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Perhaps unbelievably, given that I have a three-year-old and another on the way, I’ve never stayed at an all-inclusive family resort. A boutique hotel lover at heart, Creta Maris made me realise that ...

More than 120 refugees and migrants have been intercepted off the island of Crete, according to Greek authorities, the latest in a series of arrivals of people making perilous journeys to Europe from ...

A 78-year-old British woman has tragically been found dead in a hotel pool in Crete. Three individuals have been arrested on suspicion of negligent manslaughter, including a 21-year-old lifeguard who ...

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by negligence after a British woman died in a hotel pool. Margaret Winifred Davies, 78, was staying at the five-star Knossos Royal hotel in ...

A British woman has been found dead in a Greek hotel pool. Three people have been arrested after the death - including a 21-year-oldlifeguard. The 78-year-old was taking a dip in the hotel pool in ...

A British pensioner has been found dead in a hotel swimming pool in Crete. The 78-year-old woman was said to be cooling off in the hotel pool at Hersonissos when she became unwell. The woman is ...

A British woman, aged 78, has been found deceased in a hotel swimming pool on the Greek island of Crete. Three individuals have been apprehended on suspicion of negligent manslaughter, including a 21 ...

A British holidaymaker has died after being discovered in a hotel swimming pool on the Greek island of Crete. Three people have been detained on charges of negligent manslaughter, among them a 21 year ...

A 78 year old British woman has been discovered dead in a hotel swimming pool in Crete. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of negligent manslaughter, including a 21 year old lifeguard who ...

A British tourist has been found dead near a swimming pool in Greece, as three people were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. The 78-year-old was swimming in her hotel pool in Hersonissos, Crete, ...