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Kumani Bank mud volcano eurption created the island (Image: NASA) has released images of a vanishing “ghost island” in the Caspian Sea, lying between Europe and Asia. Captured from its Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites, the series of images showed the island’s appearance, on February 14, 2023, and then its near-complete disappearance on Christmas … Read more

BP has said it is cutting 4,700 jobs across its global workforce and 3,000 contractor roles as part of a cost-saving drive across the company. Just over 5% of its 90,000 worldwide employees will have their jobs axed, including an undisclosed amount of BP’s 14,000 UK workers. Chief executive Murray Auchincloss announced the redundancies in … Read more

Cornwallis Academy has been unable to use its new £700k sports pitch (Image: SWNS) Cornwallis Academy in Boughton Monchelsea near Maidstone, Kent has a brand new 3G artificial grass surface which it has been forbidden from using since August. But it’s not health and safety concerns barring its use – but rather the noise from … Read more

Barcelona supporters celebrate during the Spanish anthem in 2018 (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Imagine a packed stadium, the roar of the crowd swelling as the national anthem plays. But instead of voices raised in song, all you can hear are hums. The “Marcha Real”, translated as “Royal March”, has been the anthem for Spain since the … Read more

Pension buyouts are worth around £50bn a year, according to one pension consultancy (Image: Getty) The UK pension sector’s assets were valued at just under £3trillion towards the end of 2023. Some of that money is held in private sector final salary schemes. These schemes are self-contained, so pension companies or providers do not run … Read more

A Nationwide Building Society error left customers unable to see their account (Image: Google) Nationwide Building Society has updated customers after a technical error left some people unable to see their accounts online. Two concerned customers reached out via social media to ask what was going on as they couldn’t see their account. One stated … Read more

Booking offsite parking could also be a good way for holiday-goers to save money (Image: Getty) Exclusive data has revealed that booking airport parking in advance could save travellers hundreds of pounds. This February half term, people around the country will be heading abroad for some winter sun, but price analysis has shown huge disparities … Read more

Flu cases appear to be dropping after an intense few weeks for the NHS (Image: Getty) The season appears to have peaked but chiefs say hospitals are “not out of the woods yet” as they remain “jampacked” with patients. An average of 4,929 patients were in hospital with flu each day last week, down from … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING It’s supposed to be extremely cold on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day, and Jimmy Fallon’s concerned something awful might happen. “I’m serious, there’s a real chance Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg’s lips could all freeze to Trump’s butt,” the “Tonight Show” host quipped on his Wednesday night monologue of the billionaires, who … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump is considering an executive order once he’s in office to stall a law that would force the sale or closure of TikTok, The Washington Post reported Wednesday night. The report adds new intrigue to the TikTok saga after Congress passed bipartisan legislation last April to force the sale of the … Read more