UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.

The Governor-General has been forced to cancel plans to attend the late Polish President's funeral.

Enhanced engine technology has magnified the risk of fatal damage to aircraft flying into volcanic ash clouds, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Kiwis travelling to the London Book Fair next week have been scattered and stranded all over the globe with volcanic ash continuing to disrupt flights across Europe.

1500 Air NZ passengers among more than a million affected by airport shutdowns across Europe.

The body of a veteran climber who fell 450 metres into the crater atop the Mount St Helens volcano was recovered today.

Lava flowing from a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening a population of endangered chimpanzees.

Volatile Mt Yasur gives John McCrystal a close encounter with an active volcano.