The Latest Breaking News from Sicily

The death came as heat warnings were issued across Europe

Climate change is hurting the Italian island of Sicily in various ways—from record-high heat and shrinking water reserves.

Rainfall is down 40% since 2003 and experts predict a third of Sicily will be desert by 2030

Exclusive: Wizz Air passengers from Sicily finally fly home on third day, as other travellers face 12-hour delays

The coastline near Marsala is the perfect spot to practise your Superman moves on a residential kitesurfing course

Blue crabs with no natural predators have been disrupting prized shellfish populations on Italy’s coast. So revenge is on the menu

Sicily-born Pernice, 33, vowed he won’t be ‘cancelled’

Mayor of Alicudi appealed for homes for 600 feral goats which will be removed from tiny volcanic island

Seaside idylls from Île de Ré to eastern Crete feature as our tipsters report that even popular destinations such as Menorca and Sicily have their quieter spots

The Egadi isles are said to have inspired the mythical islands in the Odyssey. Today, the largest of the group is a quiet place of blissful beaches, fresh fish, neon seas and ice-cream breakfasts

A killer himself, Caravaggio died at 38 – desperate, disfigured and on the run from the Knights of St John. His greatest works – with which he bargained for his life – cast light on one of art’s darkest mysteries