3 h. ago Father is fined £80 for taking his son out of school for 20th anniversary of Boxing Day tsunami that killed his two brothers

Jack Coop, who was 16 when his siblings perished in the horror wave in 2004, flew out with his family to Thailand at Christmas time last year to remember the tragic event.

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23 h. ago Mum of missing teen, 13, issues urgent plea as police 'increasingly concerned'

Ruby Wallwork, 13, was last seen on Friday night as her mum Amy Bell issued a desperate plea to the public to come forward with any information on the 'vulnerable' teenager

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31 h. 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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45 h. ago Albufeira horror with chilling similarity in cause of death between two Brits found dead

A second British tourist has been found dead in the Portuguese party town of Albufeira - it comes after police found the body of Glasgow man Greg Monks earlier this week

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47 h. ago British tourist is found dead on the Algarve just days after another Brit's body was found when he vanished during stag do

A British tourist has been found dead on the Algarve, just days after another Brit's body was discovered following his mystery disappearance during a stag do.

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48 h. ago 'Naked' British tourist is found dead on the Algarve just days after another Brit's body was found when he vanished during stag do

A 'naked' British tourist has been found dead on the Algarve, just days after another Brit's body was discovered following his mystery disappearance during a stag do.

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53 h. ago Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli militaryThe Israeli military has retrieved the body of Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023, according to defence minister, Israel Katz. .Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades, and was retrieved from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago 7 Madeleine McCann theories of what happened to her – from drink drive crash to burglary

Madeleine McCann vanished in May 2007 while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, Portugal, with a recent renewed operation to find her unearthing no major discoveries

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69 h. 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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3 d. ago Brit found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft after going missing from Malaysian bar

The body of a missing British tourist has been found at the bottom of a lift shaft in Malaysia - 'loved' Jordan Johnson-Doyle went missing in Kuala Lumpur on May 27

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3 d. ago Inside Ocean Club resort where Madeleine McCann was last seen as security tightened

EXCLUSIVE: Video shows what the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz is like now as a fresh search for Madeleine McCann continues nearby, more than 18 years since she vanished on a family holiday

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4 d. ago Canary holidaymakers blow as another island warns of new tourist taxes

The Canary Island of Fuerteventura will start charging British holidaymakers a tourist tax if they want to visit its most beautiful locations, officials on the Spanish holiday hotspot have announced

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5 d. ago Couple blasted as 'selfish' after they admit to reserving sunbed before going to breakfast

A British tourist has defended putting towels on sunbeds while nipping for breakfast on holiday.

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5 d. ago Gemma Collins reveals shock diagnosis as she gives fans health update

Gemma took to Instagram to give her fans a health update.

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5 d. ago Missing Greg Monks UPDATES: Brit who vanished after stag do found dead in ravine

British tourist Greg Monks has been found dead at the bottom of a ravine in Portugal - Greg was last seen on a stag do in Albufeira a coastal city in the Algarve

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5 d. ago British tourist says Corfu holiday was a 'nightmare' because there was 'no English food'

Susan Edwards, 69, set off on a seven-night all-inclusive holiday to the Greek island last month but claimed 'there was no food we could eat and we couldn't have anything to drink'.

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6 d. ago British trio face death penalty on tourist island for allegedly smuggling cocaine

They are accused of smuggling drugs disguised as Angel Delight dessert mix

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6 d. ago Vulnerable boy, 16, who vanished while on holiday sparking a massive four

The cause of death of a vulnerable teenage boy, Athrun Lombardo, who went missing while on holiday in Llandudno last May, has been revealed in an inquest today. 

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7 d. ago British tourist killed and their partner is seriously ill after falling from jet ski they were riding in the sea off Albania

The holidaymakers were testing 'manoeuvres' near the Kavaja Rock area in Durres when they fell into the water yesterday morning.

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8 d. ago Rugby star missing as wife issues desperate plea to find father of three

Brandon Moore, who plays for Batley Bulldogs, has not been seen since Friday and his wife Mara has issued a desperate plea to find him

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