ADDITIONAL Northern Lights could be visible this month due to gaps in Earth’s magnetic field.

That’s what scientists say, who claim that the sun is at its most active peak.

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We know that the sun follows an eleven-year solar cycle, which is controlled by its magnetic field.

It is powered by the poles on the sun changing places about every eleven years.

It is said that the sun has reached the stage in this cycle where increased solar activity can result in more sightings of the Northern Lights.

Eruptions and eruptions from the solar surface have been observed to become increasingly intense and extreme.

WHAT ARE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS?

The Northern Lights, also known as the Northern Lights, are created when Earth’s magnetosphere is bombarded by solar wind.

It is the solar wind that interacts with the Earth’s magnetic field, creating the beautiful green-blue appearance.

Charged particles from the sun hit atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere and give them a higher energy state.

When the atoms fall back to their lower energy state, light is released.

HOW TO BEST SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

A NASA study 75 years of data show that March is often the best month to see the Northern Lights.

With the sun in its high solar activity phase, this month could be your best chance to see the best Northern Lights in the next decade.

To see the natural phenomenon at its best, a visit to a country in the Arctic Circle is ideal.

However, sometimes the lights are so strong that you can see them as far away as Florida.

It is best to check the space weather forecasts for your region.

You can take a look at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website.

When it is dark, go to an area where there is no light pollution and be patient as it may take some time for the Northern Lights to appear.

Please note that the Northern Lights may look dim with your eyes, but bright through a camera due to a higher aperture setting.

A great-great-grandmother has celebrated her 103rd birthday with a rave-inspired party at her care home.

Vera Sak marked the milestone by donning neon green glasses, a tutu, leg warmers and singing along to songs.

Chestnuts Residential Home in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, transformed one of their rooms into a club on March 1 by decorating it with neon balloons, flashing lights and glow sticks.

Vera spent her birthday with her family, including her two sons Robert and John, the care home staff and friends.

John said the party, dubbed ‘Vera’s rave’, was ‘full of joy’ and he thanked care home staff for ‘raising the boat’.

He said: “They have gone above and beyond the call of duty, I think the staff here are so great.

‘Instead of just leaving the residents to fend for themselves, there is always something to do here.

“It’s a two-way street: some residents may not respond as well as others, but this room today is full of joy.

“If there’s ever a special occasion, they push the boat out.”

Care home manager Emma Phillips said they are ‘always planning special events’ for residents and the team worked ‘incredibly hard’ on the party.

She said: “We always plan special events for our residents’ birthdays.

“The team has worked extremely hard on this celebration, but it’s not every day that someone turns 103.”

Chestnuts Care Home is part of the family care home group St Philips Care, which has 34 care homes across the country.

Tracy Atkins, the group’s Chief Operating Officer, said: ‘All our care homes promote the uniqueness and individuality of their residents.

“Our staff does an incredible job every day to bring joy and entertainment to residents, but this is something special.

“I am so impressed with the dedication and hard work of our staff to plan and organize such an amazing event to celebrate Vera’s birthday.”

This comes as an 84-year-old man born on a leap year day celebrated his 21st birthday again.

Ronnie Mustard arrived in the world on Leap Year 1940, meaning his ‘real’ birthday only happens once every four years.

The pensioner celebrated his ‘first’ 21st birthday in 1961 with a trip to Blackpool, the same year he married his wife of 63 years, Jean.

Ronnie turned 21 for the ‘second time’ and threw a birthday party at Archer’s Court Care home in Sunderland, where he now lives.

The party on February 29 had a rock ‘n’ roll theme and both guests and staff dressed up in 70s floral attire for the event.

Ronnie said: ‘It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a party like this. It was delicious.’

It looks like an alien spaceship, or a new galaxy that has suddenly appeared in the sky.

But a mysterious blue spiral that appeared in the middle of the Northern Lights was actually left behind by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Experts say the spiral shape appeared when SpaceX’s rocket blew off unnecessary fuel during its long descent into the ocean.

When the rocket fuel was ejected, it froze and crystallized in the shape of a spiral, which was then illuminated by the sun.

Photographers in Iceland and Norway captured the bizarre, unnatural phenomenon, which has an eerie, UFO-like appearance.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, March 4 at 5:05 PM ET (10:05 PM GMT).

It carried 53 small satellites into orbit, a mission known as Transporter-10.

As the scrapped second stage of the rocket passed over the Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean, it performed a ‘de-orbit burn’: its engines were fired to allow it to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.

