5 h. ago A missing woman was found against the odds in the California mountains. Now, people are doubting her story

Tiffany Slaton, 28, of Georgia, reportedly survived for three weeks in the wilderness eating wild leeks, boiling snow melt for water and even surviving 13 snowstorms despite losing both her tent and her sleeping bag

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3 d. ago A final call to her mother, the mysterious clue of her shoes and her last words

Friends and family of Denisa Maria Adas are growing increasingly concerned something sinister may have occurred to her after she disappeared from Prato, Tuscany, four days ago.

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3 d. ago Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaiian woman who vanished from LAX, breaks her silence

Hannah Kobayashi, the 30-year-old Maui woman who went missing in 2024, has spoken out about the incident on her Instagram

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4 d. ago American woman who moved to UK left stunned by 'missing' thing in British supermarkets

The expat didn't mince words when she spoke about the stark difference between US and UK retailers

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5 d. ago Appeal issued to find missing woman not seen for almost two months

Mutiat, who is also known as Grace, has not been seen since March 21

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5 d. ago The kindness of strangers: we worried we’d have to sleep in our car when a lovely couple welcomed us in

We assumed we’d be able to find accommodation during Vancouver’s 1986 World Expo, and we were wrongRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesI was visiting the US as a 23-year-old with my mother and her sister. On a whim, the three of us decided to road trip across the border to Vancouver to catch the tail end of the city’s 1986 World Expo. We assumed we’d be able to find accommodation when we got there – and we were wrong.With no mobile phones or Google to guide us, we traipsed from one hotel to the next, before the inefficiency of such a tactic dawned on us and we headed for Vancouver’s visitor centre. I remember the centre being busy, packed with other panicked accommodation hunters, and close to shutting up shop for the day. But there was a lovely woman who made it her mission to help us, tirelessly telephoning every accommodation provider she could think of – motel, hotel, bed and breakfast, caravan park – all without success. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Rob Macfarlane : ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’

The writer and poet on reimagining rivers as living beings, the ecological crisis near and far and why copyright laws should protect natureRobert Macfarlane has been called the “great nature writer and nature poet of this generation”. A teacher, campaigner and mountaineer, he has been exploring the relationship between landscape and people since his breakthrough book, Mountains of the Mind, in 2003. His latest work, Is a River Alive?, was more than four years in the making, and, he says, the most urgent book he has written.Q: Your book is poignant and inspiring, but one part that made me laugh is where you first tell your son the title and he replies, “Duh, of course it’s alive. That’s going to be a really short book.” So, I should first congratulate you on stringing it out for more than 350 pages! Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Robert Macfarlane: ‘Sometimes I felt as if the river was writing me’

The writer and poet on reimagining rivers as living beings, the ecological crisis near and far and why copyright laws should protect natureRobert Macfarlane has been called the “great nature writer and nature poet of this generation”. A teacher, campaigner and mountaineer, he has been exploring the relationship between landscape and people since his breakthrough book, Mountains of the Mind, in 2003. His latest work, Is a River Alive?, was more than four years in the making, and, he says, the most urgent book he has written.Q: Your book is poignant and inspiring, but one part that made me laugh is where you first tell your son the title and he replies, “Duh, of course it’s alive. That’s going to be a really short book.” So, I should first congratulate you on stringing it out for more than 350 pages! Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Indian and Filipino trekkers become first casualties of new Everest climbing season

At least 345 people have died on world’s highest mountain since summiting expeditions started over 100 years ago

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7 d. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing woman last seen three days ago

Police say Laura may have travelled from Greater Manchester to Birmingham

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8 d. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing Greater Manchester woman

Kendel, 58, is missing from home

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1 week ago Mystery as woman missing for 8 years found naked on roadside in different country

Licet Dayani Salda a Bastidas was discovered with signs of violence, a shaved head, and her limbs tied up - she was identified from a tattoo of her own name that was on her back

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1 week ago At least 21 passengers killed after bus skids off cliff in Sri Lanka

At least 14 people injured in crash near mountainous Kotmale town

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2 w. ago Body found in search for missing woman who vanished from seaside resort

June disappeared while in Bournemouth, Dorset, and was last seen at around 8.35pm on Wednesday April 30.

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2 w. ago Body found nine days after woman went missing from Brit beach resort

Dorset Police have confirmed that while the body has not yet been formally identified, it is believed to be that of missing woman June and her family has been informed

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2 w. ago Woman dies with dementia at just 31 after early warning signs missed

Gemma Illingworth was 28 when she was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a rare form of dementia

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2 w. ago Desperate search for Edinburgh woman missing for two weeks as concern grows

Michaela Sharp has been missing since April 26.

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2 w. ago Woman's dismembered body turns up on Gran Canaria beach after texting friend

The body of a woman who went missing later turned up on a beach on the holiday island of Gran Canaria.

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2 w. ago Urgent appeal issued to find woman who went missing from hospital

Irena has been missing since the early hours of the morning

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2 w. ago Woman's dismembered body turns up on Gran Canaria beach after she texted friend

The body of a woman who went missing later turned up on a beach on the holiday island of Gran Canaria. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as we know more

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