The other advantage of booking early is that you get the widest choice of accommodation and can spend a bit of time researching different places to ensure you have the best holiday possible, rather than making a snap decision at the last minute that's quite possibly going to be the wrong decision.

BBC: Your holiday questions tackled

The truth is that the police have been facing a new and unique challenge with different people doing the same thing - basically looting - in different places all at the same time.

BBC: Riots: David Cameron's Commons statement in full

"We've been discussing where to put it for 26 years and we've looked at two dozen different places in that time, " he said.

BBC: Guernsey museum plan for Asterix welcomed

"Attitudes to suicidal behaviour have changed over time and at different times in different places, " says Prof Nav Kapur, head of research at Manchester University's Centre for Suicide Prevention.

BBC: When suicide was illegal

Curiously, the drama has played out in completely different venues two time zones apart - a fact that serves the interests of actors in both places.

CNN: Waiting To Move Ahead

No doubt, consumers changed their mix of spending and were shopping in different ways, and some consumers stopped shopping at various places, but at the same time U.S. consumers were deleveraging.

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