Now left picking up the pieces, wife Noor Haris, 55, a medical doctor from Malaysia living in Newcastle, has spoken for the first time about the terrifying ordeal.

Thailand's golden age of tourism seems a distant memory as the Land of Smiles battles to reclaim its pre-pandemic glory.

Rescuers search­­ed desperately yesterday for four people still missing after at least 35 were killed when a boat capsized at ...