9 h. ago Brit tourist holidaying in Portugal admits 'lesson learned' after 'nearly dying'

A British woman has issued a travel warning after her first ever holiday abroad to Portugal was marred by a health issue which required hospitalisation the moment she returned home

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49 h. ago Brit tourist 'stabs friend to death before dragging body through hallway'

The British tourist was allegedly stabbed to death in the well-known Erzsébetváros party disctrict of Budapest, with cops arriving just as his body was being dragged down a hallway

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3 d. ago Brit tourist is third to die at Greek beach resort this summer as body pulled from water

The tragedy is the third death of a British tourist on the idyllic holiday island this summer after a body was pulled from the water around Prasonisi on the south coast of Rhodes at midday on Sunday

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6 d. ago My baby died at birth and I wasn't even allowed to hold him. Then, 42 years later, he emailed me out of the blue... and I learned the horrific truth

As I opened the email, I was transported back more than 40 years. Back to a stark hospital room and a cold stainless-steel trolley where I lay, naked, bleeding, terrified and alone.

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8 d. ago UK tourists warned of strikes in holiday destinations including Spain and Portugal

Baggage handlers and air traffic controllers are among the workers across several European countries that have planned strikes this September

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8 d. ago Brit tourist 'grabs crying boy from his mum and refuses to hand him back' at airport

Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, was arrested at Miami International Airport on Tuesday after allegedly taking a four-year-old boy from his mother and refusing to hand him back

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1 week ago Brit tourist crippled by stomach bug claims 3 'racist' hospitals turned her away

Kay, a 'military wife' who shares her travels online, shared the 'scariest experience of her life' when she fell ill on holiday and claimed three hospitals turned her away because she was English

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1 week ago Brit tourist dead in Benidorm after getting stuck in sea as search for two others goes on

Spanish police confirmed the 31-year-old Brit got into difficulty during a late-night dunk with pals. Coastguards were mobilised but were unable to locate the man until his body washed up along the shoreline.

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2 w. ago Brit tourist, 25, saved by alleged attacker after he's shot in Thailand bike row

Kitinan Pantarak, 40, allegedly shot the British tourist during a road rage attack, then rushed the injured man off to hospital and fled the scene before police arrived

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2 w. ago Carlos Alcaraz shows true colours with brutally honest US Open admission

Carlos Alcaraz has breezed into the third round of the US Open but has admitted to learning a key lesson after his early defeat at the major last year

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2 w. ago Brit stuck in Greece on ventilator with £14k hospital bill after holiday mistake dies

A devastated family had been raising money to cover an ambulance flight home, as a Brit tourist fell ill while away in Greece – but has now passed away, with his family raising awareness

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2 w. ago The Chase fans left sobbing after 'brilliant' player wins big but dies just weeks later

The Chase viewers were left heartbroken after learning that contestant Tim McCarthy had died just weeks after filming his episode of the ITV quiz show

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2 w. ago Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat

Before Peter Betts died in 2023, he wanted to pass on what he had learned over many years of negotiating at Cops – including how Paris 2015 was saved at the last bellOn 15 March 2022, I was on a video call with a dear friend when I experienced a twitching on the left-hand side of my face and a slurring of my speech. My wife, Fiona, took me to hospital because we both thought I was having a stroke, and I spent the journey in the car adjusting to my probable death. Interestingly, I did not feel fear or anger; only sadness and disappointment that it was all going to end sooner than I had expected. I survived: but six days later, we learned that the cause of my condition was a particularly aggressive form of brain tumour called a glioblastoma.Since then I have read a number of accounts written by cancer sufferers. Many of them start with an uncertain diagnosis, often with a reasonable percentage chance of survival. But unlike these accounts it was absolutely clear that the tumour would ...

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2 w. ago Brit teen, 15, fighting for life in Portugal after he's found unconscious in pool

A 15-year-old boy is understood to have been left fighting for his life after he was discovered floating unconscious in a swimming pool on a holiday in northern Portugal

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3 w. ago Pretty European island will be the perfect warm autumn escape

You will be able to enjoy sunny weather by heading to one pretty European island in the autumn.

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3 w. ago Our favourite holiday hotspots have been hit by wildfires — will it impact your travel plans?

If you have plans to visit one of Europe’s popular holiday destinations this summer, there’s a chance your trip may derailed. Here’s what you need to know

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3 w. ago Brit tourist, 22, faces 10 years in Thai jail as woman dies days after 'he crashed into her while pulling a wheelie on rented scooter sparking mass street brawl'

The 22-year-old had been riding a rented scooter while doing a stunt using just one wheel when he slammed into Jurairat Petchraksa, 49, outside a bar in Pattaya.

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3 w. ago ‘The stone is like a sign pointing the way for pilgrims’: Adelino Marques’s best phone picture

On the route of the Camino de Santiago, the Portuguese photographer spotted an impossible-looking rock Adelino Marques was taking a morning walk on the coast near his holiday home in Moledo, north-west Portugal, when he took this image. “It’s the northernmost beach in Portugal and is considered one of the most beautiful in the country,” Marques says. “It also has two unique features: a fort in the middle of the sea, which served as a defence against various attacks over the centuries and is now a national monument, and the hill you can see in the background of this image, Monte de Santa Tecla. It’s in the neighbouring country of Spain, but is nevertheless an icon of this beach.”In the foreground of the image is a rock that echoes the shape of the hill, with a stone “placed atop in a way that would seem impossible. Pilgrims pass through this area every day to walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, a pilgrimage that covers around 500 miles [805km] and takes about...

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4 w. ago The Brit holiday hotspots that have been hit by wildfires — and how it might impact your travel plans

If you have plans to visit one of Europe’s popular holiday destinations this summer, there’s a chance your trip may derailed. Here’s what you need to know

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4 w. ago Brit tourist, 61, dies after being run over twice by 'drunk driver' while celebrating anniversary

Lisa Di Palma, 61, was on holiday with her husband Keith to celebrate their wedding anniversary, when she tragically died after being hit by a car in Fethiye, Turkey, on August 6

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