27 h. ago British woman embarking on world record breaking solo voyage reveals poignant reason why she DOESN'T want to succeed

Ella Hibbert, 28, is thought to be the first person to attempt a solo voyage of the Arctic Circle, completing both the northwest and northeast passages in a single trip.

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35 h. ago British woman setting sail to break Arctic record made possible by melting ice

Ella Hibbert, 28, is preparing to set sail from Portsmouth.

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46 h. ago Moment British woman is dragged off Ryanair flight 'after assaulting travellers and making bomb threat'

Video footage captured the woman being escorted off the diverted aircraft by several security staff members

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49 h. ago Moment 'drunk' British woman is dragged off Ryanair flight and thrown to the floor by security after 'she assaulted passengers and forced plane to divert to Portugal'

A Ryanair flight from Tenerife has been diverted from its original destination of Scotland to Portugal after a woman on the flight began attacking and harassing other passengers. 

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2 d. ago British woman, 39, plunges 60ft to her death at beauty spot in Majorca

A British woman has died after plunging from a scenic beauty spot in Majorca.

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2 d. ago Brit woman in Majorca plunges 60ft to horror death as police issue alert

The 39-year-old British woman died from her injuries after falling from a beauty spot in Palma, Majorca - police have launched an investigation into the circumstances

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3 d. ago British 'drugs mule', 21, speaks from behind bars in Sri Lanka hellhole prison to reveal HER side of the story

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London , was arrested in the capital Colombo last week after police discovered 46 kg of 'Kush' - a synthetic strain of cannabis - in her suitcase.

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4 d. ago Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlierWithin a day of Bella May Culley being arrested at a Georgian airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 14kg of cannabis, the same fate met another Briton 3,000 miles away.As Charlotte May Lee stepped off her flight at Bandaranaike International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka last Monday, the 21-year-old former cabin attendant was arrested for an alleged attempt to bring in £1.2m worth of a synthetic cannabis strain known as kush in her two suitcases. Continue reading...

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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 Foreign office supporting British woman after reports of drug

Former cabin crew member Charlotte May Lee, 21, reportedly accused of trying to bring 46kg of cannabis strain kush into countryUK officials have said they are supporting a British woman arrested in Sri Lanka amid reports a former cabin crew member has been accused of smuggling cannabis into the South Asian country.MailOnline and the Sun reported that Charlotte May Lee, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was detained at the main airport in the country’s capital Colombo on Monday after arriving on a flight from Bangkok. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Ex Brit TUI host faces years in jail for 'smuggling drug haul from Thailand to Sri Lanka’

British woman, Charlotte May Lee was allegedly caught with 46kgs of drugs in her suitcases valued at £1.2million as she stepped off a flight from Thailand to Sri Lanka

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1 week ago British woman, 19, faces life imprisonment after she is accused of smuggling 30lb of cannabis into ex

The woman - identified as B.K. - could face 20 years jail or even life imprisonment, said the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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1 week ago Britain's Gisèle Pelicot: Woman reveals how husband repeatedly drugged her tea and raped her before taking pictures of her unconscious

A British woman has told the harrowing story of how her husband drugged her tea in order to rape her while she was asleep for years.

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1 week ago British couple in their 30s buy entire French 'village' in tourist hotspot for just £67,000 after quitting the rat race

Ben Pearson, 39, and his husband, Nathan, 31, had always dreamed of moving to France and stumbled across the abandoned farmhouse in Sainte Segros.

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1 week ago A worshipper is murdered in a French mosque. How can this be ‘just another crime’? | Rokhaya Diallo

Islamophobia is rampant in France. Official denial, even of the word itself, is driving the hatredFriday is a holy day for practising Muslims – a time to observe the faith more deeply and, where possible, attend prayers at the mosque. That’s exactly what Aboubakar Cissé did early on Friday 25 April.In the southern French village of La Grand-Combe, Cissé, a 22-year-old carpenter originally from Mali, volunteered at his local mosque and was a familiar face among worshippers. So when he offered guidance through the prayers and rituals that Friday to a newcomer, a young man he did not know , it was an entirely natural gesture. The stranger, however, had come to prayers with very different intentions.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago £250m wiped off value of UK pork producer after sickening secret recordings show helpless piglets being 'beaten to death'

More than £250million was wiped off the value of Britain's biggest pork producer yesterday after supermarkets suspended supplies following allegations of animal cruelty.

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1 week ago Man 'beaten to death by kangaroo' after trying to 'roughhouse' animal

Officials from Horry County, South Carolina, have suggested Eric Slate - who was known to 'roughhouse' with animals - died following an altercation with a kangaroo

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1 week ago Couple buy French village for €80k after growing tired of UK rat race

Ben Pearson, 39, and his husband Nathan, 31, have always dreamt of moving to France and now they are on the brink of starting a new life after buying an abandoned farmhouse in Sainte Segros.

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1 week ago 'We quit the UK rat race and bought a French village for €80k'

'You can barely buy a flat in the UK for £80k'

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1 week ago Man 'beaten to death by kangaroo' in horror attack after 'roughhousing' in enclosure

Eric Slate, 52, was found dead in an enclosure with kangaroos and wallabies of varying ages at 5-Star Farm in South Carolina, with a kangaroo 'directly involved' in the attack, it's reported

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