Foreign Office issues travel advice for three holiday hotspots popular with Brits
Amid the joint US-Israel war on Iran Following the US action against Iran, the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has revised its travel guidance for several popular holiday destinations for British citizens. The Foreign Office currently warns against travel to the UAE and urges those already in locations including Dubai, Bahrain, and Kuwait to take shelter. […]
2 weeks ago
Body of Brit who ‘vanished from sunbed’ discovered 40km away, husband says
“They have found her body. Sadly I was expecting this.” The body of a British woman who ‘vanished from her sunbed’ on a beach in Greece has been discovered. Michele Bourda, 59, disappeared on August 1 when her husband Chris, 66, was asleep on Ofrynio beach in Kavala. Chris alerted the police, but said they were […]
7 months ago
British woman goes missing from sunbed on Greek beach as husband slept
“Her life is in danger.” An urgent search is underway after a British woman vanished from a beach in Greece. Michele Bourda, 59, was on a sunbed on Ofrynio beach in Kavala. Her husband explained to police that he fell asleep, and when he woke up Michele was no longer there, but her belongings were, […]
8 months ago
Tourists put on high alert as wildfires cause evacuations in major European capital
Temperatures have risen above 45 degrees Tourists in Greece have been put on high alert after wildfires have caused evacuations in both Athens and on the Greek islands. Greece is experiencing incredibly high temperatures, peaking around 45 degrees. A northern suburb of the Greek capital on Saturday experienced a major fire, which led to evacuations. […]
8 months ago
People are only just discovering why all Greek statues have tiny penises
Greece isn’t known for it’s cold weather, so why so small? If you’ve ever been to Athens, or wandered through the Ancient Greece section of a museum, you might have had to squint to see the packages on some of the statues depicting greek gods and warriors. You can’t fault the ancient Greeks when it […]
8 months ago
Mass evacuations in Crete as wildfire tears through popular holiday destination
Firefighters have been battling the the wildfire Mass evacuations have begun on the Greek island of Crete as a wildfire tears through the popular holiday destination. The wildfire has led to over a thousand people having to be evacuated as the BBC report the “wildfire continues to burn out of control”. The wildfire broke out […]
9 months ago