An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday morning spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of feet into the air, nearly obscuring the powder blue sky from the view of locals watching below. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 16,400 feet (5,000 metres) above Sumatra. There was … Read more
Ashes to ashes: Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris Etna’s activity intensified earlier today as it spewed lava at 300 metres high with a subsequent rain of ash Residents in the nearby villages including Giarre, Fornazzo and Catania have been left to clear the debris National Institute … Read more
Online house hunting reached a new record this month, overtaking the previous one set last summer. Rightmove said there were 8.5 million visits to its website on Wednesday February 17, higher than the previous record on July 8. It comes amid widespread speculation that the Chancellor will extend the stamp duty holiday by three months … Read more
Tourists have left bad reviews after finding the 3,560ft climb up Mount Snowdon ‘too short’ and claiming the peak would be better if ‘they put it in England’. As many chose to venture into the great outdoors during the pandemic, some wanderers were surprised to find that coffee and toilet facilities are not always available on … Read more
Mount Etna has erupted for the fourth time in as many days, spewing lava and ash into the skies above Sicily. Dramatic pictures show torrents of molten lava shooting into the air and running down the volcano during the most recent eruption overnight on Sunday. The blast lit up the sky behind nearby Catania, with … Read more
Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends columns of ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption Eruption started on Tuesday afternoon and sent ash billowing 3,000ft high Catania’s airport was closed and emergency services in nearby villages on alert Footage shows smoke glowing red and yellow as it stretches for miles in the sky … Read more
Hundreds of people formed the ‘largest queue’ ever seen by staff working at a food bank as Covid-19 continues to cause unprecedented levels of food poverty in the UK. London‘s Community Kitchen livestreamed people queuing 7ft apart outside the bank in Wembley, West London on Saturday at 11am. The group’s head of outreach Afzal Parkar … Read more
Two Indian climbers have been banned from mountaineering in Nepal for six years for lying they had reached the summit of Mount Everest. An investigation found that Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami’s 2016 climb had been faked, after it was certified by the tourism department at the time. The pair, reportedly a couple … Read more
Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyli in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a preserved medieval village of fortified tower houses leading to the Taygetos foothills The … Read more
Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyll in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a preserved medieval village of fortified tower houses leading to the Taygetos foothills The … Read more