ESTHER RANTZEN argues that Covid-19 restrictions should remain in place for Christmas

The best gift we can offer our families this Christmas is to refuse to meet them. That’s what I’ve done, and although it wasn’t easy, I believe it’s time for us older people to be brave and firm, and tell our families to stay away. And if the young argue, just ask them: do you … Read more

Esther DIDN’T deliberately go missing to carry on nomadic life, boyfriend says

The boyfriend of missing British hiker Esther Dingley has dismissed French police claims that she may have deliberately disappeared because she feared her nomadic lifestyle was about to end. A spokesman for Daniel Colegate said ‘there is no indication Esther was seeking a new life’ as new CCTV footage emerged of his girlfriend in a supermarket … Read more

Esther DIDN’T deliberately go missing to carry on nomadic life, boyfriend says

The boyfriend of missing British hiker Esther Dingley has dismissed French police claims that she may have deliberately disappeared because she feared her nomadic lifestyle was about to end. A spokesman for Daniel Colegate said ‘there is no indication Esther was seeking a new life’ as new CCTV footage emerged of his girlfriend in a supermarket … Read more

Esther Dingley: Police believe missing British hiker went missing voluntarily

French and Spanish police believe British hiker Esther Dingley deliberately went missing in the Pyrenees because she feared her nomadic life was set to end. With her partner Daniel Colgate reportedly wanting to settle down after six years of European camper van adventures, authorities have said they are focusing their investigations on a ‘voluntary disappearance’. At … Read more

Esther Dingley: Police believe missing British hiker went missing voluntarily

French and Spanish police believe British hiker Esther Dingley deliberately went missing in the Pyrenees because she feared her nomadic life was set to end. With her partner Daniel Colgate reportedly wanting to settle down after six years of European camper van adventures, authorities have said they are focusing their investigations on a ‘voluntary disappearance’. At … Read more

Missing Esther Dingley’s secrets, by the last man to see her alive

When he saw Esther Dingley heading up the mountain road from the village of Benasque, Jose Antonio Ballarin wasn’t sure whether or not to stop his car. Under Spain’s lockdown rules, the retired businessman shouldn’t have offered a lift to a stranger at all.  But something about the sight of the 37-year-old woman carrying a … Read more

Missing Esther Dingley’s secrets, by the last man to see her alive

When he saw Esther Dingley heading up the mountain road from the village of Benasque, Jose Antonio Ballarin wasn’t sure whether or not to stop his car. Under Spain’s lockdown rules, the retired businessman shouldn’t have offered a lift to a stranger at all.  But something about the sight of the 37-year-old woman carrying a … Read more

Search for Esther Dingley: Spanish police say it’s ‘impossible’ and all but give up

The boyfriend of missing British hiker Esther Dingley has called for a full investigation into the mystery figure spotted sleeping in his girlfriend’s campervan 10 days after she went missing. Daniel Colgate raised the alarm three days after 37-year-old Esther set off on a solo hike in the Pyrenees on November 22. She has not … Read more

Search for Esther Dingley: Spanish police say it’s ‘impossible’ and all but give up

Searching for the missing British hiker Esther Dingley is ‘impossible’ Spanish police have said, as rescuers all by give up due to vicious snow storms blocking the mountain trails in the Pyrenees where she was last seen. Spain’s Guardia Civil’s Mountain Rescue brigade in Benasque abandoned their hunt for the 37-year-old Briton on Friday ahead … Read more

Dog walker saw someone asleep in Brit hiker Esther Dingley’s camper van TEN DAYS after she vanished

The mystery of missing Briton Esther Dingley’s disappearance deepened today after someone was spotted sleeping in the hiker’s campervan ten days after she vanished. A dog walker said she saw a light on in the British-registered Fiat Chausson camper and then, on closer inspection, spotted a figure lying on the back seat.  The young woman, called … Read more