25 h. ago Gorgeous Devon village is like a 'time warp' with locals saying it's 'never changed'

The village has been named as one of the best UK seaside towns - and for good reason. This pretty part of the southern coast has retained its beauty and quintessential English seaside style

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58 h. ago After a torrid 100 days, Germany’s Friedrich Merz is mocked as a ‘dead man walking’. He must fight back | John Kampfner

With the AfD surging, it could soon be the largest party here. But, if he acts now, that dark scenario need not come to passJohn Kampfner is the author of In Search of Berlin and Why the Germans Do It BetterThe passing of the 100-day milestone for any world leader usually denotes the end of their honeymoon period. Friedrich Merz has not been able to enjoy even a single day of grace, beginning with the very moment he was supposed to be elected Germany’s chancellor but wasn’t. On 6 May, as Angela Merkel watched from the visitors’ balcony, the Bundestag voted and declined to approve its new leader. For a few hours, chaos ensued, until the second round of voting saw his chancellorship approved, so the swearing in could proceed.It was a symbolic act of defiance, and because it was a secret ballot, it wasn’t clear how many of the 18 dissenters came from Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) or from their new coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD). But it cast a shadow over the new admi...

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3 d. ago 4 stabbings, 1 shot dead, and daylight rape among crimes in violent London week

4 stabbings, 1 shot dead, and daylight rape among crimes in violent London week  My London

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3 d. ago ‘I was like a tornado going through men’s lives’: meet the people who can’t stop getting married

From the divorce lawyer on wedding eight to the 85-year-old in love with bride five – the hopeless romantics who keep saying ‘I do’Forty-two per cent of the married couples you know are destined to divorce, according to the latest UK statistics, but we still buy into the idea that a wedding is a happy ending. The story we like to tell, culturally, about romantic love is straightforward: that there is just one person out there for everyone, and that, once you have found that person, you will be happy every day until one of you is dead. So what about people who rack up multiple marriages? The famous stories tend to have a whiff of madness and glamour about them. There is Elizabeth Taylor, who was married eight times (twice to Richard Burton). The other, bloodier, example that springs to mind is Henry VIII.To be married and divorced multiple times requires a strange mixture of romanticism and practicality about love. Saying “until death do u...

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3 d. ago Body of woman found tied underwater by concrete dumbbells at Thai tourist spot

A murder probe has been launched in the Phang Nga area of Thailand after a woman’s body was found chained by the neck and weighed down with dumbbells

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3 d. ago Couple die as car plummets off cliff 'while they were making love inside'

The pair were found completely naked, not far from the wreckage.

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4 d. ago 'My husband started a miracle drug trial, within days he was dead'

The 76-year-old's widow says his death 'can't be in vain'

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4 d. ago Couple having sex in car accidentally rock it off cliff to their deaths

Adriana Ribeiro, 42, and her boyfriend Marcone Cardoso, 26, had parked up by a cliff edge in Brazil after going to a party but their moment of intimacy ended in tragedy

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6 d. ago Netflix's Wednesday fans share huge Lady Gaga plot theory as star missing from first part of season 2

Wednesday season 2 part one was released on Netflix yesterday but fans were disappointed to discover that Lady Gaga does not feature in the first four episodes of the show.

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6 d. ago 'Funny and quirky' mum found dead day after heartbreaking text to crisis line

Jessica Smithson was found dead by her father in her own home – having carried out everything she warned of

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7 d. ago Man accused of murder bought woman can of cider days before she was found dead in his shed, trial hears

Christopher Barlow is accused of the murder of Mariann Borocz

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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 South Korean actor is found dead in his car weeks after he was arrested for drink driving

The 'Extreme Job' actor was discovered by an acquaintance in a car at a housing complex in Yongin, just south of Seoul, around 8am, police said.

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8 d. ago Two women prisoners found dead just days apart in notorious prison where Lucy Letby and Constance Marten are held

The first inmate at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey died on July 28 and the second passed away just three days later on July 31.

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9 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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1 week ago Four dead in as many days at seaside beauty spot as woman's body is found beneath cliffs after couple and another lady were discovered

Emergency services were alerted to the discovery of a body at Sandsend near Whitby Abbey just after 11am yesterday - where three others also died this week.

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3 w. ago Scotland's 'best seaside gardens' named as nine coastal beauty spots singled out

July is the perfect time to head to a colourful garden.

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3 w. ago Urgent search for missing woman near beauty spot as businesses forced to close

Rachel Booth, 38, is missing from Northwich and police have expressed 'increasing concern for her welfare' while conducting a search in Oakmere near Delamere Forest

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3 w. ago UK water park forced to close in urgent search for missing woman near beauty spot

Rachel Booth, 38, is missing from Northwich and police have expressed 'increasing concern for her welfare' while conducting a search in Oakmere near Delamere Forest

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3 w. ago Urgent search near beauty spot for missing woman, 38, with businesses shut off

Rachel Booth was reported missing in the Northwich area earlier today

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