As it spun, the exhaust turned into a spectacular spiral, catching the light of the sun.

Those still awake in Northern Europe in the early hours of March 5 were there to witness the strange sight.

Photographer Bettina Begtoft captured the appearance in Norway with the Barents Sea in the foreground.

“I noticed it at 2:02 a.m. local time,” Begtoft said spaceweather.com.

‘To the naked eye it looked white, but my Nikon D750 camera showed the beautiful blue color.’

Another image of the same SpaceX spiral was captured at Shang Yang in the town of Akureyri, northern Iceland.

“I caught this on March 5 around 1 a.m. local time in Akureyri,” Yang said.

“It looked otherworldly against the northern lights.”

This isn’t the first time SpaceX has tricked observers into thinking UFOs might be present.

In January last year, the company left a blue-tinged spiral over Maunakea, Hawaii, after launching a new satellite.

It was captured on camera by the Hawaiian Subaru Telescope and grew from a small dot into a spiral, gradually expanding and fading.

And in June 2022, a new blue spiral across New Zealand’s skies confused onlookers who thought it was of extraterrestrial origin.

The spiraling gas plume lit up the sky over Nelson, a city on the tip of New Zealand’s South Island, and traveled 750 kilometers south to Stewart Island.

These spirals are a “routine byproduct” of SpaceX operations and are common over the Pacific Ocean, according to spaceweather.com.

Olivier Staiger, an independent astronomer based in Switzerland, managed to predict that the March 5 SpaceX spiral would occur.

He now thinks another one will occur in October during SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission, and that it could be accompanied by more auroras and meteor showers.

There are two major meteor showers in October – the Draconids (October 8-9) and the Orionids (October 21-22) – that could coincide with Transporter-12.

In addition, a comet named Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is expected to peak and become visible from Earth in September or October 2024.

Ben Kingsley’s wife made a stunning appearance on the red carpet as she donned a figure-hugging silver dress at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles tonight.

Daniela Lavender, 49, was effortlessly elegant in the flowing dress as she attended showbiz’s most prestigious night with her husband.

The Brazilian actress wore her sleek auburn hair straight and past her shoulders.

She opted for a glamorous yet understated makeup look with dewy skin and accessorized with glitzy jewelry, shoes and a clutch.

Ben, 80, looked dapper in a black suit and white shirt, but matched his wife’s glamorous aesthetic with a silver floral pin.

The couple first met in Hollywood and married in 2007 in a beautiful country house ceremony in Oxfordshire.

Many had doubted whether their relationship would last as the actor revealed he was ‘too busy’ to go on his honeymoon.

However, he assured that the couple were ‘extremely happy’, saying at the time: ‘Daniela is like an ancient mythological princess. She has great, deep dignity. She moves like an ocean liner.”

Ben, who is best known for playing the title role in the 1982 film Gandhi, has been married three times before and is the father of four children.

He shares Thomas and Jasmin with his first wife Angela Morant, and sons Edmund and Ferdinand with theater director Alison Sutcliffe, whom he divorced in 1992.

The Sexy Beast star then married Alexandra Christmann in 2003 but was left ‘deeply, deeply shocked’ when pictures of her kissing another man appeared online – leading to their divorce two years later.

The red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards kicked off in style on Sunday, with the world’s biggest stars descending on Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles in their most glamorous looks.

Margot Robbie, who starred as iconic character Barbie in last summer’s biggest blockbuster, swapped pink for a tight black dress – as she stunned on the red carpet.

Ariana Grande dazzled in a voluminous custom pink Giambatista Valli Haute Couture gown – following her triumphant return to music with her new album Eternal Sunshine and her upcoming role in Wicked.

Zendaya looked stunning in a black and pink sparkly one-shoulder look as she turned heads on the red carpet.

Jennifer Lawrence dazzled in a black and white polka dot while Lupita Nyong’o donned a baby blue dress with fringe accents and added a statement three-dimensional gold bag.

Emma Stone dazzled in a striking strapless white dress, while Oppenheimer star Emily Blunt dazzled in a shimmering cream and silver gown, complete with a layered diamond necklace.

America Ferrera, who starred in the blockbuster Barbie, channels the iconic character in a bright pink, figure-hugging number.

Vanessa Hudgens used the event as the place to announce she was pregnant as she showed off her baby bump in a tight black dress.

Days ago, she lashed out at people who said she might be pregnant. On the March 6 episode of the She Pivots podcast, she told people to stop talking about her body.

