24 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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32 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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43 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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46 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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67 h. 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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67 h. 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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5 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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2 w. ago Bombshell evidence over Brit's murder in Kenya revealed amid police cover

Dramatic new evidence hidden for nine years inside a police safe has emerged in the tragic case of Julie Ward - the British woman murdered in Kenya in 1988 in a crime that shocked the world.

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2 w. ago British woman, 23, sent heartbreaking message to family before taking her own life on Greek holiday, inquest hears

Melissa Cross, 23, was staying in the four-star Golden Sun hotel in the resort of Kalamaki on the island of Zakynthos with her boyfriend.

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2 w. ago French village where British woman Karen Carter was fatally stabbed is scene of cult murder film

Karen Carter, 65, died in the Dordogne village of Trémolat

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2 w. ago Wife’s affair a ‘complete betrayal’, says husband of British woman murdered in France

Karen Carter, 65, was stabbed eight times and killed on her driveway in the French village of Trémolat last week

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3 w. ago British woman now world’s oldest person shares the secret to long life

Ethel was born before the First World War

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3 w. ago Female pensioner arrested after British mum stabbed to death in France

Karen Carter was found outside a property on Tuesday where she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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3 w. ago ‘I do what I like’: British woman, 115, claims world’s oldest living person title

Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey and takes life in her stride, is first Briton to claim title since 1987The secret of longevity is to do what you like, according to the 115-year-old British woman named the world’s oldest living person.Ethel Caterham, born in 1909, is the first Briton to claim the title of world’s oldest person since 1987, when 114-year-old Anna Williams was the record holder. Continue reading...

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