55 h. ago Incredible abandoned European town still 'so pretty' but locals cannot return

This southern Italian village was completely abandoned after landslides and earthquakes forced residents to leave, but the crumbling town is increasingly intriguing to travellers

Politics

8 d. ago Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’

Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ timeA leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because climate change could make traditional growing areas too dry and hot.Familia Torres is already installing irrigation at its vineyards in Spain and California and is planting vines on land at higher altitudes as it tries to adapt to more extreme conditions. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Judge throws out case from couple who sued over car park beep next to city centre flat

The judge told the couple they ‘should have expected city noise’ in Brighton city centre

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1 week ago Couple who tried to claim £180k for 'psychiatric injury' over noisy beep of car park intercom just inches from their rented city centre apartment have case thrown out

Zhengfang Huang and his girlfriend, Jingjing Chen, lost their claim after Judge Melissa Clarke ruled hey should have 'expected' noise when they rented a flat in the middle of Brighton.

Society

1 week ago Family swap UK for abandoned home bought unseen in eastern European country

Maxwell, 38, and Leah Jones, 29, have always dreamt of living self-sufficiently and didn't want to spend the next 25 years paying off a mortgage in the UK before moving to Bulgaria

Society

2 w. ago Met Gala: Damson Idris' bold arrival at iconic fashion event is nod at his Tommy Hilfiger role

Damson Idris attended the 2025 Met Gala in New York City, and was pictured arriving in a APXGP racing car, which is a reference to his upcoming film F1, which also stars Brad Pitt

Politics

2 w. ago Francis’s popemobile to become a mobile clinic for children in Gaza

Catholic charity says the late pontiff endorsed the idea of creating a ‘vehicle of hope’ to deliver medical aidJust over a decade ago, the converted Mitsubishi whisked Pope Francis through the streets of Bethlehem before it was left to gather dust. Now, in keeping with one of the late pontiff’s last wishes, the popemobile is being given a second life – as a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip.In a region ravaged by more than 18 months of war, the initiative is both symbolic and practical, said Peter Brune, the secretary general of the Catholic charity Caritas Sweden. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two Brit tourists dead & two others injured after car flips in Morocco horror crash

A pair of Brits were killed in a horrifying car crash in the port city of Agadir in Morocco on the weekend. Two others survived the ordeal but endured injuries 'of varying severity'

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3 w. ago Several injured when a car slams into them in the German city of Stuttgart. The driver is arrested

Authorities in Germany say a vehicle slammed into a group of pedestrians in the southwestern city of Stuttgart, injuring several people, some of them seriously

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3 w. ago Man arrested in Japan after allegedly driving car into schoolchildren, say reports

Seven children returning from school injured in suspected deliberate attack in Osaka, according to local mediaA man has been arrested in the Japanese city of Osaka after allegedly driving his car into seven schoolchildren in a suspected deliberate attack, local media said.The children, who were on their way home from school, were injured and taken to hospital but all seven remained conscious, according to the public broadcaster NHK and other outlets. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Abandoned European city where car showrooms and banks gather dust

A TikTok video is making the rounds on social media, showcasing the abandoned and dilapidated streets and buildings of a once popular holiday resort destination in Cyprus

Culture