“I literally just had a run-in with the public taking control of their opinion of me in a way that was disrespectful,” Hudgens said, recalling how her social media posts during her bachelorette getaway in October drew comments calling her theorized that she was pregnant.

Eva Longoria also opted – just like Jamie Lee Curtis – for an elegant black dress.

Issa Rae showed off her toned figure in a plunging black sequin dress as she made a striking entrance to Hollywood’s biggest night.

Dancing With The Stars fame Julianne Hough donned a dramatic strapless jumpsuit with a beaded top and wide white legs.

Brittany Snow couldn’t be missed in a strapless canary yellow dress with a cute sweetheart neckline. She rose to fame for her role as Susan Daisy Lemay on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light and is best known for her Pitch Perfect films.

The show honors the best films of 2023.

The most highly anticipated films of the past year – Barbie and Oppenheimer – leading the nominations.

Oppenheimer has scooped 13 awards, including best film and best actor for Cillian Murphy – who is favorite to win the main category after winning a BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG award for his role as physicist J .Robert Oppenheimer.

The impressive total – which also includes best supporting actor and actress for Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, as well as Best Director for Christopher Nolan – is just one nomination short of the all-time record set by Titanic in 1998.

Last year’s other big hit film, Barbie, was nominated for eight awards, but also fell victim to notable criticism from the Academy.

The Northern Lights are forecast to be visible from Britain tomorrow evening as a small geomagnetic storm heads towards Earth.

The display was seen as far south as Cornwall, as was last weekend’s event.

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According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), geomagnetic activity will be active between March 8 and 10.

“Some isolated ACTIVE periods over the past 24 hours have been attributed to a glancing blow from the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that lifted from the Sun on March 3,” the BGS wrote.

“Modelling suggests that most of the CME will likely miss Earth from March 5, but a glancing blow could yield improvements early on March 9.

“If the effects of this CME combine with the high-speed current, there is a chance that geomagnetic activity could increase to STORM G1.”

A STORM G1 is a small geomagnetic storm that can cause a weak disruption to the electricity grids.

Although Aurora Borealis – also known as the Northern Lights – is visible even during weak geomagnetic storms.

A geomagnetic storm is what happens in the Earth’s magnetosphere as a result of solar wind, or a CME.

How can I see the Northern Lights?

First, it helps to be in an area with little light pollution.

Rural areas are best for sky watching.

Aurora phenomena are most often observed further north, but stronger bursts can move south, as noted last night by those in Cornwall.

Sometimes aurora can look white to the human eye, so it can help to take a quick photo with your phone to make the colors more visible.

If you plan to photograph the aurora properly, you will need a DSLR or bridge camera and ideally a tripod.

Experts have also advised that hopeful watchers shouldn’t be too discouraged if the aurora initially looks dim.

This is because they usually brighten over the course of a few hours.

People should also remain vigilant as the display can change quickly.

But it is the unpredictability that ensures that the attraction is on the bucket list of many.

More displays are coming

It is expected that there will be a large increase in the number of Northern Lights sightings from this year until 2025.

This is because we are entering the Sun’s solar maximum – when solar activity peaks during the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle.

During this time the sun produces ‘dramatically more’ aurora displays, explains Darren Baskill, lecturer in physics and astronomy at the University of Sussex.

The next peak was predicted for July 2025.

However, the Solar Maximum will arrive sooner than expected, according to NASA scientist Robert Leamon and Scott McIntosh, deputy director of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

They say the peak of the cycle will occur a year earlier, in mid-to-late 2024.

This means the best time of the decade to check the Northern Lights off your bucket list is just around the corner.

Sunspots – which produce solar flares that produce Northern Lights – will become twice as likely during solar maximum, which lasts between three and five years.

During that time, the displays will appear more vibrant with red, pink and purple hues typically rarer than the green waves.

Sunspots, the black areas on the Sun’s surface, are particularly active areas that can ‘burp’ the solar wind towards Earth.

When these streams of highly charged particles collide with Earth’s magnetic field, they cause the upper atmosphere to glow.

This heightened era of activity is why humans are blessed with such an epic spectacle.

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Britain was blessed with a dazzling display of the Aurora Borealis last night, reaching as far south as Cornwall.

Also known as the Northern Lights, this spectacle is usually seen in countries and areas closer to the magnetic North Pole.

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But from time to time, folks can take in bucket-list views further south.

Pictures flooded social media last night as people rushed to capture the Northern Lights on camera.

