Roessler / Germany OUT

Drama as cockpit bursts into flames

TEN people were left injured when an airport truck caught fire and the blaze engulfed the cockpit of a passenger jet.

Asia

The view of Resorts World Sentosa island in Singapore is pictured on June 6, 2018. A highly anticipated meeting between US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place at a resort island off Southern Singapore, the White House confirmed on June 5, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN

Deadly secrets of Trump’s meeting spot

THE secluded island that will play host the leaders has a dark history of piracy, disease and executions, earning it the former name, Island of Death.

Asia

This picture taken on May 31, 2018 shows abandoned village houses covered with overgrown vegetation in Houtouwan on Shengshan island, China's eastern Zhejiang province. Houtouwan was a thriving fishing community of sturdy brick homes that climb up the steeply hilled island of Shenghshan, but is now abandoned, with entire houses completely overgrown as if vacuum-sealed in a lush layer of green. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE

Inside a lost ghost town

WHAT was once a thriving village in China is now an abandoned spot that nature has taken back — with eerie results.

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