“A yacht sailboat called Bonhomie William which was two miles off Camarinal Cape between Tarifa and Barbate reported that after interaction with orcas, she needed to be towed as her steering system was inoperative,” the Spanish coastguard said in a statement. “The skipper added that the three people on board were okay and the vessel...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics: British athletes to watch at 2024 Games
Jack Laugher: Men’s synchro 3m springboardLaugher and 3m synchro partner Chris Mears became Britain’s first ever diving Olympic champions by claiming a historic gold at Rio 2016. The Yorkshire-born athlete continued his success in Brazil by claiming a silver medal in the 3m springboard as Team GB’s divers recorded their best Games with three medals. ...
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Kamala Harris ‘lacks star power’ say British officials who worked with her
Ms Harris, 59, quickly garnered support from enough party delegates to win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention next month. Since taking office in 2021, Ms Harris has participated in several international summits and bilateral visits with the UK, including an AI summit convened by Rishi Sunak last November. Officials who worked with her...
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Charlotte Dujardin banned from Olympics after video of her ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’
Authorities declined to comment on the detail of the video involved, but, in an interview with The Telegraph, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Stephan Wensing, said Dujardin’s actions were “really harsh”. “My client used to be a sponsor, and she was in the UK, and she sponsored a lesson for Charlotte to a student,” he explained....
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‘Take back your drunks’: Thousands protest against mass tourism in Majorca
Pere Joan Femenia, of Menys Turisme, Mas Vida (Less Tourism, More Life), which organised Sunday’s protest, told the Telegraph: “What we want is to change the tourism model which is overwhelming the island. We cannot live here because house prices are so high. Beaches are swamped by tourists and public services are under incredible strain.”...
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How Mallorca fell out of love with tourists
Indeed, among the demands mooted by activists, affordable housing topped the list, with a desire to clamp down on illegal holiday lets and Airbnb-style rentals. However, the regional government has already placed a moratorium on new tourist beds until 2026. Campaigners also want to curtail foreign property speculation and to restrict purchases to those with...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics: British athletes to watch at 2024 Games
Jack Laugher: Men’s synchro 3m springboardLaugher and 3m synchro partner Chris Mears became Britain’s first ever diving Olympic champions by claiming a historic gold at Rio 2016. The Yorkshire-born athlete continued his success in Brazil by claiming a silver medal in the 3m springboard as Team GB’s divers recorded their best Games with three medals. ...
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I’m a French woman in my 40s. This is why I’m going to live longer than a woman in England
In France, children are educated about food from a young age, it forms part of the school curriculum. The simple colourful charts that are now commonplace on food packaging in the UK were in use back at my nursery in the Eighties. We all knew every meal had to feature all colours. Many schools have...
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Britain can’t do luxury fashion anymore – Burberry is the proof
It meant London Fashion Week, always the poor relation to Milan and Paris, suddenly had a hot property that advertised in the key global markets. Therefore, it drew major editors and celebrities to its shows here. Other much smaller designers basked in the reflected glow, attracting attention they never had before. Arguably, Burberry could have...
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Revealed: The ‘best’ and ‘worst’ seaside towns to visit in Britain
Every summer, Which? magazine sends a postcard to the UK’s long-suffering seaside towns and tells them to pull their socks up or to remove them, sandals and all, and run across the golden sand with glee. With 126 towns and villages in its 2024 table, it’s a reminder of how central coastal resorts are to...
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Two British men feared murdered in Malmo travelled to Sweden to promote travel agency
Two British men feared dead in a double murder in Sweden had crossed into the country to promote their travel agency. London-based business partners Juan Cifuentes, 33, and Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, are thought to have been killed after firefighters recovered two bodies from a burnt-out car on a dirt road in the coastal city of...
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Why the rest of the world doesn’t want to visit Britain
Travelling in both directions between the EU and the UK is about to get more bureaucratic and more costly. Both the UK and EU are implementing new border regimes to tighten up on security but which will impact travellers. For inbound non-visa nationals they will need to apply for an ETA before travel at a...