6 h. ago British couple stuck in Thailand with mounting £100,000 hospital bill after soldier slipped at tourist hotspot they had found on TikTok and shattered his skull and leg

Liam Gibson, from Hartlepool, was visiting the idyllic Na Muang Waterfall 2 when the 21-year-old slipped and tumbled onto a rock ledge metres below.

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44 h. ago From fishing port to tourist hotspot: how skyscrapers came to dominate Benidorm – in pictures

Photographer Didier Bizet takes a look at Benidorm, one of the most visited tourist destinations in Europe and a favourite of Britons. Construction in ‘Beni York’ has led to the rise of 370 towers above 12 storeys tall, making it the second most densely packed urban area with skyscrapers – after New York Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Horror as mum and son found dead after flash flooding at Petra tourist hotspot

The bodies of a mother and son who went missing while on holiday in Petra, Jordan, have been discovered after flash flooding decimated the historic desert city

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3 d. ago Salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch superyacht begins off Sicily

UK tech entrepreneur and his daughter were among seven killed when the Bayesian sank in a violent stormA 55-metre (180ft) barge carrying a heavy-lift crane has begun work to raise the British-flagged superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily, where it sank last summer killing seven people including the UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.The barge, named Hebo Lift 2, with its 700-sq-metre deck, specialist diving apparatus and a remotely operated underwater vehicle, arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo, where marine salvage experts have started operations to raise the Bayesian. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'Alien' shark spotted by the coast of popular tourist hotspot in Gran Canaria

A mysterious and rare shark has been spotted off the shore of Gran Canaria, leaving local fisherman stunned.

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3 d. ago Two Brits are killed and two more injured when their car overturns in horror crash at Moroccan tourist hotspot

The driver and two other British tourists with them were hurt during the incident in the port city of Agadir, sustaining injuries of 'varying severity', according to local media.

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5 d. ago Model Christie Brinkley admits she saw UFOs 'she could not explain' at tourist hotspot

Supermodel Christe Brinkley reveals she saw 'four overpowering lights' repeatedly pulsate like an 'ancient god' while on holiday in Crete, in her new memoir Uptown Girl

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5 d. ago Six dead and over 50 injured in temple stampede at Indian tourist hotspot

It is still unclear what led to the stampede

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5 d. ago Power on British tourist hotspot fully restored following mass blackout

The blackout comes just days after Spain and Portugal were brought to a standstill

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6 d. ago 'Mafia' squatters invade luxury Tenerife resort as criminals 'profit from the rooms'

Callao Sport Hotel in the popular tourist hotspot of Costa Adeje in Tenerife, has been under the iron thumb of squatters since February this year, after 12 bold invaders broke in

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7 d. ago Britain's answer to the 'leaning tower of Pisa' could turn seaside town into popular hotspot

The unassuming seaside town of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset has a little-known tourist attraction up its sleeve - a tower that's wonkier than Pisa's.

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7 d. ago European city frozen in time where dark tourists descend every year

This ancient city has become such a holiday hotspot that tourist numbers had to be capped at 20,000 a day. Still, millions flock to see this remarkable ruins of this once thriving Roman town

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8 d. ago Spanish holiday hotspot delays tourist tax in win for those planning summer trips

The region is looking for ways to curb overtourism

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9 d. ago Barcelona stabbing as man 'armed with machete' seen in running round tourist hotspot

A harrowing clip on social media shows a suspect sprinting through the streets of Placa de Sant Jaume, Barcelona, in Spain, armed with what appears to be a machete

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9 d. ago UK Viking hotspot rocked by earthquake as popular tourist area hit by latest movement

The epicentre was near the final resting spot of iconic Viking boss Meckan, son of Magnus, King of Norway, who was killed in the battle fought at Crudail nearby

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1 week ago Spanish holiday hotspot launches AI campaign slamming tourist overcrowding

The social media campaign uses AI-generated images to denounce the number of vistors

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1 week ago Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police

At least 11 people have been injured and one suspect has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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1 week ago Woman dies after plunging down huge 80m rocky waterfall in Australia tourist hotspot

Kate Cooper, 36, died on Friday after falling from a waterfall at Mapleton Falls National Park in Australia, her partner Simon Rosenkranz confirmed in a post on Facebook

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2 w. ago Council offers £12m to revamp overcrowded and inaccessible 'tourist hotspot' Tube station

South Kensington is gateway to Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A but has no step-free access

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2 w. ago Modi vows to pursue terrorists to ‘ends of the Earth’ after Kashmir attack

Indian PM makes first speech amid increasing tensions with Pakistan after 26 men killed in contested Himalayan region India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has vowed to punish all those responsible for Tuesday’s attack in Kashmir, pursuing them “to the ends of the Earth”.Twenty-six men were killed in the tourist hotspot of Pahalgam, in the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory since 2000. Continue reading...

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