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Bananas are fruiting in UK gardens after heatwaves: Why experts say this is unusual

In a quiet garden in Seaton, near Looe in Cornwall, something unusual is happening. A banana plant, once a tiny gift, has grown to 11 feet tall and produced 24 pieces of fruit. For owner Cathy Neville, it is a moment of surprise and delight. For experts, it is a…

The Times of India

Where is Beyond Paradise filmed? The stunning locations used for popular BBC show

Beyond Paradise, a spin-off of Death in Paradise, is set in the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbott, where DI Humphrey Goodman settles with Martha Lloyd. The series is not filmed in a real place called Shipton Abbott, but rather across various scenic locations in Devon and Cornwall. Looe in…

The Independent UK

‘I have the island to myself’: how to be a castaway in Cornwall

Book an overnight stay in the cosy smuggler’s cottage on Looe Island and you get to enjoy this marine nature reserve after the day trippers have gone home

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‘It’s now controlled by the actual people here’: the Cornish town that saved its own music festival

Promoter after promoter couldn’t make Looe’s annual festival work – so landlords and locals came up with their own. We don some glittery face paint and find out how

The Guardian - UK

Inside the UK's most flooded town where streets are often awash with 'mud and debris'

Floods have cost the Cornish town of Looe an estimated £39million of damage between 2012 and 2017, with almost all the businesses in the town affected by the water surge

Daily Mirror

Staycation cottages in the real 'Shipton Abbott' from BBC's Beyond Paradise

Fans can enjoy a getaway to an apartment within a former Victorian hotel or indulge in a cottage overlooking the town’s river

Wales Online

Where is Beyond Paradise season 2 filmed? Is Shipton Abbott a real place?

Wondering where is Beyond Paradise filmed? We have the answer...

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Locals in seaside town where TV show is filmed want tourists to stay away for one reason

Residents in Looe in Cornwall fear the "Doc Martin effect" after new BBC drama Beyond Paradise began airing last month, with the potential for more tourists in the off-season

Daily Mirror

Beyond Paradise: the Cornish town hoping for a 'Doc Martin effect'

Residents of Looe in the South West of England have their fingers crossed that the Death in Paradise spin-off will shine a light on the coastal settlement and bring out the tourists

Wales Online

Woman is 'struggling to breathe' in urine soaked, flea-ridden council home

Sarah Keenan and her disabled partner say the property at Tencreek in Looe is unfit for humans as she "struggles to breathe" inside due to urine and a stench of sweat at the home

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