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The sand at Crantock Beach, close to Newquay, Cornwall, "collapsed with very little effort", and although the child was taken to safety, the dunes pose a real danger, people have been warned

A 15-year-old from Cornwall has been crowned the best young surfer in the world. Lukas Skinner won the under-16 title at Australia’s Rip Curl GromSearch competition, a prestigious award that has never been won by a British surfer before. He started surfing at the age of three, with his father…

Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the woman in her 60s was pronounced dead on Sunday evening (April 2)

The flight, which was headed from Tenerife to Manchester Airport, had to make an emergency landing. Those who were on board the plane explained the 'emotional' scenes.

A passenger said it became 'very clear we needed to land straight away' when another flyer fell ill on the plane which was heading for Manchester Airport

Fellow passengers described emotional scenes as attempts were made to resuscitate a woman before the plane landed

The Jet2 flight was returning from Tenerife to the UK when it was forced to make an emergency landing

The LS756 flight from Tenerife made an emergency landing at Cornwall Airport Newquay

The flight issued an emergency alert around three hours into the journey after a customer required medical assistance.

"The plane took a very dramatic veer to the right...it was clear something had changed and we needed to land straight away"

Jet2 flight diverted around three and a half hours into the journey