4 d. ago British medic, 26, who was found dead on Christmas Eve in Ukraine after serving in the war against Russia 'may have been murdered'

Katherine Mielniczuk, 26, tragically died from opioid intoxication on Christmas Eve in 2023.

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4 d. ago British medic's heartbreaking two words to dead Gaza child, 9, while zipping up their body bag

NHS paramedic Sam Sears recently returned from a three-week stint in the stricken Gaza enclave working at a charity’s field hospitals, and now shares his harrowing tale

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5 d. ago British combat medic found dead in Ukraine bed with murder probe 'ongoing'

Katherine Mielniczuk, 26, died from opioid intoxication and Ukrainian police say an investigation of "homicide" into her death is “ongoing" - but a coroner has questioned if she was given a fatal dose without her consent

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7 d. ago Two wives battle it out over dead British accountant's £1.8m fortune after he married them BOTH in Las Vegas wedding chapels five years apart without getting divorced

Wealthy James Dinsdale died of cancer, aged 55, in October 2020, leaving his vast estate to be fought over by his two spouses, who he married in separate Vegas weddings.

Economics

7 d. ago Beautician and dentist in 1.8m inheritance battle after both married same man in Las Vegas

Wealthy accountant James Dinsdale died of cancer, leaving a £1.8million estate

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1 week ago British tourist found dead in Crete swimming pool as three arrested

A 21-year-old lifeguard is one of three people arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence

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1 week ago British pensioner found dead in Greek hotel swimming pool as three arrested

A young lifeguard is among those taken into police custody.

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1 week ago British tourist found dead by swimming pool in Crete as three arrested on manslaughter charges

A British tourist has been found dead near a swimming pool in Greece, as three people are arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. 

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1 week ago British woman found dead in pool at Greek resort as three arrested

The woman was cooling off in the pool of her hotel in Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete when the tragedy happened

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1 week ago Brit tourist, 78, found dead in Crete hotel pool as three arrested

Three people were arrested after a British woman, 78, was found dead in a pool at her hotel in Crete

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1 week ago Man shot dead close to hotel in Spanish holiday resort popular with British tourists

The victim, believed to be aged around 30, was gunned down on Sunday evening in the centre of Torrevieja an hour’s drive south of Alicante

Society

3 w. ago British tourist, 74, is found dead on his sun lounger on Greek beach

The 74-year-old man was found unconscious at around 12pm on Sunday, July 20, by fellow beach-goers on Stalis Beach on the Greek isle of Crete.

Society

3 w. ago BBC Strictly's Rachel Riley reveals usual way Pasha Kovalev asked her to get married

Countdown star Rachel Riley has opened up about her Las Vegas wedding to her Strictly Come Dancing professional partner Pasha Kovalev, and his very unromantic proposal

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3 w. ago British woman in her 20s 'found dead behind church during family holiday to France' had been seen 'arguing with her partner'

The deceased - who has not yet been named - was on holiday in Barfleur, 17 miles east of the Normandy port of Cherbourg.

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3 w. ago British woman in her 20s found dead behind Normandy church on family holiday

The British woman in her 20s was reportedly on family holiday in Barfleur, France, when she was found dead in a rocky area behind the St-Nicolas church close to the sea

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3 w. ago British woman in her 20s 'is found dead behind church during family holiday to France'

The woman, who has not been named, is understood to have been on holiday in Normandy at the time of her death.

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4 w. ago British hiker Matthew Hall missing in Italian Alps found dead after sending tragic final text

33-year-old’s body found near where he sent ‘I lost the path’ final text

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4 w. ago Two British tourists are dead 'after jumping into hotel pool after a night out' in Portugal

Police are said to be working on the theory the pair, aged 27 and 29, got into difficulties because they had b been drinking and didn't know how to swim.

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