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The Latest Breaking News from Sicily

Watch the massive eruption on Mount Etna that sent hikers and tourists fleeing from plumes of ash, smoke and gas

Hundreds of people were forced to run to safety after Sicily's ancient active volcano erupted this week

Advnture

WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europe's largest volcano blows as tourists scramble to safety

Italy's Mount Etna has erupted in spectacular fashion, sending ash, gas, and other volcanic material high into the sky above Sicily. Watch footage of the eruption.

LiveScience

What to know about travelling to Sicily after the eruption of Mount Etna

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The Independent UK

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Everything we know about the Mount Etna eruption so far

Tourists have been told to stay away from the volcano's lava flows

Evening Standard

Sicily's Mount Etna erupts in a fiery show of smoke and ash miles high

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population

The Independent UK

Mount Etna volcanic eruption: Is it safe to travel to Sicily and are flights cancelled?

Mount Etna is Europe's tallest and most active volcano.

Euronews

Watch a live view of Mount Etna after huge volcanic eruption

Watch a live view of Mount Etna’s eruption in Sicily, Italy, with a huge column of smoke and ash spewing into the sky above the Italian island on Monday (2 June).

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Is it safe to travel to Sicily? Your rights as Mount Etna eruption threatens disruption

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Toulouse issued a red aviation warning after Mount Etna’s eruption, but this has subsequently been downgraded to orange

The Independent UK

Mount Etna eruption mapped: How often does Italy’s ‘Lady of the Rings’ volcano erupt?

Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily, between the cities of Messina and Catania, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes

The Independent UK

Watch: Mount Etna erupts in huge volcanic blast sending tourists fleeing

This is the moment Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy, with a huge column of smoke and ash sending tourists fleeing.

The Independent UK

‘Beautiful locations to learn in’: readers’ favourite creative breaks

Photography, writing, painting and music learning holidays have all ignited our readers’ creative spark, at retreats from Snowdonia to Sicily

The Guardian - UK

Rustic no more: let’s drink to Sicilian wine

The Italian island’s shift away from bulk production has led to the emergence of several exciting regional specialities

The Guardian - UK

Inspired by Charli xcx's wedding? How to plan a late spring or autumn break to Sicily

Autumn is when the produce is at its finest and it’s the ideal temperature for eating al fresco — now is the time for a Sicilian sojourn, says Rosalyn Wikeley

Evening Standard

Mapped: UK weather to see off bank holiday rain with temperatures to soar up to 25C

London will be even hotter than Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, and Palermo in Sicily on Friday

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PC Gamer

Mafia: The Old Country: all the key details on the gritty gangster prequel

From release date to gameplay info, here’s everything we know about Mafia: The Old Country.

Radio France Internationale

Hollywood and the mafia myth: how Italian organised crime went global

The Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the Camorra in Naples and the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria – by far the most powerful, but also the least known – are Italy’s three main mafia groups. In an interview with RFI, French criminologist, economist and mafia specialist Clotilde Champeyrache paints a picture of misunderstood…

The Guardian - US

Pope Leo’s grandfather was immigrant from Sicily, genealogists reveal

Robert Prevost’s maternal grandparents came to US from Caribbean and at one point identified as Black

Al Jazeera

Tycoon Mike Lynch’s yacht toppled by ‘extreme wind’, UK investigators say

Interim report into sinking of superyacht that killed 7 off Sicily said the vessel was ‘vulnerable’ to strong winds.

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The Independent UK

Extreme wind blamed for sinking of superyacht off Sicily last year, British probe says

British investigators say the superyacht of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, which capsized last August off the coast of Sicily at the cost of seven lives, was knocked over by “extreme wind” and could not recover

Evening Standard

Mike Lynch's superyacht sank in 'extreme winds', says report

The Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19 last year

The Guardian - UK

‘Sun-soaked, wave-lapped and never crowded’: Sicily’s idyllic unspoilt beaches

A world away from Italy’s crowded beach resorts, the island’s south-west offers remote golden sands plus villages, vineyards and great restaurants

The Guardian - UK

Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht

The Dutch man, 39, had been working underwater in Sicily during operations to raise British tech tycoon’s vessel

PC Gamer

Mafia: The Old Country gets an August release date, and don't worry, I won't be cracking a joke about making an offer you can't refuse

Spend summer in Sicily.

The Guardian - UK

Salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch superyacht begins off Sicily

British tech entrepreneur and his daughter were among seven killed when the Bayesian sank in a violent storm

Euronews

Marine salvage experts start recovery of sunken superyacht Bayesian in Sicily

UK tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, and five others were killed in the tragic 'Bayesian' luxury yacht sinking on 19 August 2024.

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