1 hour ago Why I went on Virgin Island: Show's oldest contestant, 30, reveals what caused his 'deep fear' of sex

Virgin Island contestant Ben Harris, from Ramsgate, revealed in a Substack post what spurred him on to take 'drastic action' and agree to appear on the controversial reality show.

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2 h. ago Greece earthquake: 'We were celebrating our engagement – then hotel started shaking'

Adam Sleigh, from Blackpool, had been celebrating his engagement to his fiancée Michelle when a 'very powerful' earthquake hit the Palmera Beach Hotel in Hersonissos, Crete

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2 h. ago Crete holiday warning for Brits as major earthquake sparks tsunami fears

The magnitude of the earthquake has since been updated to 6.0 as a tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake struck near the coast of Crete, which is the most populous of the Greek islands

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4 h. ago Greece earthquake map shows scale of terrifying quake ahead of major tsunami warning

People are being warned to stay away from parts of Crete after a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the region, while emergency services remain on high alert this morning

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5 h. ago Crete holidaymakers warned 'move away from the coast' following earthquake

Tourists on the Greek Island have been urged to take the alerts seriously amid tsunami fears

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6 h. ago Crete earthquake sparks tsunami warning off coast of Greece after magnitude 5.9 quake

People are warned to stay away from parts of Crete in Greece, following the magnitude 5.9 earthquake.

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6 h. ago Greece earthquake LIVE: Crete hotel 'shook for 5 mins' as tourists run for hills

The powerful 6.0 earthquake struck parts of Crete in Greece early this morning, with tourists told to 'move away from the coast' amid the possible risk of a tsunami

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7 h. ago Crete earthquake: Tourists on Greece island warned to 'move away from the coast'

The epicentre of the Greece earthquake was near the coast of Crete and so tourists on the island - popular with British holidaymakers - have now been warned to be vigilant

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9 h. ago Scotland's plumbers at 'breaking point' with seven in ten firms struggling to recruit

The warning from the Plumbing and Heating Federation comes amid fears a 'critical' shortage of workers along with rising demand is causing call-out fees to surge.

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10 h. ago Tsunami warning on popular Greek islands as tourists told to 'move away from coast immediately'

A tsunami alert has been issued for various Greek coastlines, including that of Crete, following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake this morning. Tourists and residents have been warned to stay away from the coast immediately

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12 h. ago Crete earthquake: Tsunami warning issued off the coast of Greece after magnitude 5.9 earthquake

People are warned to stay away from parts of Crete in Greece, following the magnitude 5.9 earthquake - and emergency services there remain on high alert this morning

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13 h. ago Crete earthquake: Large tremor hits Mediterranean island causing fears of damage

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

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25 h. ago Channel 4’s Virgin Island sparks viewer backlash over ‘creepy’ scenes

The show centres on 12 adults, all virgins aged between 22 and 30, who are sent to a luxury Mediterranean island for two weeks to work with sex and intimacy experts

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31 h. ago Britney Spears causes fresh fears as she posts naked video before quickly deleting it

Britney Spears has left fans concerned after she shared a raunchy video of herself completely naked, before quickly deleting it and replacing it with a more censored clip

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4 d. ago Kier Starmer vows to destroy Putin's 'shadow fleet' surveying UK waters amid fears Russia could cause 'worldwide internet blackouts' by sabotaging undersea cables

Moscow was accused of sabotaging gas pipes in the North Sea in 2022 and the Baltic in 2023, and No 10 said its shadow fleet ships were 'known to be damaging infrastructure'.

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6 d. ago Police swoop on property over fears of man with 'intent to cause violence'

A man has been arrested after a firearm was found during police warrants

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6 d. ago Olympian Strictly star is forced to flee her home after she was stalked by obsessed schoolgirl, 15, who caused her 'fear and anxiety' when she turned up on her doorstep

The 4ft 7in star, 27, described feeling 'fear and anxiety' when the 15-year-old schoolgirl knocked at her door.

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7 d. ago UK island named 'patch of paradise' which could be anywhere in the Mediterranean

Boasting more than 25 pristine beaches, a rich history, and endless walking trails - this tiny UK island wouldn't look out of place if it was transported to the Italian Riviera

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8 d. ago Kanye West causes Met Gala 2025 to 'ramp up security' over gate crashing fears

The Met Gala 2025 is reportedly preparing for potential chaos tonight and it's got nothing to do with couture - instead, it's down to Kanye West

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9 d. ago Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain

Woolf said language ‘runs dry’ when it comes to convey the reality of illness. Here is an impressive effort to do just thatIn her landmark 1985 work, The Body in Pain, American essayist Elaine Scarry makes a case for the “unsharability” of pain and its resistance to language. “Physical pain,” she writes, “does not simply resist language but actively destroys it.” Sixty years earlier in On Being Ill, Virginia Woolf made her famous claim about how language “runs dry” when it comes to articulating illness. Both theories grapple with inexpressibility. Experiencing serious, persistent pain invokes many feelings: irritation, curiosity (what’s causing it?), fear (of something sinister) and ultimately the desire to eradicate it. The search for a diagnosis can be as debilitating as the condition itself. In Pathemata: Or, the Story of My Mouth, Maggie Nelson tries to solve the mystery of a longstanding health issue. “Each morning, it is as if my mouth has survived a war – it has pro...

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