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Exploded B&B with Grant pictured.

British man dies after being 'severely burned' in B&B gas explosion

World 8 hours ago By Jasper King

King and Queen's state visit to Vatican postponed as Pope Francis continues recovery

UK March 25, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

British man's eerie Facebook post before being 'severely burned' in B&B blast

World March 24, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Pope Francis waves from hospital window in first public appearance for more than six weeks

Pope Francis makes first public appearance in six weeks after health crisis

World March 23, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Italy's Mount Stromboli volcano with smoke emerging from the top.

I cruised through four European hotspots — but the best moments happened at sea

Travel 5 days ago By Courtney Pochin

Mickey Mouse mascot 'pulled knife on tourists who refused to pay for picture'

World March 21, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

An EasyJet passenger plane mid-flight.

Travel warning issued for Brits flying EasyJet to popular European destination

Travel March 21, 2025 By Ellie Hutchings

'XX' hotel in Italy offers outdoor breakfast in bed with views of the Alps ? and rooms cost just XX https://www.hotelchaletalfoss.it/en/

The 'dreamy' Italian hotel where guests are served outdoor breakfast in bed

Travel March 12, 2025 By Jon Fellowes

Panormaic view of Siculiana, a small Italian town in Sicily.

This 'breathtaking' Italian seaside town is offering €1 holidays to boost tourism

Travel March 12, 2025 By Jessica Hamilton

The Ponte Pietra bridge over the Adige River in Verona, Italy.

7 cheap places to travel when you’re young and broke

Travel March 17, 2025 By Sophie-May Williams

A scenic Swiss landscape with a commuter train riding past a lake in Obwalden, Switzerland.

Europe's eight most beautiful train routes to travel in 2025 — including the UK

Travel March 10, 2025 By Ellie Hutchings

Metro's Gergana Krasteva posing in front of Lake Maggiore in Italy, next to a view of the lake with mountains behind it.

Forget flashy Como, I found Italy's best lake that's cheaper with fewer tourists

Travel March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Protesters are attending the demonstration and participating in the minute of noise against violence on women following the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin in Piazza Castello on November 25, 2023, in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Italy passes draft femicide law to make the hate killing of women its own crime

World March 9, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

People sitting outside in the sunshine at street café in the central square in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast.

Jet2 axes flights to new Italian airport in 'dolce vita' holiday hotspot

Travel March 10, 2025 By Kristina Beanland

David Lacerenza in a suit, next to him posing with some champagne bottles.

Influencer who bragged of washing his Ferrari with champagne 'ran vice ring'

World March 7, 2025 By Kyriakos Petrakos

Pretty, colourful buildings and palm trees in the village of Portmeirion, North Wales.

‘Magical' Venice-like village designed to look Mediterranean is actually in the UK

Travel March 7, 2025 By Jessica Hamilton

A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 on an airport runway with a blue sky behind.

Travel warning issued for Brits flying easyJet and Ryanair to popular European destination

Travel March 20, 2025 By Ellie Hutchings

Nuns attend a prayer service in St. Peter's Square, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Vatican, March 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Pope Francis prognosis 'uncertain' after 'acute respiratory failure'

World March 3, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

The cove-like beach Polignano a Mare, surrounded by cliffs with housing built on them in Puglia, Italy.

Where is hot in June? 17 destinations for a sunny holiday

Travel March 3, 2025 By Anushka Suharu

Vesuvius eruption turned its victims' brains to GLASS.

Mount Vesuvius turned a man's brain into glass when it erupted 2,000 years ago

World February 28, 2025 By Jasper King