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How John Le Carré's secret lover, 25 years his junior, turned up on his doorstep ...

The Daily Mail 08 Oct 2023
She invited him to join her on holiday on the Greek island of Lesbos, and he imagined her walking naked out of the sea ... On their first morning on Lesbos, David went shopping for beach clothes ... For all we know, he may have scribbled these lines while on Lesbos with Sue Dawson.
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Ode to the joys of winter swimming that will make you want to dive right in

Irish Independent 09 Oct 2022
This book arrived at the perfect time. An autumn holiday – to Lesbos – had taken me away from the Irish Sea when the temperature declines gradually, getting colder but staying bearable, slowly acclimatising us to the icy shock of winter. After a week of lounging in the Aegean, I wondered would I be able to get back to swimming here ... .
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This nation is scorching in a heat wave and wildfires, yet it’s returning to planet-baking coal

Egypt Independent 01 Aug 2022
Western Macedonia, Greece (CNN)Dimitris Mitsaris opens his garage door and the smell of fermenting grapes emerges, as the first morning light bounces off dozens of steel tanks ... The fires have left homes in ashes, people have been rescued from beaches and business owners on islands like Lesbos are facing an economically painful holiday season ... ....
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Greece battles 4 major wildfires

Beijing News 28 Jul 2022
On the weekend, the fire service in Greece was battling four major fires across the country, as over 450 people were evacuated due to surrounding fires at the island holiday resort on Lesbos. On Lesbos, the fire approached the Vatera resort on the island's southern side, leading ...
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Wildfires tear across Greece: Tourists and locals are evacuated as firefighters desperately battle blazes after ...

The Daily Mail 24 Jul 2022
Yesterday, hundreds of tourists were evacuated from a nearby holiday resort on the island of Lesbos as the fire spread and destroyed at least four houses ... A second video, also from Lesbos, showed firefighters battling flames in a hellish landscape ... Terrifying moment flames roared along Lesbos coastline after...
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Terrifying moment flames roared along Lesbos coastline after hundreds of tourists were evacuated from nearby ...

The Daily Mail 24 Jul 2022
Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from a nearby holiday resort on the island of Lesbos as the fire spread and destroyed at least four houses, as firefighters battled more blazes elsewhere in the country ... Residents look at fire burning trees near the houses at Vatera coastal resort on the eastern island of Lesbos on July 23, 2022.
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Hotels and homes evacuated as Greece battles four major wildfires

The Irish Times 24 Jul 2022
Fire broke out Saturday morning on Lesbos prompting authorities to call for evacuation of Vatera resort. A firefighter tries to extinguishes a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos ... people being evacuated at an island holiday resort.
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Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated

Federal News Radio 24 Jul 2022
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s fire service was fighting four major fires across the country Saturday, including one where they had to evacuate over 450 people at an island holiday resort. A fire that broke at Saturday morning on the island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call ...
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Greece battles four fires across country

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 24 Jul 2022
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's fire service was fighting four major fires across the country Saturday, including one where they had to evacuate over 450 people at an island holiday resort. A fire that broke at Saturday morning on the island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call for the evacuation of the Vatera resort on the island's southern side.
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Greece: Stranded on tiny island, migrant mother gives birth

TDN 22 Jun 2022
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say a woman from Eritrea has given birth on an uninhabited rocky islet after traveling with other migrants from nearby Turkey. A coast guard official said 29 adult Eritreans ‒ 24 men and five women ‒ were spotted Wednesday during a patrol near the eastern Greek island of Lesbos.
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Róisín Murphy interview: ‘I got locked out of my hotel room — totally naked’

The Times/The Sunday Times 19 Jun 2022
We would holiday in a caravan park in Courtown, Co Wexford, which was like a mini-Blackpool ... For family holidays we often go to the Bahamas in the winter ... In my late twenties I booked a holiday via Teletext and took my mother to Lesbos ... I don’t relax with anyone on holiday like I do with my mammy — she’s the best.Advertisement.
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A moment that changed me: a lesbian pool party taught me how to be a better person

The Observer 30 Mar 2022
The year was 2000, and some regulars from Soho’s legendary lesbian venue Candy Bar were planning a trip to Lesbos, which they advertised with a flyer titled “wet pussy pool party”, which somehow got on to the desk of the island’s mayor ... Anyway, I arrived in Lesbos a wreck ... But, by lunchtime, there I was, on Lesbos, at the pool.
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Can the Canary Islands cope with thousands more migrants as tourists return?

ITV 30 Jun 2021
By ITV News Correspondent Ben Chapman ... How would this holiday island – famed for its hospitality – respond to being a new frontline in Europe’s migrant crisis?. Hotel and bar owners are feeding migrants in Gran Canaria ... "It isn’t a positive image for a holiday resort. It’s happened in Lampedusa and Lesbos and people will lose confidence." ... .
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Canary Islands struggle to cope with dramatic surge in migrants

The Irish Times 24 Nov 2020
On Monday, 170 migrants reached the islands, either of their own accord or having been picked up at sea by Spanish rescue services ... “Would you go on holiday to Lesbos or Moria?” asked Ana Oramas, a congresswoman for the Canaries Coalition party, who said that the crisis is hurting the islands’ status as a tourist hub ... Coastal controls ... .
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EU border force 'complicit' in illegal campaign to stop refugees landing

The Observer 24 Oct 2020
During a recent visit by MEPs to the Greek island of Lesbos, one Greek MEP asked if Frontex officers were “enjoying their holidays in the Aegean” ... On a Greek national holiday in August, beachgoers in Lesbos reported watching a pushback incident when a boat of asylum seekers was the centre of a standoff between Greek and Turkish coastguards.
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