Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption

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

Drone shots reveal how slowly rising Thames is now just FEET away from Clooneys’ Berkshire mansion

George and Amal Clooney now have flood water just feet away from the back of their £12million mansion – after heavy rain caused the nearby River Thames to break its banks.  The couple’s 17th-century, Grade II-listed house in the celebrity haunt of Sonning, Berkshire is located on an island in the river, which runs past … Read more

Rising sea temperatures are SHRINKING our favourite fish, including cod, haddock and whiting

Rising sea temperatures are shrinking our favourite commercial fish — including cod and haddock — in the North Sea and West of Scotland, researchers have found. Experts from Aberdeen analysed 30 years of trawl survey data on cod, haddock, whiting and saith from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. They found that while … Read more

Animals’ Hilton Valentine dies age 77 after topping charts with 60s hit The House of the Rising Sun

Animals founder Hilton Valentine dies age 77: Guitarist’s death is announced by his wife Germaine after topping the charts with 60s hit The House of the Rising Sun By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 09:12 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 09:12 GMT, 30 January 2021 Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine has died at the age of … Read more

Coronavirus cases are still RISING in some areas of England, scientists warn

Coronavirus cases are still rising in parts of England and are falling too slowly in others to relieve the pressure on hospitals, scientists warn – but they say the brutal national lockdown is still working. Professor Paul Elliot, the director of the Imperial College London study, said infections rose slightly in the East Midlands over … Read more

Aerial shots reveal rising river creeping towards George and Amal Clooney’s £12m mansion

George and Amal Clooney’s £12million mansion has fallen victim to Storm Christoph – after flood water from the swollen River Thames seeped onto the lawn.  The 17th-century, Grade II-listed house in the celebrity haunt of Sonning is located on an island in the river, which past the edge of their grounds.  Photos taken today showed a large … Read more

Alicia Vikander, Jo Hartley and Naomi Ackie join BAFTA EE Rising Star Award jury

Alicia Vikander, Jo Hartley and Naomi Ackie join BAFTA EE Rising Star Award panel to select the 2021 shortlist By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 11:10 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 12:09 GMT, 20 January 2021 A trio of actresses have been added to the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award panel to select the … Read more

ADRIAN THRILLS: Rising star Pearl’s new album is a perfect tonic to magic away the blues 

PEARL CHARLES: Magic Mirror (Kanine)  Rating: Verdict: Feel-good Californian pop WHY DON’T WE: The Good Times And The Bad Ones (Atlantic)  Verdict: Catchy boy-band harmonies Rating: PASSENGER: Songs For The Drunk and Broken Hearted (Cooking Vinyl) Verdict: Pithy character studies  Rating: The start of a new year is traditionally the time to pinpoint pop’s up-and-coming … Read more

Deposits are falling, rates rising and prices uncertain. Should I buy my first home during Covid?

Whatever way you look at it, the property market had an exceptional year in 2020. It went from trundling along quite nicely in the first three months of the year, to a complete three-month shutdown during lockdown – during which time dire predictions were made about a coming crash.  Against the odds, house prices surged … Read more

Britain welcomes Winter Solstice: Thousands watch live stream of Sun rising above Stonehenge

Thousands have welcomed in the shortest day of 2020 this morning, tuning in to watch the Winter Solstice sunrise over Stonehenge on live stream as visitors are banned from the site.    The shortest day of the year was met with poor weather, driving rain and howling winds at the historic landmark in Salisbury, usually packed … Read more