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Many TikTokers have made videos promoting the so-called secret Dinorwic Slate Quarry, encouraging fellow adventurers to hike, explore caves and swim in a natural infinity pool.

EXCLUSIVE: The view from St Ives as residents prepare for peak holiday season in the popular Cornish resort.

When Humza Yousaf unveiled plans to make second homeowners in Scotland pay double the amount of council tax, it would have sounded familiar to those in England and Wales.

Locals warn budget airline's new trips between Stansted and south west will attract commuters and push up already soaring house prices

As property prices in the Cornish town soar, residents are dismayed that a landmark policy to curb investment buyers has proved ineffective

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Hocking, a shop owner in St Ives, said 85% of her business is funded by tourism, adding: What we dont want to do is frighten holidaymakers off.

Around 540,000 day trippers and more than 220,000 staying tourists visit St Ives in Cornwall every year, with the tourism industry accounting for around 2,800 jobs in the area

Camilla Dixon, co-founder of the First Not Second Homes campaign group, said: “We have a town where the rich people come to on holiday, when in some part of St Ives more than a third of children live below the breadline. “It is having a detrimental effect. We depleted our social housing stock when they

Vicky Borman (pictured) is in the process of buying a second home in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, which she plans to let out as an Airbnb.

Residents propose radical legislation amid growing anger at lack of affordable housing