There were also plenty of messages from people who missed them.

But luckily there will be more Northern Lights shows to come that will be even brighter than last night’s.

More displays are coming

It is expected that there will be a large increase in the number of Northern Lights sightings from this year until 2025.

This is because we are entering the Sun’s solar maximum – when solar activity peaks during the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle.

During this time the sun produces ‘dramatically more’ aurora displays, explains Darren Baskill, lecturer in physics and astronomy at the University of Sussex.

The next peak was predicted for July 2025.

However, the Solar Maximum will arrive sooner than expected, according to NASA scientist Robert Leamon and Scott McIntosh, deputy director of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

They say the peak of the cycle will occur a year earlier, in mid-to-late 2024.

This means the best time of the decade to check the Northern Lights off your bucket list is just around the corner.

Sunspots – which produce solar flares that produce Northern Lights – will become twice as likely during solar maximum, which lasts between three and five years.

During that time, the displays will appear more vibrant with red, pink and purple hues typically rarer than the green waves.

Sunspots, the black areas on the Sun’s surface, are particularly active areas that can ‘burp’ the solar wind towards Earth.

When these streams of highly charged particles collide with Earth’s magnetic field, they cause the upper atmosphere to glow.

This heightened era of activity is why humans are blessed with such an epic spectacle.

Nothing prepared me for this extraordinary phenomenon.

With the moon bouncing just enough light off the snow to light my path, I gaze up at the Northern Lights for as long as I can withstand the cold. It’s -27C, I’m wearing six layers of clothing and my hair and eyelashes are coated in frost.

‘I’m here,’ I tell myself, alone in the silence as the group I’m with climbs back on the bus.

The aurora borealis occurs when energy waves from the sun react with the Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere. That’s the science. The result when you see it? Being rendered speechless is likely.

Even here in the Arctic Circle, sightings are not guaranteed, which adds to the thrill of the chase.

However, this year promises the best sightings in two decades as the sun reaches the Solar Maximum, bringing stronger aurora activity, I’m told by Northern Lights photographer Tor-Ivar Naess.

This is certainly the case for us, having seen the dancing lights during our first of three nights in Tromso, Norway, on a ‘bus chase’ with Expedia – where we follow the auroras and stop at a location to take photographs.

It’s ‘the best destination for seeing the lights’ as there are bigger geomagnetic storms that result in ‘stronger auroras for longer’, says Tor, who accompanies me on the hunt.

Standing in the snow at 2am, snapping pictures of the luminous green swirls, he explains that we are currently witnessing ‘very low activity levels’ and rates it two out of 10.

I’m gobsmacked. ‘What’s a 10?’ I ask.

‘If there were a geomagnetic storm,’ he responds, ‘then, it can be like the Wild West up there.

‘Auroras will cover the entire sky, as though somebody spilt space stuff, and you can see not only green light but pink, purple and even red.’

After fumbling with my DSLR camera in the snow, struggling to adjust the settings in my gloves, Tor suggests I try photographing the lights with my iPhone. Surely not…

Removing my gloves and exposing my skin to the elements, I only have a few minutes to adjust the camera settings before I risk getting frostnip – a mild form of frostbite.

Snap. The results are extraordinary.

The photo shows the mountains beneath a neon-green blanket of light. But looking back up at the sky, I see only a faint glow.

‘It’s real, it’s up there,’ Tor reassures me. ‘We can’t see the lights so strongly with the naked eye but your camera, even on a smartphone, picks them up.’

Alternating between my iPhone 12 and my DSLR camera, fixed onto my tripod in manual mode, I enter into a five-minute photographing frenzy.

Then, it’s time to enjoy the show.

I look up at the sky and follow the green shimmers until I can no longer feel my toes.

Back on the bus, I kick off my snow boots and peel off some layers to let in the warm air.

Having witnessed the Northern Lights on the first night, everything else feels like a bonus.

And there are lots more bucket list experiences to be had, courtesy of Expedia, from dog sledding and whale watching to ice domes and fireside chats with Sami reindeer herders.

The trip had begun in earnest under the cover of darkness the previous night.

We touch down down at Tromso Airport where I can just about see the mist dancing in the light of the street lamps as the plane hits the runway.

Boarding the minivan to the hotel, I’m struck by its modern interior featuring leather seats and blue LED strip lights that wouldn’t be out of place in Magaluf.

What had I been expecting… a reindeer pickup?

Arriving at Clarion Hotel The Edge, our driver Viktor shares some parting advice: ‘In Tromso, it’s very slippery, every day, every hour. Be careful.’

