2 h. ago Thug seagulls filmed causing chaos in Tenby in pincer attack on tourists eating outside pub

A video captured the well co-ordinated theft that happened in broad daylight and caused shouts and the sound of smashing items

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3 h. ago ‘Venice is worn out’: locals see Jeff Bezos wedding as symbol of city’s ills

City leaders claim days-long event will bring in riches but opponents say it will not benefit ordinary VenetiansMarta Sottoriva, a teacher in Venice, has tirelessly campaigned for various causes in her cherished lagoon city, from railing against giant cruise ships to battling soaring rents. Now she is busy preparing banners, handing out flyers and shouting through megaphones in squares as she joins dozens of activists in whipping up resistance to the “umpteenth gigantic event” she says that risks turning the world heritage site – which has long suffered from the effects of excessive tourism – into a playground for the rich.Sottoriva is referring to the star-studded nuptials between the billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist. The days-long shindig, expected to begin from 24 June, will be the biggest wedding held in Venice since George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin in 2014. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Australian man shot to death at a villa on the tourist island of Bali

Indonesian police say an Australian man was shot dead at a villa on the tourist island of Bali, in an attack that also left another Australian man injured

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4 h. ago Minute by terrifying minute, how the Grenfell disaster unfolded

Seven years ago, 72 ­people died in the ­Grenfell Tower fire. It was Britain's worst residential fire since WWII. MailOnline's immersive storytelling lays bare what happened that terrible night...

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4 h. ago ‘They could poo for England’: the mystery of the peacocks plaguing a village

Tutbury has been home to a peacock pride for 25 years and, while some welcome them, their behaviour has other people spitting feathersIn a village there are many things that cause neighbours to argue: differences in politics, disagreements over hedge maintenance, disputes over who will be Santa this Christmas.In east Staffordshire, however, the battle lines have been drawn over something far more unusual. Over the past 25 years, the village of Tutbury has been the home of an ever-growing pride of peacocks and hens who some residents say destroy crops, leave large amounts of mess and whose distinctive calls can be heard at all hours of the day and night. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Need for speed: how sport’s risk takers recognise deadly danger and do it anyway | Emma John

In a stable and affluent society, it is possible to declare that ‘life is for living’ through pursuits that shorten your odds of dyingLast year I visited St Moritz’s infamous Cresta Run. You know the one – the vertiginous skeleton course that has killed a number of its participants and maimed many more. I was with a group of friends who were attempting it for the first time, and who quickly became addicted to the adrenaline fix. I stubbornly refused to even contemplate it.It’s not just that my mates are braver than me – they are – but they’re all decent athletes, cricketers, hockey players, marathon runners and Channel swimmers. They have rapid reflexes and hand-eye coordination: I barely have a sense of where my arms and legs end. There are endless ways to hurt yourself on a crushingly heavy toboggan with razor-sharp runners that’s hurtling at 50mph between sheer walls of solid ice, and if anyone was going to slice off a finger or break their head landing upside down, it was me. Co...

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5 h. ago The village with amazing beaches on the UK's 'best island' two hours from Greater Manchester

Steeped in history it has pretty cottages, gorgeous beaches and a craft cider bar with mountain views

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6 h. ago ‘On a peak under a blue sky’: the joy of summer in Europe’s mountains

Our writer recalls his favourite mountain experiences, from hard-won views to splendid isolation and the comforts of simple refugesAfter a tough scramble to the summit of Rhinog Fach, we look down into the deep valley holding the chilly waters of Llyn Hywel, then west across several miles of heather, bilberry and bare rock to the Welsh coast. Turning my gaze north, there is the entire Llyn peninsula leading east to the peak of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), no doubt weighed down by thousands of visitors. Up here there are just two of us in an utterly peaceful landscape. No clouds on the horizon. No surprises.I lie down for a few minutes and feel myself drift off. There are no human voices to be heard, only birds. Summer has come early to these mountains and I wouldn’t be anywhere else, drinking in that particular kind of tranquillity to be found on a peak under a blue sky. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago UK abandoned wartime village frozen in time where empty terrace houses sit

