7 h. ago Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

A new Which? Travel report on overtourism also cites Mallorca and Paris as destinations suffering from an influx of visitors, but some argue that bad behaviour is as much of a problem as numbersIn Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent. It took 16 trains.”Coincidentally, that is the same number of visitors who poured into the Italian mountain village of Roccaraso (population 1,500) in January, drawn by the presence of Tik Tok influencer Rita de Crescenzo. But the similarities end there. The Yarmouth invasion received no complaints, while the residents of Roccaraso r...

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60 h. ago Haunting images of doomed New York helicopter wreckage after crash kills six people

The Bell 206L-4 - used by sightseeing tour firm New York Helicopter - broke apart midair and crashed, killing Agustin Escobar, who was the CEO of Siemens Spain, and his family

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66 h. ago Drunken driver who plowed into Minnesota restaurant patio, killing 2, pleads guilty to murder

A man who was driving drunk when he crashed into a patio at a popular restaurant, killing two people and injuring nine others, has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges

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3 d. ago A dump truck crashes into a minibus in Indonesia, killing 11 kindergarten teachers

Indonesian officials say a dump truck crashed into a minibus and killed 11 people on a downhill road in Central Java province

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3 d. ago Yellowstone tour van crash: Major police update after seven people killed in smash

When a Dodge Ram pickup collided with a Mercedes passenger van near Yellowstone National Park, seven people - all thought to have been tourists - suffered fatal injuries

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3 d. ago Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8

Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas

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4 d. ago Kansas crash: Eight people killed as two cars burst into flames after horror smash

Emergency services descended on the US 169, outside of the small town of Greeley in Kansas after a smash involving two cars, a collision which closed the road for hours

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6 d. ago Vehicle crashes into entrance at Manila airport, killing 2 people including a 4

A vehicle has crashed into an entrance at Manila's airport, leaving two people dead including a 4-year-old girl

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7 d. ago Yellowstone tour van crash: At least eight dead as vehicle becomes fireball

Idaho police said a tour van collision near Yellowsone National Park saw two vehicles involved in the crash catch fire, with at least eight people killed as they exploded into flames

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8 d. ago Cause of plane fire that killed Welsh dad 'unknown', inquest rules

Richard Osman was on his way to work in Egypt just three weeks after the birth of his second child when he was one of 66 people killed in the crash

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1 week ago Pilot made two deadly mistakes moments before plane crash that killed 67 people

The US Army helicopter collided with a passenger plane on January 29 in Washington DC, killing 67 people in one of the deadliest plane crashes in recent history

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2 w. ago Schoolboy, 13, killed and two other people rushed to hospital after three

Officers were called to reports of the collision on the A25 in Bletchingley, near Redhill, at around 8.10pm on Easter Monday, Surrey Police said.

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2 w. ago Canary Island's plan for new cable car routes over unique tourist attraction

When the new cable cars are up and running, tourists will be given a bird's-eye view of the spectacular lava flows created by the volcanic eruption on La Palma, which caused extensive damage four years ago

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2 w. ago Teen's chilling last words before tragic death in fatal train crash that killed 57 people

Maria Karystianou was initially told her daughter, Mathi, 19, died instantly in the crash but a phone recording reveals the young woman's final moments after a government "cover-up"

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2 w. ago Illinois plane crash leaves four dead as aircraft crashes into field in horror incident

Investigations are being carried out after a small plane crash in Illinois that killed all four people involved

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2 w. ago Illinois plane crash: Four killed in horror incident as aircraft plummets to ground

A small plane crashed in Illinoois earlier this weekend, killing all four people involved as an investigations gets underway into what brought down the aircraft

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2 w. ago BREAKING Four people killed as plane crashes into road after hitting power lines

Police say the crash claimed the lives of four people after the aircraft hit power lines and crashed near a road 200 miles south of Chicago at around 10:15am on Saturday

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2 w. ago Four people killed as plane crashes into road after hitting power lines

Police say the crash claimed the lives of four people after the aircraft hit power lines and crashed near a road 200 miles south of Chicago at around 10:15am on Saturday

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2 w. ago Teen's harrowing final words before she died in horror train crash that killed 57 people

Maria Karystianou, whose daughter Mathi, 19, died in Greece's worst rail disaster with 57 people killed, has accused the government of a cover-up and shared her heartbreak.

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2 w. ago Teen's harrowing last words before she died in horror train crash that killed 57 people

Maria Karystianou has accused the Greek government of a cover-up after she was told her 19-year-old daughter was instantly killed in the nation's worst train crash, but a recording has suggested otherwise

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