21 h. ago Woman, 77, falls off cruise ship and feared dead as authorities call off search

The 77-year-old woman is feared dead after she fell overboard from a cruise ship that was sailing off the coast of Cuba, the US Coast Guard has said. She was aboard the Holland America Line cruise ship, Nieuw Statendam

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28 h. ago Frantic hunt for woman who fell off cruise ship sailing from Florida

The woman fell off a Holland America cruise ship on Thursday while on a seven-day excursion around the Caribbean. Officials have launched a search by sea and air.

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40 h. ago Dry Cleaning: Secret Love review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(4AD)The standout act in the sprechgesang wave, the four-piece’s newly expansive sound carries singer Florence Shaw’s distinctive tales of mundane lives spiralling out of controlDry Cleaning’s third album features a lot of strikingly odd lyrics. Take your pick from “alien offshoot mushroom, going the gym to get slim”; “my dream house is a negative space of rock”; or, indeed, “when I was a child I wanted to be a horse, eating onions, carrots, celery”. But it’s an ostensibly more straightforward line, from Cruise Ship Designer, that seems destined to attract the most attention. “I make sure there are hidden messages in my work,” says vocalist Florence Shaw as the track draws to a conclusion, the muscular guitar riff that’s driven it along devolving into a janky, trebly scrabble.Initially, the lyric appears to characterise what Dry Cleaning do, and Shaw in particular. From the moment they first appeared with the 2018 EP Sweet Princess, the south London quartet have attracted adjectives...

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50 h. ago Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships

A federal appeals court is blocking Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ship passengers

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66 h. ago Dramatic moment hero mum jumps off dock to rescue daughter, 4, trapped in water between cruise ship and pier

THIS is the dramatic moment a mother saved her four-year-old daughter from drowning. The brave parent leapt off a dock to rescue her child, who was trapped between a cruise ship and a pier in the Bahamas. Heart-stopping footage shows crew members rushing to help the mum and daughter to safety. Staff throw life rings...

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3 d. ago Desperate mum jumps off dock to rescue girl, 4, who fell into water by Carnival Sunrise

The youngster slipped and briefly became trapped between a cruise ship called Carnival Sunrise, owned by Carnival Cruise Line, and the pier at Carnival’s Celebration Key on the Bahamas

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3 d. ago Mum fearlessly jumps in water after infant falls into sea between cruise ship and pier

A brave mum leapt into the sea to save her four-year-old daughter's life after the tot slipped into the water in a terrifying incident just days before Christmas

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3 d. ago Passengers on stranded cruise ship to be flown back to Australia

The Coral Adventurer hit a coral reef off Papua New Guinea on Saturday

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4 d. ago Cruise ship that abandoned elderly passenger on a remote island runs aground on first trip since woman's death

The Australian-owned expedition vessel was carrying 80 passengers and 43 crew members when the grounding occurred.

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5 d. ago Cruise ship chaos as passengers evacuated on first trip since woman left on island died

The Coral Adventurer ran aground off Papua New Guinea with 123 people aboard on its first voyage since 80-year-old Suzanne Rees died after being left on Lizard Island

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5 d. ago Passengers evacuated from cruise ship on first trip since woman left on island died

The Coral Adventurer, which was making its first trip since passenger Suzanne Rees tragically died after being left behind on an island, hit a reef off the coast of Papua New Guinea

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5 d. ago Cruise ship runs aground on first trip since leaving elderly passenger on remote island

The Coral Adventurer is currently under investigation following the death of Suzanne Rees

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8 d. ago Suspect in stepsister’s mystery cruise ship death ‘doesn’t remember anything’

Anna Kepner’s cause of death was ‘mechanical asphyxia’, according to a copy of her death certificate

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9 d. ago Federal judge upholds Hawaii's new climate change tax on cruise passengers

A federal judge's ruling allows Hawaii's new tourist tax, which includes a levy on cruise ship passengers, to take effect in 2026

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9 d. ago Teen suspect in stepsister's cruise ship death says he doesn't remember anything, documents say

A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month has no recollection of the incident

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9 d. ago First look at MSC Magnifica cruise ship upgrade with new restaurants and premium Yacht Club

Passengers can enjoy everything from a new spa to a suite deck following the cruise ship’s recent revamp

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1 week ago Stepbrothers are charged with rape after 'tricking' woman by switching places during sex encounter on Carnival cruise ship

Investigators believe Sayjuan Readous, 26,made an excuse to leave the darkened room before his stepbrother, Antoine Flowers Jr., 28 - both from Detroit - slipped inside to take his place.

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1 week ago Anna Kepner's stepmum sent suspect's dad chilling text after teen died on cruise

Anna Kepner, from Florida was found dead on a Carnival cruise ship by a member of staff with an investigation underway into what happened to the teenage cheerleader

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1 week ago New cruise ship you can live on forever and it costs less than a London flat

Villa Vie Residences has announced plans for a new residential cruise ship where people can buy cabins and live at sea permanently - with prices starting lower than average London property

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1 week ago Sarah Hadland: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me: you’ll never, ever work’

The actor on impersonating Elvis, her stint as a magician’s assistant on a cruise ship, and having eyes like currantsBorn in Hertfordshire, Sarah Hadland, 54, attended Laine Theatre Arts college in Surrey. From 2009 to 2015, she played Stevie in the Bafta-nominated sitcom Miranda, and her other television work includes Horrible Histories, Waterloo Road, W1A, The Job Lot and Daddy Issues. This Christmas, she appears on The Festive Pottery Throwdown and The Celebrity Apprentice, and stars as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Marlowe theatre in Canterbury. She lives with her child in London.What is your earliest memory? I remember putting on my sister’s dungarees – they were purple and flared – to do an Elvis impression and my family laughing, and thinking: “Oh, this is good.” Continue reading...

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