LUTON, England, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Don't worry if the withdrawal of BMI baby's flights from Manchester to Malaga and Alicante has left you feeling blue this winter.

HALF-term holiday bookings for low-cost airline bmibaby are looking good despite the credit crunch. Take-up of seats for flights from Birmingham International Airport to key destinations is almost 80 per cent with three weeks of bookings still to go, the company claims.

By Neil Macfarlane AIRPORT chiefs have moved to allay fears about the future of holiday flights from the North-East after another operator reduced services.

LIVERPOOL'S John Lennon Airport is gearing up for what is expected to be its busiest weekend of the year. Around 75,000 passengers are forecast to be moving through the airport during tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.

Irish-born actor Colin Farrell reportedly is set to return home from Hollywood to film the big-screen drama Triage. Bosnian director Danis Tanovic is to shoot the movie on location in Ireland and at the Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante in Spain from April to June, Variety.com said.