4 d. ago Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling

In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlookedA broad section of Britain’s right has spent the summer behaving as if it would like a repeat of last year’s racist riots. As politicians and commentators cry “tinderbox Britain” – are they warning us, or willing it on? – far-right extremists have been actively trying to stoke violence. This year, they have pinned their hopes on asylum hotels, an issue where public fears over crime, immigration and the welfare state conveniently converge.In some places, far-right activists have piggybacked on protests prompted by local grievances. The most significant this year was in Epping, Essex, after an alleged sexual assault by an asylum seeker led to demonstrations that turned violent when they were joined by members of various far-right groups. A similar pattern has unfolded in London’s Canary Wharf, after untrue rumours that some of the Epping hotel residents were being moved there. In other cases, ...

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4 d. ago People are only just realising what 'Final Boss' means as Ibiza lad goes viral

Ibiza Final Boss - also known as Jack Kay - shot to viral fame last week after his distinctive appearance and dance moves earned him 'meme' status. But what does final boss actually mean

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5 d. ago Tourist warning as more than a dozen go blind and drop dead at popular resort

More than a dozen tourists have died after buying 'fake' homemade alcohol at a popular resort in Russia which turned them blind before causing kidney failure

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5 d. ago Stoke Newington murder feared to be gang war attack linked to shooting of girl, 9

Shooting victim Erdal Ozmen was a member of the Hackney Bombers gang who were the suspected targets of a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year-old girl fighting for her life

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6 d. ago Gang who flooded London with guns and drugs in deadly postcode war are jailed for 116 years over plot to shoot Britain's 'most hated drill rapper'

The Harrow Road Boys (HRB) bought firearms in a bid to harm drill star and Digga D as part of a gang war that left three people dead and brought communities to their knees.

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6 d. ago Grown adults seen pushing kids in shocking sunbed wars at four

Mark Hunter, from Ireland, was on holiday in Hotel Playas de Torrevieja in Costa Blanca, Spain, when he witnessed the sunbed wars unfolding around the hotel pool

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8 d. ago Costa Blanca chaos as crime boss shot dead in broad daylight at major hotspot

Caner Kocer had made threats to enemies online before he was targeted in a shooting at a well-known Spanish resort, leaving people fearing for their lives on the coastal resort

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8 d. ago Costa Blanca gang war fears as crime boss shot dead in tourist hotspot in broad daylight

Gangster Caner Kocer is said to have made threats online before he was shot by two gunmen in the popular Spanish resort of Torrevieja in front of a terrified mum with her baby

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8 d. ago Dogging hotspot to get warning signs ahead of crematorium plan after broad daylight romps

Concerns about people having sex in broad daylight on Arcot Lane, Cramlington, Northumberland, have been raised after plans to build a new crematorium nearby were given the green light

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8 d. ago British tourist found dead in Crete swimming pool as three arrested

A 21-year-old lifeguard is one of three people arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence

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8 d. ago British tourist found dead by swimming pool in Crete as three arrested on manslaughter charges

A British tourist has been found dead near a swimming pool in Greece, as three people are arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. 

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8 d. ago Brit tourist, 78, found dead after being pulled from Crete hotel pool as three arrested

The 78-year-old woman was cooling off in the pool of her hotel in Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete when she fell ill. Three people have been arrested

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9 d. ago Brit tourist, 78, found dead in Crete hotel pool as three arrested

Three people were arrested after a British woman, 78, was found dead in a pool at her hotel in Crete

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9 d. ago Inside Britain's deadliest gang: Meet the mobsters who gun down rivals, firebomb homes and attack innocent children on our streets

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish gangsters on the frontline of a brutal gang war have boasted to the Daily Mail about their sickening crimes - from machete and gun attacks to assaulting children.

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3 w. ago British tourist, 74, is found dead on his sun lounger on Greek beach

The 74-year-old man was found unconscious at around 12pm on Sunday, July 20, by fellow beach-goers on Stalis Beach on the Greek isle of Crete.

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3 w. ago British teen dies after plunging from third floor at Ibiza Rocks Hotel

The 19-year-old tourist was immediately pronounced dead after the fall just after midnight in the Ibiza party resort where a Scots holidaymaker lost his life just a fortnight ago.

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3 w. ago At least 35 people dead after Vietnam tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay

Sightseeing vessel hit by sudden thunderstorm in popular tourist area

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3 w. ago At least 38 people dead after Vietnam tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay

Sightseeing vessel hit by sudden thunderstorm in popular tourist area

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3 w. ago Masked rioters attack highway and clash with police in Limoges, France

Overnight violence leaves nine police wounded, say authorities, who suspect a gang turf warDozens of masked assailants wielding metal bars, mortars and molotov cocktails attacked cars on a highway and clashed with police early on Saturday in the city of Limoges in central France, officials said.The overnight clashes left nine police wounded, according to authorities, who said they suspected a gang turf war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rescuers recover victims after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam

Rescuers have recovered 34 bodies and found 11 survivors after the Wonder Sea tourist boat capsized in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, on Saturday (19 July).

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