Francesca Casonato

Plumes of smoke were spotted at a recycling centre in Sheerness Kent , as residents were asked to close doors and windows

McFly singer and guitarist Danny Jones shocked the audience as he took off the mask on stage to be revealed as the winner of The Masked Singer. Judges Mo Gilligan, Davina McCall, Rita Ora, and Jonathan Ross were not able to guess the identity of Piranha, as Danny went on to win with his performance the ITV show on Saturday 17 February. Referring to Danny's bandmates Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd, guest panellist Rob Brydon told Danny: “If we've learned anything, it's time to dump those losers and go it alone. Those guys have been holding you back!”.

Trees and debris suddenly tumbled down the side of a street in California as a rock landslide blocked traffic for a day. The landslide was recorded by a street camera on Saturday 17 February at around 8:20 am. The authorities shared the image of the Last Chance Grade in Del Norte Grande covered in debris to warn drivers not to travel near that trait. This comes after another slide occurred last week in the city of Dana Point after back-to-back drenching storms that also caused numerous mud and debris flows throughout the region.

German lawmakers voted for a government plan to liberalise rules on cannabis, paving the way for the country to decriminalise limited amounts of marijuana and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy it for recreational purposes. On Friday 23 February, Bundestag (the German Parliament’s lower house) backed the legislation, which is a prominent reform project of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s socially liberal governing coalition, by 407 votes to 226, with only four abstentions. German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach explained that the government’s aim is to “fight the black market” and better protect young people.

Researchers have found a prehistoric man-made stone wall that could be dating back some 11,000 years just off the coast of modern-day Germany.

A single mother surprised her daughter with a tattoo of one of the six-year-old's drawings on her arm. Lauren Luskus, 33, from St.

Scarlet Blake has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a man she deliberately targeted as part of a warped sexual fantasy inspired by a Netflix documentary. On 26 February, judge Mr Justice Chamberlain imposed a life sentence on Scarlett Blake, 26, for the murder of Jorge Martin Carreno, 30, and told her she will serve at least 24 years in prison before she can apply for parole. The judge accused Blake of singling out Jorge Martin Carreno as he walked home from a night-out in Oxford in July 2021 before brutally attacking him, and recognised that a Netflix show about killing cats "played a part" in Blake's plan.

Hungary's parliament voted to ratify Sweden 's bid to join Nato , bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays as the alliance seeks to expand in response to Russia 's war in Ukraine

Joe Biden has completed his annual physical examination and reported that doctors described him as “heathy, active and robust”. The US president joked that doctors think he “looks too young” during a press conference held on Wednesday 28 February. The 81-year-old has faced criticism recently over his health after a special counsel report that described him as “an elderly man with a poor memory”. Concern about his fitness increased after he made a series of verbal fluffs and mixed up the presidents of Mexico and Egypt.

Joe Biden has completed his annual physical examination and reported that doctors described him as “heathy, active and robust”.