4 h. ago Woman killed by alligator after relaxing rowing trip turns into horror mauling

Two people were canoeing in the lake when an alligator attacked the woman, police in Florida said. It comes just three months after another woman was bitten by an alligator in the same beauty spot

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27 h. ago Disposable barbecue causes blaze the size of 'two rugby pitches' in Scottish beauty spot as wildlife killed

The wildfire, described as the size of “two football pitches”, was bad, but “could have been much worse”, stakeholders have said.

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39 h. ago The tourist coach ban backfires: Furious residents near UK beauty spot reveal why National Trust clampdown on day

Last month the National Trust banned coaches from the car park at Birling Gap and Seven Sisters in a bid to stem the 600,000 tourists who visit each year causing damage to the iconic white cliffs.

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68 h. ago Walker with serious injury carried down Welsh beauty spot by rescuers

Local coastguard helped the man after the accident on Great Orme

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5 d. ago Woman's body found on Fife beach as police lock down beauty spot

A probe into the unexplained death remains ongoing.

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5 d. ago Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta

From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across the Mediterranean campaigners are fighting to protect habitats from tourists seeking a picture-perfect holidayIn the summer months in Puglia, southern Italy, the battle for the beaches begins before dawn. Armed with tractors, beach owners flatten every imperfection from the sand, dragging it to sift out anything large enough to be considered waste. As the sun rises, tourists flood the coastline, often unaware of what lies hidden beneath their feet.Two feet below the surface, delicate eggs laid by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are waiting to hatch. For the turtles, the beach is not a beauty spot but a habitat. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Race Across the World's Sioned breaks down as surprising Chinese beauty spot makes her homesick

As the two sat on the beautiful beach in Zhuhai, the couple began to reflect on their journey as well as how they felt about home

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7 d. ago Child airlifted to hospital after falling 'significant distance' at Scots beauty spot

Emergency services raced to The Hermitage, near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, after the alarm was raised on the hottest day of the year so far in Scotland.

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7 d. ago Anger as invasive Chinese creature that can climb 13ft walls is found in iconic Pacific Northwest beauty spot

The alarming discovery was made on April 22 when a commercial fisherman caught the invasive species, just south of the Washington state border.

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8 d. ago You can buy half an entire Welsh hamlet and it's the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen

Clustered around a wildlife lake in three acres of land this fab four of fabulous buildings are the definition of an idyllic rural retreat

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8 d. ago Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree.

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9 d. ago California's 'most beautiful' illegal waterfall that hikers are willing to die to see with their own eyes

The area is magical that locals compare it to America's most famous national parks like Yosemite, and now officials are fighting to establish a legal way to get to the beauty spot.

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1 week ago Dozens of women's skeletons found lying in Welsh beauty spot, as strange new discovery made

Scientific testing is being carried out on a ritually buried skeleton discovered near to a popular tourist attraction in Wales

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1 week ago Another earthquake hits the UK as major road rocked near popular beauty spot

Beoraidbeg in Mallaig, Scotland, was struck at 8.24pm on Tuesday, with the British Geological Society detecting it at a depth of 7km down and measuring 1.2 on the Richter Scale

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1 week ago Locals 'can't wait for the tourist tax' at 'besieged beauty spot'

The once world-renowned Dinorwig Quarry, now a social media sensation, has seen an influx of visitors to its site on the edge of Eryri (Snowdonia), with numbers over the Easter weekend described as 'unbelievable'

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1 week ago Vandals torch children's beloved story characters within Ayrshire beauty spot

The willow sculptures have been a popular fixture within the local beauty spot for the last three years and were part of a set of 11 such sculptures.

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2 w. ago Easter TikTok tourist daytripper invasion: Locals complain their beauty spots are under siege by visitors leaving behind piles of litter and human waste

Masses of day trippers descending on rural beauty spots across the UK over the Easter weekend have been lambasted by locals who say they are being 'besieged'.

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2 w. ago Dedham Vale: the Essex beauty spot offering picture perfect country homes for less than the Cotswolds

You can find your dream country home far more cheaply if you head east to this Essex beauty spot than west in more famous areas like the Cotswolds

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2 w. ago Pictures show just how busy famous Welsh beauty spot became as families enjoyed Easter day out

Queues of cars were seen parked on the grass verges either side of the A470 in Bannau Brycheiniog

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2 w. ago Teen girl missing after walking family dog at beauty spot as desperate search launched

Isabella Hayward, known as Bella, was last seen at about 12.30pm on Friday when she left her home.

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