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Becky Burke

Tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'

Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.

Becky Burke standing on the Brooklyn bridge, with a beige bobble hat and green body warmer, she looks at the camera smiling

'Our daughter was deported in leg and waist chains'

Becky Burke's dad says she was taken from a detention centre chained at the legs, waist and hands.

Becky Burke smiles as she hugs Bo Jangles. She has long plaited brown hair and is wearing glasses. A bottle of sparkling wine - possibly champagne - can be seen on a table behind them.

Tourist detained in US back home in Wales, dad says

Paul Burke says his daughter Becky has been released from a US immigration centre.

Becky in a pink hat wearing a beige jumper is standing smiling, holding two fingers up in the "peace" sign. A forest can be seen in the background, and blue sky above it.

Dad hopeful US detained tourist to be released

Becky Burke, from Monmouthshire, has been held in a US immigration centre for about two weeks.

Becky Burke outdoors in front of a forest which can be seen in the far distance. The sun is shining on the left side of her face and she holds her left hand up in a peace sign pose. She smiles widely towards the camera, wearing thin lens round glasses and a pink baseball cap. She has brown short hair and a full fringe peaks out under the cap.

Visa rule warning as tourist detained at US border

Becky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a facility in Washington State and is desperate to come home.

House fire on Main Road, Portskewett

Investigation after man dies in house fire

The man's family have been informed and inquiries into the cause of the blaze continue.

The band Oasis playing on stage

The tunnel that links beer, Scuba diving and Oasis

How they maintain the historic wettest, lowest, and once longest rail tunnel in the UK.

Reuters

XL bully seized after man hurt in dog fight

Armed officers attend a property where an 87-year-old was injured in an attack involving two dogs.

Grayson Taylor

Boy, 4, a hero after raising carbon monoxide alarm

Grayson Taylor saved his family from carbon monoxide poisoning by waking them up in the night.