5 h. ago Missing woman's body is found on British beach 140 miles from where she disappeared eight months ago

Anne Porter had been seen at her home in October last year and was thought to be going to a local beach but her body has now been found miles away.

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19 h. ago Tourists warned they face chaos on Spain's island holiday hotspots

The disruptioncould last through the peak holiday season

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22 h. ago Double 'danger' alert over heatwave and fire risk in Canary Island holiday spots

As temperatures are predicted to soar over the next few days, an 'alert situation' in the Canary Islands has been declared, with forest fires one of two high-risk factors

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28 h. ago Army captain who raped Edinburgh woman he met her on dating app has sentence increased

Rapist has prison sentence increased after Crown appeal.

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44 h. ago British woman killed after horror gas explosion at Spanish bar

A 56-year-old British woman was one of two people killed following the blast

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44 h. ago Dozens evacuated as forest fire rages near Athens just days after blaze ripped through another Greek holiday island

A violent forest fire devastated several seaside towns east of Athens on Thursday, damaging homes and prompting dozens of evacuations in a popular destination tourists

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46 h. ago British woman, 56, is among two dead after bar gas explosion in Spain that injured at least 15 others

The 56-year-old Brit was one of two women killed after a gas canister exploded at the Casa Javi bar in San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia last Thursday.

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46 h. ago Brit woman among dead after horror gas explosion at Spanish bar

A 56-year-old British woman was reportedly one of two people killed following a gas explosion at a bar in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, southern Spain, as she was walking by a local market

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53 h. ago Dramatic moment British woman saved after being lost at sea for five days

A huge search and operation was deployed for missing Brit, Mary Gavin, last Wednesday after she vanished on a rented boat a day before on the island of Formentera near Ibiza

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56 h. ago Coleen and Wayne Rooney look smitten in Ibiza as they join his former Manchester United teammate John O'Shea on a sun

The WAG and her former Manchester United star husband, both 39, have been enjoying a holiday in the party island.

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56 h. ago Incredible moment British woman desperately waves down passing ferry after FIVE DAYS adrift at sea in Spain

Authorities started hunting for the 39-year-old last Wednesday evening around 36 hours after she vanished on a rented boat she had hired a day earlier on the paradise island of Formentera.

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67 h. ago British mother, 66, says she is 'stranded' in Israel despite signing up for Government evacuation flights and forking out £100s

A British woman stranded in Israel said she has still not heard from the Government about chartered evacuation flights - despite registering and paying hundreds of pounds last week.

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2 d. ago British woman stranded in Israel remains in dark about evacuation flights

Mali Smith, 66, said she has not heard from the Foreign Office since registering for the repatriation flights last week.

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3 d. ago British woman accused of assaulting child in Turkey discharged from extradition

Teacher Rebecca Richardson was discharged from an extradition request over allegations she sexually assaulted a child in Istanbul in 2019.

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3 d. ago ‘It’s like being walled in’: young Iranians try to break through internet blackout

Desperate for news on war with Israel, people search for proxy links to route messages through servers outside Iran• Middle East crisis – live updatesAmir* hasn’t slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old spends his nights searching for proxy links, fragile digital lifelines that briefly break through the internet blackout.Iran remains under a near-total internet shutdown, severely limiting access to information. A group of young Iranians are, however, working non-stop to ensure their voices reach the outside world. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Saint Laurent’s Paris fashion week show takes audience on a holiday to Fire Island

Sunglasses and bright colours dominated a beach-ready collection, as director Anthony Vaccarello namechecked artists who documented LGBTQ+ lifeFire Island, the holiday destination near New York, has been associated with the LGBTQ+ community since the 30s. It has inspired books (Edmund White’s 1973 novel, Forgetting Elena), a 2022 eponymous romcom and now, a fashion show for Saint Laurent.Taking place at Paris fashion week in 30C heat more suited to a vacation, the show notes named the beach spot as a reference for the creative director, Anthony Vaccarello. They placed the show “somewhere between Paris and Fire Island, where escape becomes elegance, and desire becomes a language”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Majorca airport LIVE: Emergency alarm as roof collapses onto arrivals

The section of roof has collapsed at the arrivals area of Palma de Mallorca Airport, the main international airport for the Spanish holiday island - follow this live blog for updates

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4 d. ago British woman, 37, is 'sexually assaulted during a massage' at her hotel on Greek island

The employee touched her with their fingernail six times in a disputed area but the holidaymaker said there was no need or context as to why the masseuse touched her there.

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4 d. ago Nightlife at British holiday hotspot looks 'dead' as tourists brand it 'ghost town'

A video has gone viral on social media that shows a woman walking through the streets of a British holiday hotspot with the bars 'all shut' - and people have since shared their thoughts

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4 d. ago Satellite image shows wildfires ravaging holiday island as tourists evacuated

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on Monday (23 June), shows a dense smoke plume rising from the island and drifting south-west across the Aegean Sea

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