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Thomas Cook employees have been reacting to the company’s collapse. The travel firm went into liquidation after last-ditch talks to raise fresh funding failed, leaving 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide – 9,000 of them in the UK. Ella Waine, pictured in her uniform, says she heard the news from a passenger while they were on […]

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Passengers at airports in England have shared their stories after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook. The final scheduled flight landed in the UK at Manchester earlier. One passenger who was on the plane said as soon as it landed people were “crying”. Meanwhile at Gatwick Airport, one couple told the BBC they were

Image copyright BBC News Image caption Thomas Cook passenger Mary Nicholls (right), on holiday with her grandson Matt Walker, fears running out of her heart condition medication if she is stranded in Cyprus. Thomas Cook customers have told the BBC of their fears over unpaid hotel bills, cancelled trips and being stranded abroad following the

More than 150,000 Thomas Cook holidaymakers face an uncertain journey home after the travel firm collapsed in the early hours of Monday morning. Many will have longer journeys home, with potentially long coach trips when they get back to the UK. In Cyprus, one couple said their hotel bills hadn’t been paid and the rep

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThomas Cook customers react to collapse The biggest peacetime repatriation is underway after travel agent Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, bringing 150,000 Britons back from overseas. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is co-ordinating efforts to fly the tourists home after the tour operator “ceased trading with

Image copyright Getty Images It’s been a long journey for travel firm Thomas Cook since its formation in rural Leicestershire during the early Victorian era. Founded in Market Harborough in 1841 by businessman Thomas Cook, the fledgling company organised railway outings for members of the local temperance movement. Some 178 years later, it had grown

Image copyright Reuters Thomas Cook has collapsed, triggering the biggest ever peacetime repatriation, aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holidaymakers home. The company, its customers and staff, had hoped for a rescue deal, but now that last hope has gone, they will be looking at the practicalities for the near future. Will I lose

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