In Dorset, you can find a ghost village that has been frozen time from which residents were forced to evacuate with just a few weeks notice during the Second World War

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8 h. ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez to spotlight Venice's artisanal heritage during upcoming nuptials

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have invited celebrity friends like fellow space traveler Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump for their Venice nuptials later this month, but the couple hopes to put a spotlight on Venice’s own traditions during the celebrations

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8 h. ago Huge Canary Island resort builds £587m hotels for first time in 14 years

Local authorities have reportedly green-lighted a mega £587 million project to build five new hotels, and expand an existing one, in a Canary Island hotspot - despite rising anti-tourist sentiment

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8 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv repatriates more bodies of fallen soldiers amid major exchange with Russia

Ukraine says return in line with deal reached in Turkey while Russia hands over 1,200 bodies; Moscow claims capture of another Sumy village. What we know on day 1,207Ukraine has repatriated more bodies of fallen soldiers in accordance with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Russia had returned 1,200 bodies, and “according to the Russian side, the bodies belong to Ukrainian citizens, in particular military personnel”. The repatriation of the bodies was carried out with the help of Ukraine’s armed forces, the country’s security service, the interior ministry and other government agencies, its statement said. Forensic experts would now work to identify the remains. The repatriation marks one of the war’s largest returns of remains.Russia says its forces have captured another village in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region amid its ramped-up offensive there. M...

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9 h. ago Beautiful European seaside city ignored by tourists where locals go on holiday

This seaside city is one of Italy's best-kept secrets as it's where all the native Italian people will go for a holiday - and it's a little-known destination for tourists

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10 h. ago Dave Myers' true colours laid bare as widow lauds Hairy Biker's 'generous heart'

Dave Myers, who with Si King was part of the Hairy Bikers, married Liliana Orzac in 2011 after the pair met in Romania when he was filming the famous series for the BBC

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12 h. ago Dangerous Animals review – serial killer meets shark movie in this formulaic fizzer

Jai Courtney eats up his role as the crazed captain of a tourist boat – but he can’t quite wrestle this creature feature from its straitjacketGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor a long time, serial killer and shark movies were separate forms of cinema; never the twain did meet. In Dangerous Animals they’ve been blended into one foul fishy stew, theoretically delivering the best of both worlds: a Wolf Creekian adventure with a creature feature twist. But, sadly, this collision of genres hasn’t resulted in any real freshness or flair, playing out with a stinky waft of the familiar.Jai Courtney gets the meatiest and most entertaining role as Tucker, the owner of a Gold Coast business that ferries thrill-seekers out into shark-infested waters, where they observe the great beasts from inside an underwater cage. After they’re hauled back on to the boat, Tucker kills them and feeds them to the sharks, while filming their grisly deaths on a camcorder for his personal collection o...

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12 h. ago How I watched the CCTV in horror from my bedroom as thieves TUNNELLED into my store and stole 55 handbags worth £260,000 in just three minutes

When villagers saw people popping in and out of a house in the centre of the pretty Cheshire village of Prestbury last week, they assumed they were all there to undertake renovation work.

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14 h. ago Rape victim took her own life after her family inadvertently took her on a walk past her attacker's home

Ryan Callaghan, 33, horrifically assaulted the vulnerable women and lived on the coastal path the group had coincidentally decided to walk.

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14 h. ago Drunk Karen learns harsh lesson after forcing entire plane to disembark because of her entitled antics

A woman named Alicia could barely keep her eyes open as she refused to get off a plane from Dallas to Boston.

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16 h. ago US tourist 'hit accelerator rather than brake in fatal crash' near Giant's Causeway

A court heard US tourist Cathy Stewart, 67, hit a woman who was sitting on a bench near the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland with her vehicle - the woman later died

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19 h. ago Met Opera attendance dropped in spring as tourism fell, coinciding with immigration crackdown

Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York

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