6 h. ago Cake shop owner can remain in Britain despite being wanted for murder in his home country of Portugal

Carlos Kassimo Dos Santos, 33, was given in his absence a 14-year prison sentence in Portugal nine years ago, in connection with an alleged gang killing.

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39 h. ago Boy, 14, gives wild reason for starting devastating wildfires as 97 blazes tackled

Police have arrested a young lad suspect of causing hectares of wildfires in northern Portugal as the country is crippled by scorching summer blazes

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4 d. ago Cake shop loses £1k in Just Eat refunds as customers complain of cold ice cream

Andrea Blow says she feels 'betrayed' by the 'theft and fraud' of dishonest customers who she claims are putting small businesses at risk as JustEat vow to investigate

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8 d. ago Britain's darkest murder saw teen scalped and tortured for weeks

Kelly Anne Bates was just 17 when she was brutally killed

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1 week ago Joss Stone reveals she's forgiven the stalkers who plotted her murder as she prepares to return to Britain from US with her husband and four kids

Joss Stone has revealed she has forgiven the men who plotted to kidnap and murder her - as she prepares to move back to Britain with her young family after years living in the US.

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2 w. ago Moment tourists run for cover as freak 'Satan's Storm' lashes Spanish beach

In one of several weather events to sweep the continent in recent days, tourists sprinted for cover from a rare heat burst in near-hurricane force winds in southern Spain's Costa Tropical.

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2 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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