4 h. ago UK aqua park that looks like Mediterranean resort adds thrilling feature

The high-speed La Jefa is described as a 'towering centrepiece' for families to 'slip, slide and splash' across the water at the aqua par

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4 d. ago Opposition to Cosmeston aqua park dismissed as 'malicious tripe'

Vale of Glamorgan Council leader Liz Burnett has hit back at opposition to the controversial water park which has seen protestors gather to voice their concerns

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5 d. ago Cosmeston Lake campaigners form human chain in protest over aqua park 'tragedy'

'It’s just a crazy idea. The thought of it makes me feel really upset'

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2 w. ago Geoff Dyer: ‘I don’t go to books for comfort; I have a memory foam pillow for that’

The author on Marxist revelations, returning to Don DeLillo and reading all of Elizabeth TaylorMy earliest reading memory Beatrix Potter when I was having my tonsils out. No point saying how much I loved her books because everyone does, but Roberto Calasso makes a brilliant point in The Celestial Hunter by pairing “two great moments in the Victorian age” when Darwin “linked human beings to primates” and Potter “distributed human behaviour among a certain number of small domestic and rural animals”.My favourite book growing up The Guns of Navarone. My first Alistair MacLean, the first of about 20 before I grew out of him at the age of 15. They were thrilling and addictive and it was possible, while reading, to visualise every scene so clearly (helped in part by the scene-enacting photos on the covers of the Fontana editions). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prime Video adds Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s ‘criminally underrated’ thriller

An underrated crime film from over 10 years ago starring two of Hollywood’s biggest stars is currently streaming

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2 w. ago Decision to go ahead with aqua park on popular lake branded 'absolute disgrace'

Locals have slammed the council's decision to open a water attraction in a popular Country Park

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3 w. ago Huge search for Brit, 24, who has vanished in Spain after van 'abandoned'

An abandoned van belonging to missing Matthew Chapman was found at a viewpoint overlooking the Mediterranean near the popular resort of Tossa de Mar, sparking a huge search

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3 w. ago Major hunt launched for missing Brit in Costa Brava as van found abandoned

An abandoned van belonging to the 24-year-old, named locally as Matthew Chapman from Manchester, was found at a viewpoint overlooking the Mediterranean near the popular resort of Tossa de Mar

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4 w. ago Nara Smith and Ballerina Farm fans must read this new tradwife thriller with a huge twist

The Tradwife's Secret is a twisty thriller perfect for adding to your summer reading list

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