8 h. ago Massive blaze ripping across Swansea mountain with '40ft flames' spotted from miles away

Billowing clouds of smoke can be seen unfurling from the red ring in Mynydd Gelliwastad in the Clydach area.

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13 h. ago Scots tourist missing in Italy found in local hospital 'with broken bones'

Robert "Bob" Cadger, has been found in a hospital in Naples with broken bones after a week-long search by his worried family.

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36 h. ago Brit tourist Alexandra Clarke missing in Thailand as police explain cause of horror dive boat fire

The 26-year-old backpacker, from Lambeth, south London, was reportedly using the toilet when a fire erupted from the engine of the wooden vessel near Koh Tao on Sunday morning

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37 h. ago Scot tourist missing in Italy for a week found in local Naples hospital

Robert John Cadger's family said the Stirling man has been located in a hospital.

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38 h. ago Fears for missing Brit tourist, 47, who vanished a week ago after visit to Pompeii

Robert Cadger, 47, was last seen on Monday, March 10, after he visited the historic archaeological site, Pompeii, during a getaway to Naples.

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40 h. ago Fears grow for Brit tourist, 26, who went missing after diving boat blaze in Thailand as captain of doomed vessel is arrested in negligence probe

The captain of a diving boat from which a British tourist went missing following an explosion has been arrested as the search for her continues.

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42 h. ago Fears grow for British tourist missing after boat caught fire in Thailand

Alexandra Clarke, 26, from London, was reportedly in the bathroom when the blaze started

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49 h. ago Female British tourist, 26, missing in Thailand 'is dead' after boat goes up in flames

Backpacker Alexandra Clarke, 26 was enjoying a diving boat excursion when a blaze ripped through the boat near the island of Kho Tao in Thailand with 16 tourists on board

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49 h. ago British tourist missing after diving boat horror off coast of Thai island

A British tourist is missing in Thailand after the boat she was travelling on caught fire off the coast of the island of Koh Tao, local officials said

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57 h. ago British tourist missing after boat catches fire off Thai island

Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke outA British tourist is missing in Thailand after the tour boat she was travelling on caught fire off the island of Koh Tao.Alexandra Clarke, 26, from Lambeth, south London, was onboard the Davy Jones Locker for a diving excursion. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Fears for British tourist missing after fire on diving boat off Thai island

A British tourist has been reported missing after a fire ripped through a diving boat off the coast of Thailand's notorious 'Death Island'.

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64 h. ago Female British tourist, 26, missing in Thailand after huge blaze rips through boat

The fire, reportedly caused by compressed air, quickly ripped through the vessel and destroyed everything in its wake whilst the tourists attempted their escape

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67 h. ago British tourist Alexandra Clarke goes missing in Thailand after fire rips through wooden dive boat

Alexandra Clarke, 26, a Lambeth resident backpacking in Thailand, was using the toilet when the engine of the wooden "Davy Jones Locker" boat erupted in flames near the island of Koh Tao on Sunday morning

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8 d. ago Authorities in the Dominican Republic search for missing American university student

Authorities in the Dominican Republic are searching for a 20-year-old university student from the U.S. who went missing in the popular tourist town of Punta Cana while on vacation

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1 week ago Woman, 57, found dead after blaze rips through Greater Manchester house

The house on Bradfield Close in Reddish was gutted in the inferno, with the roof and first floor both having collapsed and most internal walls being gone

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2 w. ago Secret underground spy tunnels that inspired James Bond novels could become the world’s next can’t

Secret underground spy tunnels that inspired James Bond novels could become the world’s next can’t-miss tourist attraction  New York Post

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3 w. ago Devastation as blaze rips through upstairs flat leaving one man dead

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the blaze in Leigh in the early hours of Monday morning

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3 w. ago Desperate search for American tourist missing in Puerto Rico jungle

Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a U.S. tourist they say got lost in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque

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3 w. ago Jessica Gunning thanks Baby Reindeer creator for ‘making my dreams come true’

The British actress, 38, won the female actor in a television movie or limited series prize for her role in the Netflix dark comedy.

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3 w. ago ‘Dead white person’s clothes’ mount up as Ghana’s Kantamanto market struggles to rebuild after fire

Six weeks after a devastating blaze in Accra ripped through one of the world’s biggest secondhand markets, many stalls remain unfinished and thousands still have no income It was a blaze that left two people dead and destroyed the fabric of one of the world’s largest secondhand clothes markets. It also wiped out the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in a matter of hours.Six weeks on from the 1 January fire in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the aluminium roofing has been replaced and wooden frames have been erected, but many stalls remain unfinished and empty. In the heart of the market, the sound of hammering and building work fills the air. Vendors mill around with little to sell. The narrow passageways – once so rammed with customers there was a stampede two months ago – are easy to pass through. Continue reading...

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