3 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother fans suspect ‘fix’ after Chris Hughes mentions Katy Perry space flight

‘Love Island’ star was cut off from the outside world one week before Perry blasted into space

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3 h. ago Tiny UK island dubbed 'Britain's secret paradise' with Caribbean

A stunningly beautiful island off the coast of Cornwall has been described as 'Britain's secret paradise'.

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50 h. ago Tiny Scottish island home to 'magical' cave looks like it is from another world

The island, off Scotland's west coast, remained relatively obscure until 1772

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3 d. ago Britain's 'Incest Island' Pitcairn where cousins marry and hidden deviancy rules

As Kanye West admits to having an incestuous relationship with his cousin, The Mirror takes a look at the Pitcairn Islands - a British Overseas Territory where cousins marry and everyone is related

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4 d. ago Almighty eruption threatens holiday island loved by Brits as scientists try to pinpoint date

Greek island Santorini was hit by a number of strong earthquakes earlier this year which put its tourist season in jeopardy, as experts arrived to look into the threat of an underwater volcano

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7 d. ago YouTuber languishing in jail after trespassing on island of world's most isolated tribe

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, who has been identified by authorities as a US citizen, was arrested on Thursday after his boat drifted near the North Sentinel Island

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9 d. ago Tuvalu marks ‘momentous occasion’ with unveiling of its first ATMs

All banking in the Pacific nation used to be done in cash but that is about to change on the main island of FunafutiTuvalu, one of the world’s most remote nations, has unveiled its first ever ATMs, at the headquarters of the National Bank of Tuvalu in the village of Vaiaku on Funafuti, the country’s main island.Tuesday’s ceremony marked a historic shift for the island nation of 12,000 people, which has never before had access to electronic banking. Attended by prime minister Feleti Teo, the governor general, traditional leaders, members of parliament and representatives from the diplomatic and business sectors, the event celebrated a long-anticipated move toward financial modernisation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New hope in search for miniature dachshund lost on Kangaroo Island for 500 days

The tiny dog has been visiting the rescue group’s ‘trap site’ on a regular basis

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1 week ago Charges are dropped against 2 men in connection with Patriots fan's death in 2023

Charges have been dropped against two Rhode Island men in connection with the death of a fan following an altercation at a New England Patriots game in 2023

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1 week ago Rescue group releases new footage of pet dog lost in wild for 500 days: ‘Roast chicken seems to be favourite’

The tiny dog has been visiting the rescue group’s ‘trap site’ on a regular basis

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1 week ago The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic

When I agreed to plug my book at a literary festival, I was expecting some kind of low-key Q&A. Imagine my terror when I discovered I would have to monologue for almost an hourI never understood quite how much public speaking came with being a writer, because after I wrote my first book no one asked me to do any. They didn’t ask after my second book either. That was fine with me: I had never done any public speaking and, like all normal people, I was terrified of the prospect.Then in 2014, with the publication of my fourth book still a couple of weeks away, I was invited to a literary festival. I hadn’t been to many literary festivals, but for some reason I was sure I knew what to expect: a kindly interviewer would sit on stage with me, a small table holding a pitcher of water between us, and ask me a lot of softball questions about my process. I wasn’t comfortable with this either, but I said yes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tourists urged to stay away from dangerous island after 'pathetic' visit attempt

After an American influencer allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in a bid to make contact with the world's most isolated indigenous people, a charity has warned of the grave consequences.

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2 w. ago The only business on Australia’s Norfolk Island to face US tariffs

The South Pacific outpost - which was singled out with a 29 per cent tariff - exports nothing to the United States

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2 w. ago Japanese emperor visits Iwo Jima to honor war dead 80 years after one of WWII's fiercest battles

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's harshest battles was fought 80 years ago

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2 w. ago Inside White Lotus island as Mirror reveals dark side of resort targeted by Brit drug traffickers

The vast cannabis farms on Thailand's Koh Samui - where the hit Netflix drama White Lotus was filmed - have sparked a rash of British traffickers arrested for smuggling cannabis

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2 w. ago ‘Fundamentally wrong, brutal and paranoid’: how will the world respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs?

The US president’s sweeping, unprecedented tariffs on countries around the world are threatening to reshape the global economy – so, what exactly happens next?On Thursday evening, towards the end of a long week at a textiles factory on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thi Dieu and her husband were watching the news. More than 8,700 miles away, US president Donald Trump was announcing sweeping, unprecedented tariffs on every country around the world. Nowhere was safe, even the uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands off the western coast of Australia that, for some unexplained reason, were hit with a 10% tariff.His announcement launched a fierce global trade war and triggered a global market meltdown, including on Trump’s own cherished Wall Street, where hundreds of billions of dollars of stock values evaporated. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Penguins, pay up: Trump slaps tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica

It’s unclear why the White House targeted the remote islands

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3 w. ago American tourist arrested for sailing to remote island and giving can of Coke to world's most isolated tribe

The man was detained in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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3 w. ago American tourist leaves can of coke for world’s most isolated tribe and gets arrested

American man was seen leaving on inflatable single-seater boat

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3 w. ago Brits warned as popular Spanish island plans protests for first day of Easter holidays

It's the first mass protest planned for this season after anti-tourism desmonstrations took place last year

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