14 h. ago Revealed: SECOND woman stalked and brutally attacked in idyllic French village where British expat was stabbed to death: Six weeks on from Karen Carter's murder, a sinister new development...

Yellow police tape still surrounds Karen Carter's honey-coloured stone cottage on the outskirts of Trémolat, a small village east of Bordeaux.

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58 h. ago ABBA legend reveals new offering from Swedish supergroup after £1bn 'gift' to UK

AS Bjorn Ulvaues turns 80 and celebrates the third anniversary of smash hit ABBA Voyage, he reveals new surprise

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62 h. ago I was excited to come to Australia on a working holiday visa

A British woman has shared the biggest struggle she has found since moving to Sydney from London and it's a problem many others could be facing.

Economics

69 h. ago British woman buys McDonald's meal in Turkey but is totally floored by price

A woman bought a McDonald's meal while she was on holiday in Turkey but she was totally floored by price. She couldn't believe how much money the meal set her back

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3 d. ago British woman facing 20 years in prison in Indonesia for ‘smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight’ insists she was framed

Lisa Ellen Stocker was arrested alongside her partner Jonathan Chistopher Collyer when they entered Bali in February

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3 d. ago ‘We’ll have done it first’: what it takes to set a new Guinness World Record

As an Australian town prepares to perform the world’s largest happy dance, previous titleholders share what it feels like to lose the crown after months of preparationGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEver since she was a little girl, Sruthy Saseendran wanted to “achieve something remarkable” – something that would earn her a place in the record books. But growing up in what she describes as a traditional Indian family, that dream had to take a backseat to more conventional markers of success: university, marriage, career.Decades later – after she had married, become a mother and taken a job as a business analyst in Melbourne – she felt the itch return. It was time to do something for herself. So she embarked on a personal challenge: to set a Guinness World Record.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British woman facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight packets' tells court 'I was framed'

Lisa Stocker, 39, told Denpasar central court that she was stitched up when she entered the island with £300,000 worth of cocaine disguised as the powdered dessert mix.

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6 d. ago British soldier arrested in Kenya over alleged rape near training base

A British soldier has been accused of raping a woman in Kenya - the Ministry of Defence is cooperating with a Kenyan investigation into the incident.

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6 d. ago British backpacker faces 20 years in jail after being charged over Australia e

Alicia Kemp charged with death by dangerous driving while under influence

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6 d. ago British woman cries as Benidorm holiday 'ruined by too many Spanish people'

Pensioner Freda Jackson had been looking forward to her holiday in Benidorm all year, but ended up outraged at the number of Spanish guests at her hotel

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8 d. ago Brit man at centre of new Madeleine McCann theory 'overheard saying 5 chilling words'

Portuguese authorities are said to have received a chilling tip-off from a British woman who believed her own brother - and his German wife - may be hiding the truth behind Madeleine McCann's disappearance

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9 d. ago British woman held in Sri Lanka ‘could be months’ from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

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9 d. ago British woman jailed in Sri Lanka on drug offences could be months from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

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1 week ago 'Drug smuggling' mum arrested at German airport after police spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford is the fifth young British woman to be detained abroad facing drugs charges in recent months.

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1 week ago 'Drug smuggling' Brit, 21, arrested at airport after German cops spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford, a 21-year-old mother of one, has been detained in Munich, Germany on suspicion of smuggling cannabis - she's the latest young British woman to face drugs charges overseas

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1 week ago BREAKING: Brit woman's naked body found on notorious Full Moon Party island in Thailand

Police raced to the scene and found a 54-year-old British woman washed ashore on a beach in Koh Phangan, southern Thailand - she had been discovered by a local villager

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1 week ago Mystery as naked body of British woman is found on beach on Thai Full Moon Party island

The Brit was wearing only an orange bra when her body was discovered face-down on the beach by a villager early this morning. Police discovered her orange underwear drifting ashore nearby.

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2 w. ago Cafe that may hold key to French murder of British woman who worked there 'with secret lover' reopens exactly one month after the killing

Karen Carter, 65 and a married mother of four, was found dead outside her home in Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, following a night out with friends on April 29th.

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2 w. ago British woman is killed and her husband left fighting for life after SUV crashes into bakery in Kos

The driver reportedly lost control of his vehicle before slamming into the building, in Tigaki, Kos, shattering the windows and dragging the couple along.

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2 w. ago As a Muslim girl in Bradford, I saw my story in Jane Austen’s novels. Now I’ve directed a TV series about her | Ali Naushahi

I soaked up her sharp insights into class, gender and power. Reading more about her life, the parallels between us became clearI grew up as the daughter of an imam in a conservative British-Pakistani community in Bradford. Our early years were spent in a large Victorian terrace owned by the local mosque council. When my father was replaced, we downsized overnight to a much smaller house on the other side of town. The loss of a beloved home, close friends and community was a deeply disorienting experience.Decades later, directing the new BBC series Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius, I found myself thinking back to that time. On the surface, my life and Jane Austen’s couldn’t be more different – an English novelist born in the 18th century and a working-class British-Pakistani woman. Austen’s novels had always resonated with me when I read them as a girl. But learning more about her life as part of my director’s prep, I realised just how many shared realities we had. I saw how similar Aus...

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