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Two Men Sentenced For Cutting Down Sycamore Gap Tree

Two Men Sentenced For Cutting Down Sycamore Gap Tree

Now Playing Two Men Sentenced For Cutting Down Sycamore Gap Tree00:39 Next Up Wall Of Lava Shoots High At This Iceland Volcano00:25 How Hot Is Too Hot To Fly? 00:48 Crew Snatches Driver From Raging Flood00:28 Is Your City A Hotspot For...

Volcanic activity worldwide 16 Jul 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Ma...

Map of today's active volcanoesSvartsengi (Reykjanes peninsula, SW Iceland): The effusive eruption at the site continues. Fountaining is being active from two fissures now. The larger chain of vents is estimated to be about 2.4 km long. A smaller...

Gang plotted to steal vast quantities of fuel from North Wales depots

Gang plotted to steal vast quantities of fuel from North Wales depots

Two members of an organised crime group were today jailed for plotting to steal fuel worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK depots - including on Anglesey, and in Deeside and Wrexham. They would arrange for accomplices to siphon fuel into...

Revealed: The Top 10 US Routes With The Most Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flights

Revealed: The Top 10 US Routes With The Most Boeing 737 MAX 8 Flights

The US has Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights by nearly 20 airlines. With 62% of the services, Cirium Diio data for August shows that Southwest is utterly dominant. That's hardly surprising: ch-aviation indicates it has 274 frames. The MAX 8 will have 2,130...

Catch the Current episode 26: The tariffs of terror persist but can’t stop a ‘hot lobster summer’

Catch the Current episode 26: The tariffs of terror persist but can’t stop a ‘hot lobster summer’

Tariff plot twist this week -- US president Donald Trump has agreed to a deal with Indonesia! Catch the Current hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione keep the good tariff times rolling with Undercurrent News editorial director Cliff White, who...

What now for Saudi sides? Plus: Man Utd's new Mbeumo bid, England penalty drama and more

What now for Saudi sides? Plus: Man Utd's new Mbeumo bid, England penalty drama and more

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! As yet, foreign investors haven’t crossed the border into Saudi Arabian football, but that’s about to...

Svartsengi volcano update: fountaining and lava flows continue from two fissures

Svartsengi volcano update: fountaining and lava flows continue from two fissures

Wed, 16 Jul 2025, 13:03 | BY: MARTIN The lava flow field continues to enlarge away from the fissure (image: Guide to Iceland/x.com) The effusive eruption at the site continues. Fountaining is being active from two fissures now. The larger chain of...

Katz’s Deli is a mecca for food influencers — it kills me to see them butcher its good name By PJ Grisar 4 min read

Katz’s Deli is a mecca for food influencers — it kills me to see them butcher its good name By PJ Grisar 4 min read

Katz’s Deli is an institution. Food TikTokers should get its name right. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images By PJ Grisar July 18, 2025 Given the opportunity to spam your inboxes as part of a rotating group of Forward staffers, I spent a good while...

France vs Germany Prediction: Women’s Euro 2025 Quarter-Final Preview

France vs Germany Prediction: Women’s Euro 2025 Quarter-Final Preview

France are set for a quarter-final showdown against the most-decorated team in Women’s Euros history, with the winner securing a place in the last four. We preview the clash with our France vs Germany Prediction. France vs Germany Stats: The Key...

Svartsengi volcano (Reykjanes peninsula): new eruption started

Svartsengi volcano (Reykjanes peninsula): new eruption started

Wed, 16 Jul 2025, 06:30 | BY: T The new eruption on Iceland that started early this morning (image: Icelandic Meteorological Office/Halldór Björnsson) Approximate location of the new eruptive fissure (image: IMO) A new eruption has started early...

Wild Swimming Boosts Health and Resilience Says GP as Cold-Water Craze Sweeps the UK

Wild Swimming Boosts Health and Resilience Says GP as Cold-Water Craze Sweeps the UK

9 Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an exclusive interview with Icelandair, Dr Hana Patel, a respected UK-based general practitioner, outlined five lesser-known health benefits of wild swimming. As open-water swimming gains popularity across the UK, her...

First look at The Raven as it transforms Old Schoolhouse in Cleadon

First look at The Raven as it transforms Old Schoolhouse in Cleadon

A new bar takes flight at a landmark Cleadon building this weekend. The Raven cocktail and craft beer bar with owner siblings Jack and Lucy Barker. | Sunderland EchoThe Raven will be pulling its first pints after a major transformation of the Old...

These are the best things to do in Reykjavik, whatever your style

These are the best things to do in Reykjavik, whatever your style

The world’s most northerly capital may have a population — around 140,000 — about the size of Norwich, but it’s got the personality of a much bigger metropolis. Subversive, stylish and endlessly creative, Reykjavik abounds with energy year-round,...

Hit the slopes in style at the world’s most luxurious ski resorts

Hit the slopes in style at the world’s most luxurious ski resorts

Few sports can compare with skiing when it comes to combining adrenaline with glamour. It’s as much about off-piste pampering as it is about carving perfect turns: heli-drops, fondue lunches on sun-drenched terraces and evenings spent recounting...

Maine Army Aviation to Provide Transatlantic Flight Training

Maine Army Aviation to Provide Transatlantic Flight Training

Bangor, Maine – Operational Support Airlift Command (OSACOM) Maine State Flight Detachment recently conducted a training flight to Iceland. Iceland is a “cool” place to visit, but the flight crew were on a mission. The Maine unit is building a...

Norway’s Grainger facing Gaupset selection dilemma ahead of Italy tie

Norway’s Grainger facing Gaupset selection dilemma ahead of Italy tie

Norway forward Signe Gaupset’s two goals and two assists in their final group game against Iceland have given coach Gemma Grainger a lot to ponder ahead of their quarter-final clash with Italy at the Women’s Euros in Geneva on Wednesday. With the...

Shock as Carrig Wind Farm gets go-ahead despite huge local objection

Shock as Carrig Wind Farm gets go-ahead despite huge local objection

A SEVEN turbine wind farm near Carrig has been given the go-ahead by An Coimisiún Pleanála (formerly known as An Bord Pleanála) despite a huge level of local opposition. This Wind Farm, overseen by Carrig Renewable Energy Limited, caused much...

Why Rubik’s Cube was denied TM protection (again)

Why Rubik’s Cube was denied TM protection (again)

Trademarks 16 July 2025 EU court insists geographical names must be available for their ‘natural descriptive use’ | INTA backs supermarket’s unsuccessful argument that EU law doesn’t prohibit country names as trademarks | Iceland Foods faces...

Fewer active craters as eruption continues

Fewer active craters as eruption continues

A natural hazards specialist says it is difficult to assess from webcams how many craters are still erupting. However, the number is somewhat fewer than the ten that were still active yesterday. Árni Sæberg The eruption on the Sundhnúkur crater...

Opinion: Closing India’s gender gap key to SDG goals

Opinion: Closing India’s gender gap key to SDG goals

Targeted reforms and data-driven strategies to empower women are essential for equitable national growth By Dr Tamma Koti Reddy Despite numerous policy efforts aimed at achieving gender equality, India still lags both developed and emerging...

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