15 h. ago The hidden gem loch just outside Glasgow near 'best fish and chips in Scotland'

The secluded beauty spot is more popular with fisherman than it is tourists.

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23 h. ago Police launch arson investigation after firefighters tackle blaze at beauty spot

Thick black smoke was sent billowing across the neighbouring residential area

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28 h. ago Campers leave piles of rubbish at Dumfries and Galloway beauty spot over Bank Holiday weekend

The western shores of Loch Ken were so busy it looked "like Blackpool beach" with the removal of layby bins leading to large amounts of litter.

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29 h. ago The gorgeous Greek island named Europe's most overcrowded holiday spot

A new study has revealed the popular tourist destination that's the most overcrowded in Europe. Read on to find out where you might want to avoid this summer...

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33 h. ago Push to ban overnight campervan bays after visitors use Scottish beauty spot as 'toilet'

There is a push to scrap the overnight parking bays at the beauty spot in East Lothian

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3 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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8 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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8 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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9 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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9 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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1 week 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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1 week ago The cheapest holiday destinations to fly to from seven major UK cities revealed

New research from TravelSupermarket has revealed the cheapest destinations to fly to this summer from each of the UK's major airports.

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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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