The vast sandy beaches of Rooster Rock beside the Columbia River are believed by many to be among the most beautiful nature spots in the Pacific Northwest, attracting more than 700,000 visitors every year.
But the calm, topaz water which laps the three-mile coastline belies a bitter culture war which has been bubbling beneath the surface for years – between longtime nudist visitors, and the recent influx of clothed tourists.
At least five have died and dozens more are suspected missing after a ferry in Indonesia carrying hundreds caught fire.
The ferry, the Mutiara Sentosa 2, went up in flames off the coast of Madura island, located on the northeastern coast of Java, between 6am and 7am local time on Sunday.
A three-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a van at a campsite.
An air ambulance was dispatched to Red House Farm in Earnley, near Chichester, after witnesses dialled 999 at around 7.30pm on Saturday.
Greek police have arrested a man in connection with the 'intentional homicide' of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens.
Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, who was also known as Lisa, was discovered inside a suitcase by a homeless man in an abandoned car park in the Kypseli district of Athens on 18 July.
A mother and her toddler son had to be airlifted to hospital after a terrifying attack by a swarm of bees.
Rosie Kirkness, 31, and three-year-old Jamie Macdonald were set upon by thousands of the insects in their home town of Poolewe, Wester Ross.
Jamey Carney never tired of saying how happy she was with her new life in Ireland, describing relocating there as 'the best decision' she had ever made.
The American single mother, 43, had always been proud of her Irish roots, and finally left the US five years ago to set up home with her young daughter in Killarney, which sits in the heart of a dramatic landscape of lakes, mountains, waterfalls and ancient woods.
Two people have been arrested after a man in his 30s was allegedly shot dead at a traveller site in Wiltshire.
Police have launched an urgent murder investigation after paramedics reported the shooting in Calcutt, near Cricklade, at around 8.15am on Sunday.
A video showing a group of gleeful Moroccans raising their thumbs after illegally crossing into the Spanish enclave was the catalyst for the mass migrant invasion, according to an expert.
Dr Myriam Cherti told the Daily Mail the video posted on Facebook days before 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta was a 'showcase for your peers'.
The story of North Sea oil is bound up with that of British Petroleum. The fuel giant has been producing energy from that seabed for 60 years, powering cars and homes and businesses up and down Britain.
But now it’s going. BP will remain in the UK, where it is headquartered, but its North Sea arm will be sold, meaning the company will part ways with its five Scottish production hubs and 1,100 workers.
Nicola Sturgeon has launched an attack on John Swinney’s Holyrood election campaign strategy.
In a new foreword to her memoirs, the former First Minister condemned the approach taken ahead of May’s elections, when the SNP failed to secure the majority which Mr Swinney claimed would be a mandate for an independence referendum.
