5 d. ago I was swimming in shallow waters on my dream holiday when I was attacked by a shark. I lost my hand, leg and two

Of all the movies 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin watched, there was one which always gave her the shivers - 47 Meters Down, a film about two sisters trapped by killer sharks.

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6 d. ago I was swimming in shallow waters on my dream holiday when I was attacked by a shark. I lost my hand, leg and two thirds of my blood. I should be dead... but this is how I was saved by three angels

Of all the movies 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin watched, there was one which always gave her the shivers - 47 Meters Down, a film about two sisters trapped by killer sharks.

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2 w. ago Woman dies after being swept into ocean from Sydney beach in early hours of New Year’s Day

Police said 25-year-old woman hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool at Maroubra, and another swimmer missing at CoogeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day.And later in the morning another swimmer went missing in the water at Coogee. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Missing swimmer, 55, found dead after shark seen 'with body in its mouth'

Erica Fox has been remembered by her husband as a woman who 'lived her life fully' after her body was discovered following several shark sightings near Monterey, California

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3 w. ago Body of triathlete apparently killed by shark found on California beach

Erica Fox’s remains were found after nearly weeklong search, marking a rare shark-related fatality for CaliforniaCalifornia firefighters have found the body of a California triathlete on a beach north-west of Santa Cruz, almost a week after she went missing amid speculation that she was killed by a shark.The remains of Erica Fox were found on Saturday, her father and husband confirmed to local news outlets. Fox, 55, was part of a group of more than a dozen swimmers who left from Lovers Point near Monterey, California, on 21 December, but she never returned to shore. A witness driving by the area reported to authorities that they saw a shark with what appeared to be a human body in its mouth emerge from the water, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Female triathlete's corpse is found six days after she was killed in shark attack while swimming with her husband off California coast

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to the county sheriff's office.

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3 w. ago Body of female triathlete found after suspected shark attack off California coast

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to the county sheriff's office.

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3 w. ago Budleigh Salterton Christmas Day missing swimmer was 'trying to save woman'

Antiques dealer Matthew Upham, 63, is missing along with another man after they went into the water at the Devon seaside town of Budleigh Salterton on Christmas Day

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3 w. ago Swimmer describes 'worst conditions ever' as two remain missing after Christmas swim

Two men remain missing after getting into difficulty during a Christmas Day swim where witnesses reported 6ft waves and 65mph winds

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast hosts announce tragic news as family pay heartbreaking tribute

BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Emma Vardy shared tributes to missing swimmer Matthew Upham after police called off the search for two men following a Christmas Day swim

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast host opens show with tragic news announcement as tributes pour in

BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Emma Vardy shared tributes to missing swimmer Matthew Upham after police called off the search for two men following a Christmas Day swim in East Devon

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3 w. ago Heartbroken family pays tribute to wealthy antiques dealer, 63, missing in Christmas Day dip double tragedy

Heartbroken relatives of the antiques dealer who is missing after going for a Christmas Day swim have paid tribute to the 'beloved family member' who will be 'missed forever'.

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3 w. ago Swimmer missing after Christmas Day dip tragedy is wealthy antiques dealer, 63

Antiques dealer Matthew Upham, 63, is feared to have drowned off the coast of Budleigh Salterton after he had joined several other people on the beach yesterday for the annual Christmas Day swim.

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3 w. ago Killing the Dead by John Blair review – a gloriously gruesome history of vampires

Shroud-chewers, lip-smackers and suckers populate this fascinating study of ‘the unquiet dead’ across the centuriesThe word “vampire” first appears in English in sensational accounts of a revenant panic in Serbia in the early 18th century. One case in 1725 concerned a recently deceased peasant farmer, Peter Blagojević, who rose from the grave, visited his wife to demand his shoes, and then murdered nine people in the night. When his body was disinterred, his mouth was found full of fresh blood. The villagers staked the corpse and then burned it. In 1745, the clergyman John Swinton published an anonymous pamphlet, The Travels of Three English Gentlemen, from Venice to Hamburgh, in which it is written: “These Vampyres are supposed to be the Bodies of deceased Persons, animated by evil Spirits, which come out of the Graves, in the Night-time, suck the Blood of many of the Living, and thereby destroy them.” And so a modern myth was born.But it is not so modern, or exclusively Europ...

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4 w. ago Triathlete who‘d discussed dangers of shark attacks is feared killed by shark after going missing off Monterey coast

Erica Fox, who spoke to The Independent about the dangers of sharks for swimmers, went missing on Sunday

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