A body matching the description of missing Briton Philip Mawer has been found in Mozambique, according to his employers. In a statement on behalf of Philip’s family, RA International today said: ‘It appears that Philip died while trying to escape from the siege by ISIS-linked insurgents of the Amarula Hotel.’ Mawer, a contractor from Somerset, had … Read more
Three members of the Special Air Service (SAS) have joined the search for a British man missing after a terror attack in Mozambique. The officers were deployed to the country on Monday night to help search for Briton Philip Mawer, who has not been heard from since attempting to flee the town of Palma last week. ISIS … Read more
The boyfriend of missing Briton Sarm Heslop was charged with obstructing law enforcement agents who boarded his yacht hours after she vanished in the US Virgin Islands, it has been revealed. Ryan Bane, 44, was handed a citation – not a criminal record – for refusing to allow the US Coast Guard onto his yacht, … Read more
A British man has been jailed for two weeks for breaking Singapore‘s strict coroanvirus quarantine rules after he left his hotel room for a night with his fiancée. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore Dollars (£540) for the breach, while Singaporean Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai – now his wife – was jailed for a week for helping … Read more
A British man has been jailed for two weeks for breaking Singapore‘s strict coroanvirus quarantine rules after he left his hotel room for a night with his fiancée. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore Dollars (£540) for the breach, while Singaporean Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai – now his wife – was jailed for a week for helping … Read more
The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab. Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more
Briton who drowned swimming off Barbados is named as millionaire businessman, 61, who moved to the island after split from his wife A British millionaire businessman has drowned in waters off coast of Barbados Mark Smith, 61, had recently moved to the Caribbean from his home in Sheffield Locals had warned Smith not to go … Read more
The student believed to be the first Briton to catch coronavirus had drugs in his system when he died after ‘never getting over lockdown in China‘, an inquest heard today. Connor Reed, 26, from Llandudno, North Wales, caught the virus while teaching English at a school in Wuhan in November 2019, and claimed he drank … Read more
The boyfriend of missing British backpacker Esther Dingley who vanished in the Pyrenees last year has said he fears she may have had a run in with a hunter. In an interview with The Daily Mirror, Dan Colegate also rubbished claims that she was unhappy in their relationship, and revealed their final loving texts. He … Read more
British pilot and his wife are killed along with two other family members after their car plunges 245ft off a cliff edge on Gran Canaria A British pilot and his Spanish wife have died in a car crash in Gran Canaria Pair were killed when car they were in plunged 245ft off a cliff late … Read more