1 week ago Body found in search for Belfast man missing since New Year's Day

The 21-year-old had been missing since the early hours of New Year's Day

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1 week ago Man last seen entering river remains missing after third day of search

Police said the family of a missing man are 'being supported'

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1 week ago Search launched for Brit missing in Thailand last seen in Christmas Day Facetime call

Mark Counsell, 31, from Pontypool, South Wales, is believed to be in Thailand or in Kuala Lumpur and was wearing a khaki-coloured Fred Perry T-shirt

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2 w. ago Tragedy as body found in search for man, 20, who went missing on Christmas Day

Oliver Davey, aged 20, who was reported missing from Barrow on Christmas Day

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3 w. ago Kate Bush pays tribute to antiques dealer who is feared to have drowned on Christmas Day swim and says he 'lived life to the full'

Antiques dealer Matthew Upham, 63, had gone to the beach with friends on the morning of December 25 off the coast of Budleigh Salterton in Devon.

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3 w. ago Antiques dealer feared drowned after going for Christmas swim was trying to save woman in distress

Matthew Upham, 63, is feared to have drowned when he went for a traditional festive dip off the coast of Budleigh Salterton in Devon.

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3 w. ago How a joyful Christmas Day swim on Devon’s Jurassic coast ended in tragedy with two swept out to sea

‘Beloved’ antique dealer Matthew Upham and another swimmer were swept away at Budleigh Salterton on Christmas Day

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3 w. ago Christmas Day swim survivor says 'it was a mistake to get in' after he was rescued from 'worst ever conditions' in festive event believed to have killed two

Two people are believed to have been killed after disaster struck during the annual event off the coast of Budleigh Salterton in Devon on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Search for missing Christmas Day swimmers called off as two presumed dead

A search has been called off for two people presumed dead on a Christmas Day swim.

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3 w. ago Budleigh Salterton: Everything we know as two missing after Christmas swim

Two men remain missing at sea after going swimming at Budleigh Salterton in Devon on Christmas Day sparking a huge search mission

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3 w. ago Search is called off for two men in their 40s and 60s after group 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim off Devon coast

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Coastguard calls off Christmas Day search for two missing men off Devon coast

There has been a major emergency response at the scene

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3 w. ago Search is called off after two men 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim that saw three others rescued off coast of Devon

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Search is called off after two men who 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim that saw three others rescued off coast of Devon

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Budleigh Salterton LIVE: Desperate search as two missing after Christmas Day swim

Two men are believed to be missing in the sea after people were pulled from the water during a Christmas Day swim in Devon

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3 w. ago Two men believed to be missing amid Christmas Day search off Devon coast

People got into difficulty in the water this morning

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3 w. ago Two people missing after Christmas Day swim as search and rescue mission underway

Emergency services are at the scene of an incident at a beach in Devon following concern for people in the water, police have said, as two men have been confirmed missing

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3 w. ago 2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity saysRecord numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer have led the Wildlife Trusts to declare 2025 “the year of the octopus” in its annual review of Britain’s seas.A mild winter followed by an exceptionally warm spring prompted unprecedented numbers of Mediterranean octopuses to take up residence along England’s south coast, from Penzance in Cornwall to south Devon. Continue reading...

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