72 m. ago British couple's nightmare holiday from hell sparks vow to 'never leave the UK again'

Alison Shah and her partner Richard Kay were coming home from her 60th birthday trip to Bangkok and Thailand when they got stuck in Dubai and their ordeal began

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24 h. ago Spanish holiday hotspot plunged into blackout as disaster blamed on one thing

Around 50,000 people were left without electricity for hours this week after a blackout struck a popular Canary Island hotspot for the second time this year

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40 h. ago Jay Slater tragedy: AirBnB host gives reason why missing teen left property

Mark Williams-Thomas interviewed family, friends and key witnesses in the days after Jay Slater vanished on the Spanish island last year

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44 h. ago Jay Slater's friend Lucy Law reveals what he told her on night he disappeared as bombshell new claims emerge over British teen's Tenerife death

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Slater vanished in Tenerife last June only to be found dead a month later with severe head injuries at the bottom of a remote ravine on the Spanish party island.

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50 h. ago 'Most hated city in Europe' where Brits love to go on holiday

Benidorm is one of Europe's most popular holiday destinations, welcoming some 800,000 British tourists a year - but that doesn't mean it's not also one of the most controversial

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66 h. ago British toddler had to fight for his life after illness on US holiday left him looking 'like a skeleton'

Ayesha and Melissa Jevins, from Warrington, Cheshire, were visiting family in Florida when their one-year-old son Dylan was rushed to A&E with a mystery illness that left him 'skeletal'.

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3 d. ago Massive power cut hits British holiday hotspot with 'entire Spanish island left without electricity'

Spain's national grid has confirmed that power had been fully restored to the Canary Islands hotspot within three hours, after the blackout affected some 82,000 people.

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3 d. ago Furious British tourist complains Benidorm holiday was ruined by 'rude' Spanish people at hotel

A British holidaymaker has posted a scathing review of their Benidorm hotel, slamming the amount of "loud and rude" Spanish guests who were also staying there, and complaining that the entertainment wasn't in English

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5 d. ago British woman cries as Benidorm holiday 'ruined by too many Spanish people'

Pensioner Freda Jackson had been looking forward to her holiday in Benidorm all year, but ended up outraged at the number of Spanish guests at her hotel

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6 d. ago Brit pensioner's makes incredible 'too many Spaniards' rant on Benidorm trip

A British pensioner complained that her Thomas Cook holiday to Benidorm, Spain, was ruined because her hotel had "too many Spaniards in it" and was on top of a hill

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7 d. ago Dog owners praise 'beautiful' holiday park near ‘jewel’ of the British coastline

With short breaks from £119, Haven guests and their four-legged friends can enjoy incredible scenery close to the sea

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7 d. ago The popular British holiday destination where a wildfire warning has been issued

Tourists have been advised to heighten their vigilance, with the alert in place until further notice

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7 d. ago ‘Every parent’s nightmare’: after 18 years, was this the final search for Madeleine McCann?

As visitors pose for selfies in the Portuguese resort where the British child disappeared, a breakthrough seems further away than everThe police have packed up, the diggers and radar scanners gone from the Algarve scrubland. The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough.After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last. In Praia da Luz, a seaside town etched into the world’s memory by the tragedy, that realisation lands with a mix of relief and weariness. Locals barely speak about the case now, if at all. The McCann investigation brought an unrelenting glare of media attention that many here would prefer to forget. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Spanish island 'sounds the alarm' over tourist issue and it doesn't involve Brits

The Alcudia and Can Picafort hoteliers association has sounded the alarm that bookings on the island are down on last year, particularly among holidaymakers from Germany

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8 d. ago Boy, 2, dies after being found floating in pool at family's Ibiza holiday home

He was discovered floating in a pool at a holiday home on the northern part of the popular Spanish island of Ibiza

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8 d. ago Boy, 2, dies after being found floating in pool at private villa on Ibiza break

The two-year-old was found in the pool of a holiday home on the northern part of the Spanish island of Ibiza, with emergency services confirming his death at the scene

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8 d. ago Corfu visitors hit back after gran's Greek holiday rant on 'no British food' at hotel

Susan Edwards, who shared her frustration that Lido Corfu Sun Hotel on the Greek island didn't serve English food, s wil vows never to book a holiday with TUI again

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9 d. ago Inside UK hotel where you can snuggle cats and play arcade games in your room

If you're a cat lover or an arcade game fiend looking for the perfect getaway, look no further – this hotel not only has both, but is located in a British holiday hotspot

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9 d. ago Fury at minister's winter fuel insult: Campaigners hit out at claims the cut did NOT affect pensioners' health

Labour's pensions minister faced an angry backlash last night after he claimed that scrapping the winter fuel allowance last year had 'no effect' on the health of older people.

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9 d. ago Lorraine Kelly insists she is 'not done yet' as she appears to hit back at rumours her show will cut for good after ITV's brutal daytime TV cutbacks

The TV veteran, 65, saw her show Lorraine face the brunt of the cuts, with the series to only air 30 weeks a year, and Good Morning Britain taking her 9-10am slot for the other 22.

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