Durdle Door is eerily quiet – a year after thousands of sun-seekers flocked to spot 

Dorset’s famous Durdle Door beach appeared eerily quiet yesterday – just a year after thousands of sun-seekers flouted social distancing guidelines to flock to the iconic beauty spot. A few stragglers were spotted braving the elements as they descended upon the windswept beach to take in the sea air as temperatures plummeted to 10C and … Read more

Durdle Door is eerily quiet – a year after thousands of sun-seekers flocked to spot 

Dorset’s famous Durdle Door beach appeared eerily quiet yesterday – just a year after thousands of sun-seekers flouted social distancing guidelines to flock to the iconic beauty spot. A few stragglers were spotted braving the elements as they descended upon the windswept beach to take in the sea air as temperatures plummeted to 10C and … Read more

Sun-seekers head to Rio de Janeiro beaches as Brazil reports record daily COVID-19 cases

What pandemic? Thousands of sun-seekers head to Rio de Janeiro beaches as Brazil reports record daily coronavirus cases Beaches in Rio de Janeiro were filled with sunbathers at the weekend ahead of the start of the summer  Many visitors failed to wear face masks to protect themselves from possible COVID-19 infections Rio de Janeiro state … Read more

Holidays: Sun-seekers are snapping up last-minute bargains to islands such as Madeira and Cyprus

Last-minute breaks are really hotting up: Sun-seekers are snapping up bargain holidays, with island destinations especially popular Skyscanner says searches and bookings spike when new travel corridors open Popular islands on the safe travel corridor list include Madeira and Cyprus  Jet2.com has added 70 more flights to Corfu, Kos, Rhodes and Madeira By Mail on … Read more

Skin cancer deaths more than DOUBLE in 50 years as British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays

Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays. Official figures analysed by Cancer Research UK reveal that people are dying from melanoma skin cancer at 2.5 times the rate they were in the 1970s. Almost nine in ten cases … Read more

Moment sunseekers are led away by police as officers break up ‘brawls’ at seasides in the UK

Police officers were forced to make arrests and break up ‘brawls’ between sunseekers who flocked to the beaches yesterday as the UK experienced its hottest day of the year so far.  Fights broke out in Bournemouth, Dorset, and Portobello, Scotland, as large groups gathered for a day in the sunshine.  In Bournemouth, where more than 100,000 … Read more

Terrifying moment sunseekers flee Bournemouth seafront inferno after ‘beach hut BBQ’

Terrifying footage has shown red leaping flames spewing up from Bournemouth beach over a cliff and up to the road above after a fire was started by someone cooking in a beach hut. In the video taken close to the evacuated Highcliff Marriott hotel, a car hastily reverses away from the roadside where thick smoke … Read more

Terrifying moment sunseekers flee Bournemouth seafront inferno after ‘beach hut BBQ’

Terrifying footage has shown red leaping flames spewing up from Bournemouth beach over a cliff and up to the road above after a fire was started by someone cooking in a beach hut. In the video taken close to the evacuated Highcliff Marriott hotel, a car hastily reverses away from the roadside where thick smoke … Read more

Matthew Wright divides opinion after branding sun-seekers ‘pigs’ in explosive This Morning rant

Matthew Wright is praised for a ‘spot on’ rant about ‘inhuman pigs urinating and defecating’ on his Primrose Hill street and leaving litter behind on beaches  Crowds packed together on beaches yesterday and  defied social distancing  Matthew Wright, 54, appeared on show with Robert Rinder to discuss images  Burst into explosive rant called lack of … Read more