The Latest Breaking News from Heraklion

Five days of intense rainfall leave trail of destruction across Crete

An 80-year-old farmer has been found dead and eight national park workers are stranded in the Samaria Gorge, as ministers head to the island and EU satellites map the affected areas.

Euronews · 40m ago

Crete chaos: London flight diverted as choking cloud of Saharan dust smothers Greek island

Flights from the UK were among those disrupted as conditions worsened at Heraklion Airport

Evening Standard · Apr 2

Crete hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake, no significant damage reported

The earthquake's epicentre was 56 kilometres northeast of Heraklion, off the Greek coast.

Euronews · May 22, 2025

Trip of the week: on the trail of gods and heroes in Crete

With its glorious mountain landscapes and distinctive archaeological heritage, Crete is a jewel among Mediterranean islands – but it gets crowded in summer. If you go in early spring, however, says Alec Russell in the FT, you’ll find something approaching solitude in these wondrous places; the wildflowers will be out,…

The Week · May 30, 2023

New probe into death of Scots mum on Greek island rules it was foul play

Jean Hanlon from Dumfries, had been living on Crete, had gone missing and was later found dead in a Heraklion harbour in March 2009

Daily Record · May 14, 2023

Holiday hell for pensioners as travellers sleep on pavement amid 70-HOUR TUI delays

John and Ann Dawson, from Sheffield, were delayed by almost three days in total during their TUI holiday this month which saw them fly out from Manchester Airport to Crete amid an onslaught of delays, disruption and confusion

Daily Mirror · Sep 26, 2022

Couple face 70 hours of flight delays and lose luggage in TUI holiday nightmare

John Dawson and his wife Ann, who have two children and five grandchildren, had been looking forward to spending two weeks soaking up the sun in Crete.

Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022

Exhausted pensioners suffer 70 hours of TUI delays and two cancelled flights on Greek holiday

The pair said they "understand mistakes in life happen, but there was no correspondence"

Liverpool Echo · Sep 26, 2022

Couple suffer 70 HOURS of TUI flight delays on Greek holiday as two flights cancelled and luggage left in Manchester

"I said to my wife 'at least it can't be as bad on the way back' .... but it was."

Manchester Evening News · Sep 26, 2022

EasyJet flight makes emergency landing with 'ill pilot in toilet' after mid-air alert

EasyJet flight EZY6938 was approaching Edinburgh Airport in the early hours of Sunday morning after flying from Heraklion in Greece when the plane was forced to make an emergency landing

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022