Litter is making the UK look like an impoverished nation, says Iceland boss Iceland boss said parts of the UK resembled ‘one long continuous rubbish dump’ He said thoughtless drivers who tossed litter out of car windows worst culprits Sir Malcolm particularly noticed the mess in Cheshire, where the Iceland HQ is By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent … Read more
Due to Iceland’s location on the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary, and its location over a hot spot, the northern Nordic island country has a high-concentration of active volcanoes. Known as the land of fire and ice, the island currently has 32 active volcanic systems, 13 of which have seen eruptions since the … Read more
Iceland volcano erupts for the first time in 900 years sending molten lava spewing into the skies as a red glow is seen for miles and flights are banned Police and coast guard raced to the scene 25 miles from Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, just after 9.45pm Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, is only 25 miles away, but the … Read more
Dramatic moment five-man BBC film crew are airlifted to safety after their boat started to take on water off of Iceland Incident occurred north of Iceland’s northern Hornstrandir peninsula on Tuesday The Icelandic Coast Guard winched the five film crew members into a helicopter Local authorities said boat was starting to take on water, prompting distress call … Read more
A volcanic eruption in Iceland ‘could be imminent’ after more than 18,000 earthquakes hit the island in the past week, authorities have warned. On Wednesday alone, there were about 2,500 earthquake detected and since midnight on Thursday almost 800 earthquakes measured, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO). The largest earthquake measured magnitude 5.6 on the … Read more
Iceland corporate affairs boss sparks threats of a boycott after calling the Welsh language ‘gibberish’ and saying it sounds ‘like bad catarrh’ Iceland’s corporate affairs boss Keith Hann called the Welsh language ‘gibberish’ Reportedly said Welsh was ‘like someone with bad catarrh clearing his throat’ Iceland insisted that his statements do not ‘reflect’ the company’s views … Read more
The over-50s are blazing a trail in holiday bookings this year. Tui, the UK’s largest tour operator, reports that they account for half of its online bookings so far for 2021. And many of them, whether celebrating getting through a precarious year or pinning hopes on the Government’s plan to vaccinate all over-50s against Covid-19 … Read more
Photographs taken in 1989 and 2020 by a father and son reveal how Vatnajökull, one of Europe’s biggest glaciers, has shrunk by about 150 square miles (400 square kilometres) due to climate change. Dr Kieran Baxter from the University of Dundee followed his father’s footsteps to Iceland more than 30 years on to recreate photos … Read more
The boss of frozen food giant Iceland says the supermarket ‘stands ready to support’ in rolling out Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine after the jab today sealed approval from the UK’s medical regulator. Amid scenes of joy at the historic breakthrough this morning, there have been concerns over how best to transport and store the vaccine because … Read more
Asda and Iceland’s 33p mince pies beat posh rivals Waitrose and M&S in Which? Best Buy survey (but ‘claggy’ Sainsbury’s come last) Budget supermarkets Iceland and Asda came out top in the Which? taste test Beat competition from M&S, Waitrose, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and Co-op Sainsbury’s and Morrisons received the lowest scores and attracted … Read more