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Ruins of a settlement, including a former Catholic monastery, lie on the rocky promontory of Skaros on the Greek island of Santorini ... houses and blue-domed churches clinging to the cliff edge of ...

After more than a decade, music legend Sir Cliff Richard is coming back to Australian shores! He chats with News Breakfast about his upcoming tour and his friendship with Olivia Newton-John.

drawing visitors from across the world for its whitewashed houses and blue-domed churches clinging to the cliff edge of the flooded caldera. It was also the site of one of largest volcanic ...