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Travis Scott (left) and Central Cee (right) will perform at Rolling Loud Portugal 2023 (Getty Images)

Rolling Loud 2023: music festival ticket prices, age limit and line up

Bioluminescent plankton: ‘northern lights of sea’ found on UK coast

Picture: Habibur Rahman

British teen found dead in Thailand forest

The blue Billy Chips that will be available at participating Central Co-op stores - Credit: Billy Chip

Co-op stores to sell poker chips to donate hot drinks to the homeless

Koh Tao, a small island in Thailand is notoriously known as ‘Death Island’ after a series of mysterious deaths involving tourists and expats. Picture by Pexels

British diving instructor found dead on Thailand’s ‘Death Island’

Ready to help with your holiday plans. From the left, manager Katie Butler, Kathleen Sutton and Leanne Swithenbank at Total Travel, Heckmondwike.

Holidays 2023: West Yorkshire's rush to the sun is underway

Royal Thailand Navy warship capsizes - 33 sailors remain missing

A Thai monkey trainer works with a monkey showing it how to collect coconuts at the Samui Monkey Center on Samui island

HelloFresh accused of using forced monkey labour for coconut milk

Creator and artistic director of Manasamitra, Supriya Nagarajan.

Dewsbury-based arts organisation Manasamitra set to take global sounds to York

Sam Teale Productions in action.

Cleckheaton based production firm wins global contract

This is when Father’s Day falls in 2021 in the UK - and best gift ideas

A new Covid variant first detected in Thailand has now been identified in the UK (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

New Thai Covid strain found in the UK - but is it as infectious as the Indian va...

A pianist from the UK played classical music to soothe hungry monkeys in Thailan...

These are the winter sun destinations on the UK travel corridor list - but is it...

Netflix UK has stopped offering free trials - here’s why

Paul Harper, 66, has been caring for a grave of a solider he has never met before. (Picture SWNS)

Pensioner repairs dilapidated Liversedge grave of "forgotten" World War One sold...

Instagram fans rate the most tranquil places in the world

Roy Hotrabhvanon is the CEO and co-founder of PlayerData

From Olympic hopeful to entrepreneur at 25 - Pioneering People podcast

The initial undercount of deaths was attributed to how overwhelmed the health system was (Photo: Getty Images)

Wuhan coronavirus death toll has been raised by 50% - here’s why

It’s Thai-me for a new taste of Asia in town!

L-R Jon Withers,Anne Teske,Rebecca Brass,David Bratt and Lauren Wilby. Front Sarah waddington and Perry Booth

Solicitors put full support behind charity to help ex-servicemen and women

An entry sent in from Wakefield, taken in Costa Blanca.

Look back at 100 years of holiday memories with a new interactive timeline

Trevor Watson

Talking Sport: Football stars refuse to sign off quietly

RISING STAR Former Batley Grammar pupil Sean Conway is building his reputation in Tinseltown.

Batley screenwriter rubs shoulders with Blake Lively and Jason Clarke

Ian and Jay got married on Don't Tell the Bride

Don’t Tell the Bride seeks couples

Ian and Jay got married on Don't Tell the Bride

Batley bridal shop saves the day for Don’t Tell The Bride couple

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Sex offender arrested at mum’s wake

The beach near Chaweng, Kah Samui.

KATE WOBSCHALL and family found both supersonic and catatonic in Koh Samui and B...
Before now, most of my knowledge of Thailand had been gleaned from the film The Beach and from other people’s anecdotes.