6 h. ago Cape Cod summer hotspot testing its sewage for cocaine to find out how hard islanders have been partying

Nantucket officials hope the research will benefit prevention and intervention programs

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7 d. ago Remains of couple who went missing off Cape Cod found after crews locate their missing fishing boat

The bodies of Shawn Arsenault, 64, and his girlfriend, Felicia Daley, 54, were discovered in their sunken boat off Cape Cod, the Coast Guard says.

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8 d. ago Mystery after fishing captain and his girlfriend go missing while taking their boat out off Cape Cod

Shawn Arsenault, the boat’s captain, was going clamming with his girlfriend when their boat seemingly vanished.

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8 d. ago Spain tourist hotspot faces summer of 'changeover day' travel chaos as hotel staff set to strike

Hotel staff across Tenerife and the western Canary Islands will walk out every Friday in July and August amid growing tensions between unions and hoteliers

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9 d. ago Love Island fans threaten to 'drop' ITV show as 'favourite' islander faces dumping

Love Island viewers are concerned about a particular islander's fate in tonight's dumping

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9 d. ago ITV Love Island fans share concerns for islander’s fate after ‘red flag’ comment

Love Island fans are fearful a particular contestant will be dumped from the villa tonight, after a rocky first day

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9 d. ago Amalfi Coast's best restaurants and bars: the secret spots locals love

It’s a summer hotspot for a reason, but there are still plenty of local favourites that fly under the radar. Insider Joseph Bullmore shares his guide

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1 week ago ITV Love Island fans 'sick of it' as they beg bosses to 'ban' show tradition

Love Island fans were left irritated by a particular moment on Monday's launch show and raced to Twitter to share their anger, as they called for producers to 'ban' the show tradition

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1 week ago Spanish island 'sounds the alarm' over tourist issue and it doesn't involve Brits

The Alcudia and Can Picafort hoteliers association has sounded the alarm that bookings on the island are down on last year, particularly among holidaymakers from Germany

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1 week ago Tourists warned as wildfires threaten to ruin Spanish holiday hotspot this summer

Tourists have been warned as Spanish authorities issue a wildfire alert for a holiday hotspot this summer.

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2 w. ago Urgent kidnapping warning for American tourists traveling to summer hotspot

The State Department has issued an urgent warning over a terrifying new way US citizens are being targeted for kidnappings in a major summer tourist destination.

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2 w. ago Pulp: More review – anthems and rage for the next life stage

(Rough Trade)Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of oldTime has been particularly kind to Pulp. As Jarvis Cocker points out on Spike Island, the lead single from their first album in 24 years, their 2002 split went largely unlamented: they had already succeeded in considerably reducing the size of their audience with 1998’s claustrophobic album This Is Hardcore and 2001’s Scott Walker-produced We Love Life. An ostensibly valedictory greatest hits album spent a single week in the lower reaches of the Top 75. And the year after their demise, John Harris’s Britpop history The Last Party noted tartly that Pulp’s music had “rather dated”. “The universe shrugged, then moved on,” sings Cocker, which is a perhaps more poetic reiteration of what he said at the time: the greatest hits album was “a real silent fart” and “nobody was that arsed, evidently”.But subsequent y...

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2 w. ago How to make clam chowder – recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass

Bring sea breezes into your kitchen with this creamy New England classic, in nine simple stepsI ate a lot of clam chowder in Massachusetts last summer. Thick and comfortingly creamy, it might feel a tad wintry were it not for the sweet, briny clams, which sing of sea breezes and sunshine. Though the name derives from the French chaudière, or cauldron, chowder is New England through and through, and best eaten in the fresh air, whether that’s in Cape Cod or Capel-le-Ferne.Prep 40 min Soak 20 minCook 30 min Serves 4 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: Cicadas swarm parts of US as the screaming insects emerge in Brood XIV's 17

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York.

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3 w. ago Brits warned of pickpocket surge in Spanish holiday hotspot ahead of summer

Nearly 50 pickpockets and petty thieves targeting tourist victims have been arrested in the past month by police in Majorca, who have drafted in early reinforcements to tackle an expected summer crimewave

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3 w. ago Man swims 62 miles around Martha’s Vineyard to press for protections for sharks

Jaws was filmed on island in 1975, stoking fears of marine animal that swimmer Lewis Pugh is now trying to protectA British-South African endurance athlete crossed the finish line of his 62-mile (100km) multiday swim around Martha’s Vineyard on Monday, becoming the first person to swim all the way around the island off the coast of Cape Cod.Lewis Pugh, 55, began swimming multiple hours a day in the 47F (8C) water on 15 May to raise awareness about the plight of sharks – as the film Jaws nears the 50th anniversary of its cinematic release. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago She murdered 31 and snuggled victims as they died for sexual kicks

Nurse Jane Toppan was nicknamed 'Jolly' Jane due to her jovial bedside manner. But, in reality, she was an 'Angel of Death' killing patients and anyone who got in her way with lethal doses of morphine.

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