It’s true. Taking three steps forward, I find myself slipping and sliding.

The following morning, we cross the Tromso Bridge in the dark on a one-hour bus journey to our first activity – dog sledding in Breivikeidet.

A sign reads ‘moose danger’. Seatbelt… check.

People are emerging from snow-capped houses and making the first snow footprints of the day. My clock says 8.30am, though it feels more like 5am.

The water looks like an enormous mirror, if mirrors were made of liquid. 

Later, it becomes shrouded in mist, making it appear as though we are driving above the clouds.

The sun begins to rise as we approach the site. Temperature check, -19C.

Under a pink haze, we ride through snow-laden valleys and vast snow fields on a sled pulled by five very eager dogs. And we are the drivers.

‘Whatever you do, don’t let go of the handlebar as the dogs won’t stop running,’ our guide warns. 

Heading back to Tromso, the sun begins to set, capping off just three hours of daybreak. This city doesn’t really wake up in winter.

Arriving to the sound of church bells, we take the Fjellheisen cable car to a mountaintop viewpoint. Home lights flicker on as early as 2pm, as the sky retains the last glimmers of daylight.

Tucking into my soup at the Fjellstua Café Og Restaurant, it very much feels like dinnertime.

The next day, we go sledding with reindeer under the supervision of the local Sami people.

Your reindeer is Násti – not to be confused with ‘nasty’ – which means ‘little star’, our Sami guide Herolina explains.

After the 30-minute sled ride, Herolina joins us in by the fire in a traditional Lavvu tent and shares stories about her family’s traditions.

The canvas tents are used as shelter, she explains, when they travel through the mountains with their 3,000-strong reindeer herd on a 250-mile (400km) journey between their summer and winter resting grounds – in temperatures as low as -50C.

It’s a portable alternative to the igloo shelters traditionally used in Canada. Genius.

Norway never went in for igloos – but it does have a hotel formed from ice domes.

It’s called Tromso Ice Domes. And does exactly what it says on the tin. 

We drop in and sit on furniture made from ice while enjoying local fruit juices served shot glasses made from ice.

Fancy staying the night? The beds are made from ice, too. 

That night, we set off on an odyssey to see more wildlife, embarking on an overnight voyage through the fjords onboard the MV Quest.

Wrapped up in my layers, with my snood scarf pulled over my nose and mouth to protect me against wind chill, I join aurora chaser Carlo Alberto outside on the front deck, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights once again. 

Sailing through the Arctic waters, he tells me we are standing beneath the Big Dipper and points at a warm light in the sky. ‘Jupiter,’ he adds.

It’s 2.30am. The clouds have rolled in, covering up any potential auroras, so I head to the captain’s cabin to warm up.

The crew seem glad for the company and invite me to sit in the driver’s seat.

‘It’s challenging out here,’ Captain Hordur Holm tells me as we gaze into the darkness catching the occasional red flashing light from a distant cargo ship.

‘There is a lot of ice. It may be foggy, or snowing, and on top of this, we are mostly in darkness. It’s made me a much more confident seaman.’

Soothed by the gentle rocking of the boat, I retreat to my cabin and sleep through the night.

The morning brings a visit from a pod of sperm whales, swimming close to the boat off the coast of Skjervøy.

First, a solitary whale shoots a jet of water skyward and flips its tail as it plunges back beneath the surface. 

Then several whales gather in the distance, identified only by misty clouds of water in the air. In a grand finale, a mother and her calf make a partial appearance above the water.

Setting sail back towards Tromso, I return to the deck to savour the final sunset and imagine what it would be like to live in one of the cabins I spot by the water’s edge.

On the flight home the following morning, we catch the sunrise, a Norwegian classic – a peachy haze licking the horizon. Only this time, it is topped by a bright blue sky and I see the sun for the first time in four days.

It’s 12C when we touch down in Gatwick – toasty – and the magical extremes of the Arctic seem like a dream.

But frozen forever in my memory. 

A bride was left speechless after spending £13,000 on a 13ft wedding cake covered in eight bricks of fondant icing for her big day.

Madeline Burton, 18, from Essex, married her high school sweetheart Patrick, 20, on January 12 this year and spent £50,000 to book the reception in a ballroom at London’s ‘magical’ Savoy on the Strand.

The masterpiece was designed by cake artist Sam Woodruff, 48, who started creating the cake structure in November 2023.

