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In a bizarre and tragic coincidence, two men vanished more than five years apart after boarding a ferry to exactly the same destination. Gary Tilston disappeared in July 2002 after boarding a vessel leaving Portsmouth to Saint-Malo but was never seen again. Then, in April 2007, Paul Carter made...

Gary Tilston disappeared in July 2002 after boarding a vessel leaving Portsmouth to Saint-Malo but was never seen again. Then, in April 2007, Paul Carter made the same trip, only to vanish while on board. Their missing cases are not being treated as linked. However, both men went missing in...

Thinking about this case some more, I've read through most of the press items available but have learned absolutely nothing about Claire or her circumstances. In 2022 she bought a 20 year old white Transit-based van which is described in most press reports as a camper van but I haven't seen a...

All the UK broadsheets keep a library of obits of famous people or those of some significance such as lesser known politicians, ready for when they die. The obits are often initially compiled decades before the subject's demise and updated as and when there are developments in their biography...

The year seems determined to go out with a bang so far as bucket-kickings are concerned.

It looks as though Claire bought the van in December 2022. It's still on the DVLA database so hasn't been sold or scrapped but has been SORNed, ie declared that it is being kept at a place off the public highway. This may mean that it was returned to Claire's family and that they are storing it...

Antiques dealer feared drowned after going for Christmas swim was trying to save woman in distress A beloved antiques dealer still missing after going for a Christmas Day swim had heroically tried to save a woman in distress before being swept away, a close friend revealed yesterday. Matthew...

UK > Jamaica > Panama > Colombia? No prizes for guessing what was probably going on there. Smith set up a company under the name of R & S Promotion Ltd on 16 October 2014, some 9 months before his trip and his going missing. The incorporation papers can be seen here...

Another person who vanished without a trace is Rowan Lorenzo Smith from Solihull. He left the UK on June 16, 2015, to visit his mother in Jamaica, but the 44-year-old never returned to Britain. Rowan Lorenzo Smith(Image: West Midlands Police) After his stay in Jamaica, it is believed Rowan...

If the other cases mentioned in the article don't already have their own threads it would be worth starting them.

Matthew Upham was 63. It appears that the other man drowned was trying to save Matthew. Heartbroken relatives of the wealthy antiques dealer who is missing after going for a Christmas Day swim have paid tribute to the 'beloved family member' who will be 'missed forever'. Matthew Upham, 63, is...

One of the two missing men has been named as Matthew Upham, who owned an antiques shop in Budleigh Salterton. I would imagine that he was the man in his 60s reported lost. It sounds as though the sea was unusually rough for the event compared to previous years...

The search has been called off. Search called off for two swimmers missing at sea A coastguard search operation for two men who went missing in the sea during a Christmas Day swim has been called off. Emergency services were called to Budleigh Salterton, in Devon, shortly after 10:25 GMT on...

Minutes to Christmas Day swim disaster: Just moments after this photo was taken, two swimmers were missing as tragedy hit festive tradition A poignant photograph has captured the moment just before an annual Christmas Day dip turned to disaster when two wild swimmers were swept away at sea...

If you still read this thread, can you expand on him limiting his career options due to his beliefs, please @DannyBoy16 ? Was he looking for a job in a Muslim owned and run company for instance?