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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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

PC Gamer

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…

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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

The Guardian - US

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.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Evening Standard

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

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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.

The Independent UK

Salvage operation on sunken Bayesian superyacht begins off coast of Sicily

A salvage operation has begun on the superyacht Bayesian which has lay sunk off the coast of Sicily for eight months.

The Conversation

‘White Lotus’ music: When talented creators strive to realize their visions, differences and chattering can erupt

After the first two seasons of The White Lotus (set respectively in Hawaii and Sicily), the buzz in the media and on social media typically focused on the selection of the next site for the award-winning show.

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Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals

Rock deposits provide first land-based evidence of Earth’s largest flood, when water surged through strait of Gibraltar

Evening Standard

Sunken superyacht Bayesian due to be raised from seabed next month, inquest told

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily

The Independent UK

Mike Lynch’s Bayesian yacht to be raised from seabed in investigation into disaster which killed seven

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily

The Independent UK

What we know about the cataclysmic ‘megaflood’ considered the largest in Earth’s history

The Mediterranean Sea, a largely dry and salty basin, was refilled in just a few years – or months, writes Daniel García-Castellanos

The Conversation

The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way.

Evening Standard

Amanda Holden and Alan Carr head to Greece for next BBC series

The duo previously travelled to Sicily, Tuscany and Andalusia for renovation projects.

The Independent UK

The best May holiday deals I’ve found, from Grenada to Greece

Lean into the month of bank holidays on coastlines from Corsica to Yorkshire

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