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Four people have died and six British backpackers are in hospital in southeast Asia after reports of suspected methanol poisoning.Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent, is among those who fell ill after being offered "free shots" in the Vang Vieng resort of Laos. Bianca Jones, 19, from Melbourne, Australia, two Danish women in their 20s, and a 56-year-old US national are reported to have died.New Zealand has confirmed one […]

Four people have died and a number of others are in hospital after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol.According to reports, six British travellers are among those being treated in Laos, after falling ill last week. Two Danish women in their 20s and a 56-year-old US citizen are reported to have died in what authorities fear was a mass poisoning.On Thursday, it was confirmed an Australian woman - named […]

An 18-year-old Londoner faces the possibility years in jail after having sex with a 17-year-old British girl he met in Dubai, campaigners say.Marcus Fakana was with his family in the UAE when a "holiday romance blossomed" with the girl - who's also from London and now 18. "We really liked each other but she was secretive with her family because they were strict," he told the Detained in Dubai group."My […]

The eldest son of Norway's crown princess has appeared in court after being arrested on suspicion of rape.Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, challenged a police request to put him in preventive detention while they investigate the claim. Officers said he was arrested on Monday on suspicion of sex with "with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act".Borg Hoiby's lawyer, Oeyvind Bratlien, said his client is […]

Rafael Nadal soaked up the emotion of a memorable but bittersweet evening in Malaga as his professional career came to an end.The 38-year-old opted to make the Davis Cup Finals his last event having accepted last month that his body would no longer allow him to compete at the highest level. Spanish fans, some of whom had paid seven-figure sums for tickets, flocked to the Martin Carpena Arena in their […]

One of the main faces of Hong Kong's pro-Democracy scene, British citizen and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, has started testifying in court.It is the first time he has spoken in court in a case that has been delayed for years. Lai, 77, has been charged under Hong Kong's national security law with two counts of conspiracy to commit foreign collusion and one count of publishing seditious material.He is accused of […]

Police are searching for a British woman who was last seen more than a week ago at an airport in southern Poland.Ania Czopinski, 18, was spotted on CCTV around 11pm on 11 November at Krakow-Balice Airport. Officers say she did not have a passport with her. Image: Ms Czopinski was last spotted on CCTV at Krakow-Balice Airport. Pic: Krakow police An image from video footage has been released showing her […]

A man has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of a remote island to the east of New Zealand.Jade Kahukore-Dixon had been diving off a boat in the Bay of Waitangi, near Chatham Island, when he was injured by the shark, local media reports said. He was rushed to Chatham Island Hospital but died on Tuesday.Mr Kahukore-Dixon was a commercial diver who lived on the Chatham […]

The eldest son of Norway's crown princess has been arrested on suspicion of rape, police have said.Marius Borg Hoiby is the son of Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship and the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon. Borg Hoiby was arrested in Oslo late on Monday on a preliminary charge of having "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to […]