35 h. ago ‘Brilliant’ Ford dealership to shut after a CENTURY due to costs ‘impossible to overcome’

A LONGSTANDING family-run garage in Cromer is set to close its doors permanently this month, marking the end of an era after more than a century of service to the community. The East Coast Motor Company, a fixture in the coastal town since 1919, has succumbed to mounting financial pressures that have proven too difficult...

Economics

46 h. ago Seaside village home comes with its own bar and micro brewery

It's not your usual auction property - home upstairs, bar and brewery downstairs

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55 h. ago Aussie woman finds love with one of the world's richest men 18 YEARS her senior

An Australian woman with humble beginnings in the coastal Queensland town of Mackay has found love with a multimillionaire in California - and he has a very weird hobby.

Politics

3 d. ago Urgent hunt for missing girl, 15, who vanished from her home in UK coastal town in broad daylight

COPS have launched a desperate search for a 15 year-old girl who vanished from her home. Hallie Ferguson went missing from home in Crosby, Merseyside, yesterday. Hallie was last seen on Bramhall Road at 3.50pm on December 3, according to Merseyside Police. She is described as a white female, 5ft 7in tall, of slim build...

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4 d. ago Seaside town once ranked UK’s ‘worst’ gets green light for £20m makeover to restore it to former glory

A COASTAL town once ranked the 'worst' in the UK is set to be given a major facelift after £20million regeneration plans were greenlit. Locals in Rhyl, Wales have something to cheer about after the decade-long plan to breathe new life into the town was given the thumbs up. Much-needed funds will be pumped into...

Economics

7 d. ago ‘We need to speak collectively’: can parliament solve the problem of ‘deprivation bingo’ in the UK’s seaside towns?

Labour knows it needs to win over the ‘sea wall’ cohort of coastal voters in the next election. But as anger over inequality grows, time is running outIt is a lovely sunny autumn day in Ramsgate on Britain’s Kent coast, and quintessential seaside chippy Peter’s Fish Factory is doing a roaring lunchtime trade. Across the road, at the entrance to the town’s pier, local MP and chair of the newly reformed coastal parliamentary Labour party (PLP), Polly Billington, is having her photo taken.In between shots she shows us the community art project that adorns the fence along the entrance to the pier. It is made up of pictures, drawn primarily by local children and young people, of the 65 little ships that set sail earlier this year from Ramsgate to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dorset beach hut owners win legal victory over 'Magaluf rave' restaurant blamed for 'customers' drunken antics'

Beach hut owners in Mudeford, Dorset, accused The Beach House of changing the once idyllic coastline into a 'Magaluf rave scene' and a 'drinker's paradise'.

Society

1 week ago UK coastal town in 'English Riviera' has new Christmas market in outdoor waterpark

If you're looking to step into the festive spirit, there's a new Christmas market coming to a popular seaside area in the UK for the very first time, with a variety of stalls and seasonal treats.

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2 w. ago UK seaside town that's 'straight from a Christmas card' with pretty festive market

Seaton in Devon is a charming coastal town that comes to life at Christmas with light displays, festive workshops and a Polar Express tram ride that's perfect for kids

Politics

2 w. ago Girl, 11, dies one day after being 'taken unwell' in coastal Scottish town: Mother pays tribute as police probe 'unexplained' death

Olivia Curley, 11, was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday after falling ill. She died the following day. The youngster became unwell at home before being raced to hospital.

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2 w. ago Girl, 11, dies one day after 'taken unwell' in coastal Scottish town: Mother pays tribute as police probe 'unexplained' death

Olivia Curley, 11, was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday after falling ill. She died the following day. The youngster became unwell at home before being raced to hospital.

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2 w. ago Brit mum chokes to death on steak moments after tucking into meal on Spain holiday

Ceri Ball, 74, was on holiday with her husband Glyn, 77, when she choked on a piece of steak during a meal in the coastal town of Peñíscola near Valencia, Spain

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2 w. ago Scotland's best high streets named including 'elegant and charming' coastal town

The top main streets in the country have been crowned.

Politics

2 w. ago Woman, 21, is found dead in sleepy coastal town: Man, 29, is arrested over 'murder'

Corinna Baker, 21, who was found dead in a sleepy coastal Welsh town has been pictured for the first time as a man, 29, is arrested on suspicion of murder.

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2 w. ago Woman 'murdered' on moored boat pictured after 'being invited onto vessel'

Corinna Baker, 21, was found dead onboard a vessel moored at a former boat-building yard in the Welsh coastal town of Cardigan, and police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder

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3 w. ago UK's town dubbed 'worst seaside' destination has now been named must

The coastal town been named the number one trending destination for 2026 by Flixbus, which analysed booking data and forecasted search interest.

Politics

3 w. ago Fuming beach hut owners in UK coastal town say seaside bar is turning their home into an ‘Ibiza rave scene’

BEACH hut owners in a UK coastal town have fumed a seaside bar is turning their home into an "Ibiza rave scene". The hut-dwellers seethed The Beach House at Mudeford, Dorset, has transformed from an upmarket restaurant to an open-air "festival" and "drinker's paradise." Many have complained of "loutish drunken behaviour" including foul language and...

Society

3 w. ago Wealthy beach hut owners claim beachside bar is turning their pristine stretch of coast into 'Magaluf rave scene'... but restaurateur hits back at 'blatant snobbery'

Sunseekers in Mudeford, Dorset say The Beach House has changed from an upmarket enclosed restaurant to an open air 'festival' and a 'drinker's paradise'.

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4 w. ago Elizabeth Olsen believes she will die old and alone in a foggy English coastal town. Here are her options

While promoting new film Eternity, the actor outlined a specific end-of-life scenario that should be cold, wet and include one cheese shopOver the last few years, the promotional circuit for movie stars has transformed entirely. Where once you could expect sit-down interviews and hagiographic magazine profiles, now any time an actor makes a film they have to be subjected to a flurry of YouTube parlour games; eating weird sweets and trying to remember lines from their old films or, in the case of Hot Ones, willingly giving themselves diarrhoea.Now the goalposts have shifted again. Elizabeth Olsen was recently at the premiere of her new movie Eternity, about a woman who has to pick a partner for the afterlife. And rather than hitting the usual circuit, Olsen has decided to promote the film by expressing her belief that she’s going to die alone.When I was in high school, I dreamt of being a very old lady on the coast of England, alone actually. I might have had an animal, and it would ...

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