5 h. ago Inside tiny country frozen in time 'that doesn't exist' 3 hours from UK

An eerie relic of the Soviet Union, this separatist region filled with Lenin statues and Putin souvenirs declared independence back in 1990 - but is internationally not recognised as an actual country

Politics

29 h. ago Inside abandoned seaside theme park frozen in time after freak roller coaster accident

A once thriving attraction on a popular stretch of UK coastline stands frozen in time after its owners were unable to keep it profitable, as these eerie images show

Politics

4 d. ago Eerie UK railway station frozen in time with just two trains a week

Despite once being a thriving network link, this tiny railway station has almost been completely abandoned - except for the two trains that stop here once a week, both heading in the same direction

Politics

9 d. ago UK abandoned wartime village frozen in time where empty terrace houses sit

In Dorset, you can find a ghost village that has been frozen time from which residents were forced to evacuate with just a few weeks notice during the Second World War

Events

1 week ago PHOTO ESSAY: Spain's wildest pilgrimage, El Rocío, brings together faith, nature and partying

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in southern Spain for Pentecost weekend.

Culture

2 w. ago UK abandoned wartime village frozen in time where empty terrace houses sit rotting

The whole village of Tyneham in Dorset was evacuated during the World War II, but today the abandoned village still remains and visitors can explore its deserted street and the memories left behind

Events

2 w. ago Inside abandoned UK theatre frozen in time with forbidden vending machine

A theatre in Halifax, West Yorkshire, that opened in 1905 and later hosted a cinema, bingo hall and nightclub - now lies abandoned with a forbidden vending machine and grand staircase

Culture

3 w. ago Dark history of abandoned town ‘like Chernobyl’ where 70,000 homes stand frozen in time

The housing estate of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga has become a no-go area, with gang violence a regular feature of an abandoned project that is now crumbling into the ground

Culture

4 w. ago Britain to ask Kosovo to take UK's small boat migrants as it lines up talks over 'return hubs' in the Balkans after ditching Rwanda plan

The tiny country of 1.6million people, which only declared independence from Serbia 17 years ago, heads a shortlist of nine countries that ministers want to take failed asylum seekers.

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