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Montserrat

September 2023

  • Tony Wade left Montserrat for the UK aged 22, working initially as a dishwasher at a Lyons’ Corner House in London, while also studying accountancy

    Other lives
    Tony Wade obituary

    Other lives: Entrepreneur who made his mark with a pioneering business selling afro hair and beauty products for black women

March 2018

  • Ash and lava are visible inside the cone of the Soufrière Hills volcano, seen from Olveston, Montserrat, in January 2007

    Terrawatch
    Terrawatch: Montserrat's volcano remains a risk

    Instruments show that Montserrat’s volcano is still inflating underground, despite no sign of it on the surface

September 2017

  • People walk along a flooded seafront after the passage of Hurricane Maria in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe island, France, September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

    Puerto Rico loses electricity after Hurricane Maria flash flooding – as it happened

    Storm pummels Puerto Rico and leaves island of Dominica devastated
  • The eye of Hurricane Maria as it nears Dominica.

    Death reported in Guadeloupe as storm Maria hits – as it happened

    Islands already reeling after Hurricane Irma prepare for more devastation
  • Hurricane Maria is shown in the Atlantic Ocean about 85 miles east of Martinique in this NASA handout satellite photo<br>Hurricane Maria is shown in the Atlantic Ocean about 85 miles east of Martinique in this September 17, 2017 NASA handout satellite photo. NASA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

    Caribbean faces fresh devastation as Hurricane Maria hits islands

    Eye of storm expected to pass near Dominica on Monday evening with hurricane set to hit eastern islands still struggling after Hurricane Irma

July 2016

  • Mountain chicken frog, Montserrat

    Caribbean island's last two rare frogs are reunited

    Male and female mountain chicken frogs that were sole survivors of deadly disease are hoped to begin breeding on Montserrat for the first time since 2009

June 2016

  • Montserrat's National Trust is announcing the discovery of pre-Columbian petroglyphs, the first find of its kind on the island in the east Caribbean.

    Hikers on Caribbean island of Montserrat find ancient stone carvings

    The petroglyphs – thought to be 1,000 to 1,500 years old – are the first known of in the British Overseas Territory: ‘They really add to Montserrat’s unique history’

April 2016

  • Mountain chicken frog

    Montserrat's last two mountain chicken frogs to be reunited to save species

    Conservationists pin hopes of the species’ survival on breeding the Caribbean island’s last known male and female in the wild

January 2016

  • AIR studios Montserrat 80s pop music George Martin

    George Martin's AIR studio is a symbol of Montserrat's lost era as pop music hub

    The once state-of-the-art recording facility, opened in 1979 in the Caribbean, is the place behind some of the 80s biggest hits – and it’s now decaying
  • Plymouth, the abandoned capital of Montserrat, in 1997

    'Ash to cash': Montserrat gambles future on the volcano that nearly destroyed it

    Twenty years on, the island invests in sand mining and geothermal energy to reconcile with the Soufrière Hills eruptions that once buried it in mortal dust
  • Montserrat training ground

    Fifa sets up new stadium and training grounds in Montserrat – video

    Montserrat Football Association president Vincent Cassell discusses the importance of Fifa’s support for the small Caribbean island

December 2015

  • Montserrat Caballé and Freddie Mercury on the video set of Barcelona in 1987.

    Opera star Montserrat Caballé handed suspended jail sentence for tax evasion

    Spanish soprano given six-month suspended sentence and fined more than €250,000 for defrauding authorities to tune of €500,000

July 2013

  • MDG :  John A Osborne Airport also called Gerald's Park airport, Montserrat

    Montserrat aid programme comes under fire from UK watchdog

    Aid commission condemns £8.8m spent by Dfid to construct airport after volcanic eruption devastated island in 1997

June 2012

  • Plymouth, Montserrat 1998

    The victims of Montserrat's volcano tragedy deserve an investigation

    Donaldson Romeo
    Donaldson Romeo: Since a catastrophic eruption devastated the Caribbean island 15 years ago, 4,000 people have been abandoned in exile
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