Lightning bolts strike above erupting volcano illuminating the sky an electric purple

The sky above an erupting volcano in Indonesia has turned a stunning electric purple during a lightning storm. Spectacular images captured the spectacle as Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, continued to spew a column of ash and smoke up to 16,400ft (5km) into the sky as lightning bolts crackled above. Sinabung leapt back into life … Read more

Why are there so many ships ‘floating in the sky’ around Britain?

Why are there so many ships ‘floating in the sky’ around Britain? Boats appear to be sailing in mid-air thanks to bizarre optical illusion Several boats appear to have been floating in the sky across the UK this week  The rare phenomenon has been seen in Cornwall, Devon and Aberdeenshire  Unusual sight is known as Fata … Read more

Whatever floats your boat! Ship appears to be sailing across the sky in bizarre optical illusion 

Whatever floats your boat! Ship appears to be sailing across the sky in bizarre optical illusion Colin McCallum was driving on a coastal road when he spotted a ‘floating boat’ Optical illusion by the water and sky made the ship appear to sail among clouds The puzzling footage was taken in Banff, Aberdeenshire looking at the … Read more

Mount Sinabung: Indonesian volcano erupts sending a column on ask into the clear blue sky above

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

Sacked Sky Sports Soccer Saturday pundit Matt Le Tissier sticks the boot in after ‘leaked email’

Sacked Sky Sports Soccer Saturday pundit Matt Le Tissier sticks the boot in after ‘leaked email’ reveals broadcaster is hiring only BAME and female correspondents Matt Le Tissier stuck the boot into his ex-employer Sky after alleged leaked email Media outlet Guido Fawkes ran story about email on Sky meeting BAME targets  Le Tissier, who … Read more

Prince Edward tells Sky News of ‘ups and downs’ of homeschooling his children

Prince Edward admits his children are ‘chalk and cheese’ when it comes to homeschooling and says that Lady Louise, 17, has ‘struggled’ while her younger brother thinks it’s ‘fantastic’ Prince Edward said two children have been ‘chalk and cheese’ at homeschooling The earl said that Lady Louise, 17, has ‘struggled a bit with the online … Read more

NASA’s Perseverance transmits photo of after ‘sky crane’ intentionally crashed on Mars

NASA shared an image showing moments after ‘sky crane’ intentionally crashed into Mars after it safely delivered the Perseverance rover to the Red Planet. The sky crane lowered the car-sized rover to Martian surface with long mechanical bridles and flew off to a safe distance where it crashed into the surface – and Perseverance captured … Read more

NASA’s Perseverance transmits photo of the ‘sky crane’ intentionally crashing on Mars

NASA shared an image showing moments after ‘sky crane’ intentionally crashed into Mars after it safely delivered the Perseverance rover to the Red Planet. The sky crane lowered the car-sized rover to Martian surface with long mechanical bridles and flew off to a safe distance where it crashed into the surface – and Perseverance captured … Read more

From Pelé to Big Sky and Bates Motel: The best on demand TV to watch this week 

NETFLIX   Pele Pelé (above) is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970 – and was for a time the highest-paid athlete in the world Pelé is the only player to have won the World Cup three times – with Brazil in 1958, … Read more

Matt Hancock takes swipe at Sky News presenters taken off air after Kay Burley’s 60th birthday bash

Matt Hancock today took aim at Sky News’ Covid rule-breakers while being quizzed over the lifting of lockdown rules, saying: ‘I know everyone there is keen to get back to having parties’. The Health Secretary made the quip, an obvious reference to presenter Kay Burley’s rule-breaching birthday bash, as he tackled a question over the … Read more