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The town of Biccari is the latest in Italy to offer bargain houses for sale in an effort to reverse depopulation trends caused by decades of locals leaving in search of work. more

Poland has started construction of a new, three-story science station in Antarctica. It will replace the old base on King George Island - 120 km from the shores of the Antarctic continent and 14,000 km from Warsaw - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports.more

A pedigree heifer from Shropshire named after a Spice Girl has been sold for a breed world record-breaking £262,000.more

A pop-up urban airport that will showcase so-called “flying cars” and drones will be opened in Coventry later this year.more

Tonnes of white chalk from the cliffs of Dover were filmed plummetting into the English Channel. Kent Live reported that it was just the third time a collapse of this magnitude has been recorded on the cliffs in almost 20 years.more

Air temperature and humidity play a key role in determining when and where a second wave of the pandemic will strike, new research shows. more

The UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.more

A couple have married on a hospital coronavirus ward after an urgent appeal for a registrar. Phillip, 78, and Patricia, 88, from Coventry, tied the knot at the city's University Hospital where Patricia is being treated for Covid-19.more

A 72-year-old bottle of Glen Grant single malt whisky from Scotland fetched more than $54,000 in an auction in Hong Kong on Friday. It is the first time that the 1948 Glen Grant whisky, by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail, was offered in an auction.more

A new study revealed that 60% of Brits want to increase their libidos, regardless of the impact the pandemic might have already had on them.more

The closure of the border between Norway and Sweden has caused problems for many clubs, especially in the border towns of Oerje in Norway and Tockfors in Sweden. The local ski jump is so built that the competitors start their inrun in Sweden and land in Norway.more

Remains of a large “very well preserved” late 17th century ship have been discovered in the Lisbon riverside area by a team of archaeologists, confirmed the cultural heritage authority to Lusa.more

An interactive map which rates every street in London on how healthy a place it is has been launched. The Healthy Streets Index uses aspects such as air and noise pollution, pavement space and number of trees to judge every road.more

A few days before the opening of the Australian Open, of which she will be one of the headliners, the new tennis star, the Japanese Naomi Osaka, announced Thursday via Twitter that she had become the owner of the team.more

A British company, which supplies books for TV shows and movies, says it saw an increase in book sales to home offices during the lockdown. The shelves filled with spines are to serve as a background during the meetings at Zoom, the BBC News service informed.more

The first dogs have entered the White House - the Bidens' two German shepherds, Champ and Major, officially joined the first family in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday.more

A small stone, stolen by an anonymous tourist who regretted his deed, was returned to the archaeological park in Pompeii in southern Italy. The item was sent back to the city authorities with a short letter and an apology.more

An engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.more

Ferrari on Friday signed up 16-year-old Maya Weug, the first female to join their academy which has nurtured the talent of Formula one drivers like Charles Leclerc.more

American Airlines Group Inc. is trying to sell some of the wine it’s not pouring on flights by offering bottles for home delivery.more

An electrician from one of the Catalan villages saved his neighbor by connecting her respirator to a generator that powers street lamps. The incident occurred during the Filomena snowstorm, the effects of which are still being felt in Spain.more

A JOB vacancy on one of the country’s most iconic islands, which has no hot running water and electricity, is up for grabs again. Last year more than 40,000 applications were made for two summer caretaker jobs on the remote Great Blasket Island.more

An inflatable blimp depicting US President Donald Tump as a giant baby has been acquired by the Museum of London.more

Brits are turning to "super weed" from California to help them get through Dry January in lockdown, it has been reported.more

A bird named Merlin, who lives in the Tower of London, went missing before Christmas. The bird was considered dead. Tower authorities are already thinking about a successor. more