3 h. ago Missing backpacker found alive after nearly two weeks lost in Australian Outback

Carolina Wilga, 26, was discovered walking along a bush track on Friday after going missing on June 29

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4 h. ago Watch the moment German backpacker lost for days in Australian outback is safely airlifted to hospital

Missing backpacker Carolina Wilga taken to hospital with minor injuries after she is seen slowly walking onto a plane after 12 days missing.

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8 h. ago Police say air search is best chance to find German tourist lost in Australian Outback

Police believe Wilga became lost and is not the victim of crime

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9 h. ago Police say search aircraft are best chance of finding German tourist lost in Australian Outback

Police believe search aircraft are their best chance of finding German tourist Carolina Wilga a day after her van was found abandoned in the Australian Outback

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9 h. ago Carolina Wilga: police rule out foul play in search for missing German backpacker in remote Western Australia

WA police believe backpacker walked away from her vehicle after it suffered mechanical issues in remote bushland north-east of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWestern Australia police are ruling out foul play as they continue searching for missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga, saying they believe she may have walked into inhospitable bush after her van broke down.Police on Thursday found Wilga’s abandoned Mitsubishi van about 150km from Beacon in the Karroun Hill area, which has been described as remote and inhospitable country.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Body found at Glasgow Necropolis in search for missing woman

Police carried out an urgent search of the Necropolis in the city's Castle Street at around 8.45pm last night

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22 h. ago Mum missing in Tenerife after failing to return home as police dogs used in search

Merlene Davies was reported missing by her family in the hours of July 7, 2025, after she failed to return to her home in Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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23 h. ago Irish mum goes missing in Tenerife as police bring in dogs for desperate search

Alarms were raised when 50-year-old Merlene Davies wasn't at her home in Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and her family became worried

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23 h. ago Mum goes missing in Tenerife as police bring in dogs for desperate search

Alarms were raised when 50-year-old Merlene Davies wasn't at her home in Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and her family became worried

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28 h. ago Police search rivers and woodland for missing man as Scots urged to check sheds

Jonathan Parsons was last seen at around 7.15am on Thursday July 3.

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29 h. ago Search for German backpacker missing in rural Australia intensifies as police find abandoned van

Carolina Wilga, 26, was last seen at a general store in the town of Beacon in Western Australia on 29 June

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31 h. ago ‘One in a million’: teen surfer found on remote island 14km off Australian coast

A search involving Marine Rescue NSW, police, PolAir and locals on and around Wooli beach led to Darcy Deefholts, 19, being rescuedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 19-year-old surfer is stable in hospital after being found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast of Australia in an outcome his dad described as “one in a million”.Darcy Deefholts’ family were “fearing for the worst”, his father, Terry, said in an urgent post to Facebook calling for rescue help on Wednesday night.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Police end forest search for suspect in child deaths after finding look

Travis Decker has been wanted since 2 June

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33 h. ago Police ‘very concerned’ for missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga as search expands beyond WA

The 26-year-old has not been seen or heard from since visiting a general store in Western Australia’s wheatbelt regionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe search for German backpacker Carolina Wilga, who went missing in a remote part of Western Australia at the end of June, has broadened out across the country.The 26-year-old has not been seen or heard from since she visited a general store in the small town of Beacon, in WA’s north-east wheatbelt region, on 29 June. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Urgent search continues for backpacker who vanished without a trace in a remote part of Australia 13 days ago

Police have intensified their search for a German backpacker who was last seen travelling in a remote region of Western Australia in June. 

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54 h. ago Police launch appeal for help in search for missing Dunblane pensioner

Frances has been reported missing after the last sighting of her around 7.30pm on a footpath heading to Bridge of Allan.

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3 d. ago Hundreds of military personnel and volunteers search for soldier missing from his base since Sunday

Alex Cairnie, 30, sergeant in the Queen's Royal Hussars regiment, was last seen at around noon on July 6 leaving Tidworth camp in Wiltshire. Police dogs have also been sent out as part of the search.

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3 d. ago Police are AFRAID to stop and search suspected cannabis users, officers say

Head of the College of Policing Sir Andy Marsh has urged officers to act when they smell cannabis on the street as it is a 'sign of crime and disorder'.

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5 d. ago Urgent police search for missing girl, 12, who vanished in popular seaside town

Dorset Police said they are “growing concerned” about Pixie’s welfare

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6 d. ago Little girl gets dropped off after school concert and vanishes

When a young teenage girl vanished into thin air on a snowy winter’s evening after a Christmas concert, it sparked a huge police search, but for years, what happened remained a mystery

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