https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/14/hs2-contractor-confirms-sizeable-sinkhole-in-buckinghamshire

I noticed by chance a report by Dorset Council in facebook about footpath collapses yesterday. This does not seem to be on their website yet. I know absolutely nothing about the location and report it in case others who know more wish to comment. " Our Erosion Risk Management Team have noticed...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/15/missouri-dog-rescued-berome-moore-cave

This report BBC looks as if the accident occured in Craig Cwnfyn Quarry (sometimes wrongly called Lasgarn Quarry). This is the quarry above Limekiln Road that contains Lasgarn Quarry Cave and Ogof y Goron. .

This is only about 1000m from my home. Kent Live link It is certainly a large collapse, but not a sinkhole. It is on unpromising geology of Eocene sediments near the boundary of the Harwich Formation and Lambeth group. The site used to be part of the grounds of a large house called Marten's...

I see from the latest edition of Descent that a meeting of the Pwll Du CMG is proposed for this Sunday, the 19th. Is this correct? Will there be such a meeting? I have seen no other mention of it. .

"Cave explorers came across the sinkhole near Ping’e village in Leye County of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region earlier this month. The sinkhole is 630ft (192m) deep and measures 1,000ft (304m) in length and 490ft (149m) in width, according to the Xinhua news agency." Media link

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cave-fall-sparks-dramatic-helicopter-23522524

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/huge-sinkhole-appeared-middle-welsh-23272924 .

Being offered the news headline "Giant sinkhole opens up on the M5 and closes two lanes of traffic near the Cotswolds" from the Daily Mail I thought I should look at it. The details are given as "On the busy M5 near the Cotswolds, there have been delays of more than one hour a massive cavity...

There is a report today that the whole flow of the Afon Lliedi has disappeared into a sinkhole in Llanelli. I don't know the area at all, but the site in Llanerch appears to be on the Swansea member of the Pennant Sandstone. Although there is limestone far beneath, perhaps a more like...

No doubt to be subject to the usual arguments: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/13/worlds-oldest-known-cave-painting-found-in-indonesia .

Does anyone have any more details on the closure of this road yesterday? It is near the Oxwich turn-off and the entrance to Perriswood Archery and is on limestone and oolite. It was reported as being due to a cavity below the road surface. A local was quoted as saying ?The whole area has been...

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cheddar-gorge-caves-re-opening-4529018

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/underground-labyrinth-caves-behind-secret-4058697

Mildly interesting (well at least to someone like me who uses DNA matching for genealogical research). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/01/headless-torso-found-cave-identified-murderer-escaped-jail-1916 .

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/18/british-diver-who-helped-rescue-thai-cave-boys-gets-trapped-in-cave

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47731943

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/15/nottinghamshire-cave-carvings-marks-scare-witches.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/sarlaccs-pit-enormous-unexplored-cave-accidentally-discovered-in-canada/ar-BBQwuLK?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout