Ged Eccles has always dreamed of being World Gurning Champion • This year, he had one last shot • 'It means everything to me'

A guide was jailed for abusing a 15-year-old • Innocent rivals are now mistaken for him • Vigilantes are circling

Men flock to Istanbul for cheap hair transplants • The streets are full of bandaged foreigners • The locals have mixed feelings

They’re barely out of school • They spend their days tending to the dead • Could apprentice undertakers solve youth unemployment?

Adam Curtis fans held a conference in Boscombe • Outside, locals were living in one of his films • Featuring a grisly death

Many dreamed of independence • Others planted bombs and burned holiday homes • A few old hands remain