To create the ‘showstopper’, Sam used six 20cm round cakes which sat in petal shapes at the base of the structure and the rest of the design was made from polystyrene.

Blue turrets made on a 3D printer were then stacked on top of the structure and each window was fitted with LED balloon lights to make the cake glow.

Madeline said she was ‘speechless’ when her cake was unveiled to her on her big day after taking three months to make, and said her wedding was ‘perfect’.

Stunning images show Madeline’s colossal cake, 4 meters high and 1.80 meters wide, covered in intricate Renaissance portraits and hundreds of silk flowers.

In total, Madeline’s wedding cake was wrapped in eight bricks of white fondant icing and then decorated with gold leaves.

Madeline from Essex said: ‘My whole wedding day went perfectly. It was a large wedding with over 200 friends and family.

‘The cake was absolutely beautiful and I was speechless.

‘I paid around £13,000 for the cake and I loved the top of it, with all the light-up details.

‘Sam and I worked together to design my dream cake.

‘She is so talented and has been designing all my cakes for me since I was 13 years old.

‘I asked for a castle and she gave me a showstopper. Sam continues to amaze me.’

The couple married at St Mary’s on the Strand and then had their reception at the Savoy.

Madeline said: ‘My dress was designed by Mustafa Aslanturk at Shadiye Bridal shop and my favorite part of my dress was the Victorian lace.

“I had five bridesmaids who were relatives and friends. Our first dance song was Forever by Chris Brown.”

Sam, who has been making cakes for six years, said Madeleine’s cake was the largest she has made so far.

The mother-of-four said it took her and her husband Dave Woodruff, 47, six hours to build the castle in one day and they had to use a ladder to reach the top.

And after stepping back to view the latest masterpiece, Sam admits it brought tears to her eyes.

Sam, from Gray Thurrock in Essex, said: ‘I cried when I saw the finished product. I was very emotional because the whole building process had taken so long.

‘I’d never seen her fully built before because the cake was so tall and I couldn’t complete her in the house, so it was great to see it fully lit with all the parts.

‘Madeline is an old romantic and loves everything Renaissance and nostalgic and rich colours.

‘It’s not all cake, because something of this size and structure is just not feasible to make from cake.

‘The entire cake was covered with 50 kg of fondant icing and decorated with silk flowers.

‘All the windows are blank and then I added tracing paper and hot-glued balloon lights to the top and bottom.

‘It’s the biggest creation I’ve ever made to date and having worked with Madeline for so long, she knows I will always go above and beyond for her.

‘It took three months to design and make all the parts and on the day it took six hours to build.

“When we got to the Savoy, everything had to be built with a ladder because it was so high and I definitely had a few training sessions building it.”

AMAZON Fire Stick users have realized what the blinking lights on their remote really mean.

There are a number of colors and flashing speeds – and some are more serious than others.

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So it's important to know exactly what they mean so you can solve whatever your Amazon Fire Stick is attempting to alert you about.

Why is my Fire TV remote slowly blinking red?

If you've noticed that your Amazon Fire Stick remote is flashing red slowly, it means you've got low battery.

The remote requires two AA type batteries, so this is an easy fix once you've bought some new ones.

Why is my Fire TV remote blinking red fast?

Your remote will blink red light at a much faster pace when there's something wrong with it.

There's not necessarily an explanation for what the problem is but Amazon advises users to reset their remote.

To reset your remote, follow these instructions:

1. Unplug your Fire Stick and wait 60 seconds
2. On your remote, press and hold the Left, Menu and Back button at the same time for 12 seconds
3. Release the buttons and wait 5 seconds
4. Then take the batteries out of the remote
5. Plug your Fire Stick back in and wait until the screen says the remote can't be detected
6. Put the batteries back into the remote
7. Press the Home button

Why is my Fire TV remote showing an orange light?

A non-blinking orange light on your remote means it's not paired with your Fire Stick.

To resolve this, you'll need to restart your Fire Stick and wait for a “Cannot detect your remote” message to appear.

At this point, you can press and hold the home button for 10 seconds which should fix things.

Why is my Fire TV remote showing a white light?

If you're seeing a white light on your Fire Stick remote it means that your device isn't on.

Should this keep happening, it might be best to restart your Fire Stick.

Why is my Fire TV remote showing a blue light?

Bizarrely, Amazon doesn't give an explanation for a blue light appearing on the Fire Stick remote.

The good thing is, the company says there is issue with your remote.

Try to restart your Fire TV device if the blue light is harassing you.