19 h. ago Underrated UK seaside village with bags of charm and huge beach

Situated on the picturesque Jurassic Coast, this fishing village in Devon is home to an expansive pebble beach, a cross-section of coastal walks and hosts a world-class regatta every year.

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29 h. ago Inside fairy tale house in 'unexpected' Greater Manchester village with its own moat and huge lake

This dream property is now on the market for £2.5 million

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31 h. ago I've been visiting seaside village with huge empty beach for 40 years — it gets better every time

There are never crowds here and it's not a popular tourist destination despite its huge empty beach, impressive castle and excellent pub

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3 d. ago Chaos in beautiful UK village as huge tourist ban is 'just the start'

A once-picturesque village often described as the UK's 'most beautiful' has finally had enough of tourists - who have slowly turned the area into a coach-riddled nightmare

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2 w. ago Fury erupts in Tenerife as major tourist hotspot issues urgent ban on cars

In yet another blow to Brits, Tenerife has introduced a strict ban on cars in a popular area frequently touted as Spain's answer to 'Machu Picchu'

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4 w. ago Mexico tourist climbs ancient pyramid despite strict ban and is quickly beaten by fuming locals

The man was spotted climbing El Castillo, at Chichén Itzá in Mexico. Visitors have been banned since 2008 from climbing the World Heritage Site in a bid to protect it

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4 w. ago ‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media postWhen Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. “I genuinely thought it was just going to be a few people saying, ‘Oh my God, well done’,” she says. “I posted it at nine o’clock at night and thought nothing of it.” By morning, a commissioner at BBC Film had reached out, setting the wheels in motion for what would become Muna – an 18-minute short film that screened at more than 60 international film festivals, won multiple awards, and has now made its way to BBC iPlayer.Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t ...

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