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Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:33:49 GMT
Amorous stallion gets stuck on gate trying to reach mares in neighbouring field 
In his eager attempts to reach the objects of his desire, an amorous stallion got stuck on a gate at an RSPB nature reserve in Rochester, Kent.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:08:58 GMT
PICTURED: 640 Afghan refugees who ran onto US evacuation jet in Kabul
The US has so far flown at least two C-17 cargo jets out of Kabul and more flights are expected throughout Monday night and later this week despite chaos on the ground on Monday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:56:17 GMT
Horrifying footage shows father pleading for help after son is hit by drug driver
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Footage released by police at the request of Noah Herring's parents shows the moments after the child was hit by a car in County Durham.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:50:35 GMT
Seriously injured child is airlifted to hospital and six other people are hurt in horror car crash
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) confirmed it had sent several vehicles to a road traffic collision in College Road, Ardingly, this afternoon at aroud 4.30pm.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:48:45 GMT
Driving ban for MP who called for speeding curb
Paul Bristow, 42, called for a speeding crackdown but was clocked driving his Toyota 4X4 at 76mph in a 50mph zone. It was the Peterborough MP's third speeding offence in two years.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:48:06 GMT
Pregnant Princess Beatrice speaks movingly about her experience of dyslexia
Royal mother-to-be Princess Beatrice, 33, has spoken movingly about her experience of dyslexia - and says that if her unborn child is 'lucky enough' to be diagnosed with it, then she will see that as a 'gift'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:29:23 GMT
Snooker's Battle of the Exes! Reanne Evans refuses to bump fists with her former partner Mark Allen
With the first hurdle overcome, the watching world - well, 452 fans inside the Morningside Arena and a few thousand ITV4 viewers - waited in anticipation for the pre-match formalities.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:23:37 GMT
London bus driver among three Covid patients to die at capital's NHS Nightingale after staff error
EXCLUSIVE: Ten patients at the Nightingale Hospital in Newham, East London, were affected after staff left their ventilator machines without heat and moisture exchange (HME) filters.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:31:49 GMT
Bob Dylan plied 12-year-old with booze and drugs before sexually abusing her in 1965, a suit says
A lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court alleges that the iconic folk singer, now 81, repeatedly sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965. The singer's spokesperson said the claim is 'untrue.'

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:28:21 GMT
Afghan war vet Prince Harry says fellow veterans should 'reach out to each other and offer support'
The Duke of Sussex, who spent 10 years in the British Army and performed two frontline tours of Afghanistan, was speaking in his capacity as founder of the Invictus Games Foundation.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:12:58 GMT
Policeman, 39, who was found dead with his three year-old son was from 'a typical happy family'
David Louden and his three-year-old son, who were found dead at their home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, had just returned early from a family holiday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:52:01 GMT
Revellers leaving Boardmasters festival are stuck in queues for more than TWO HOURS
Festivalgoers leaving Boardmasters festival in Cornwall were forced to wait for hours in the car park as they were unable to move for the long queues of cars after a lane closure on the A30.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:46:49 GMT
Remote island school needs new headteacher... on a £59k salary to oversee just THREE pupils
Fair Isle Primary School, which currently has just three pupils, is looking for a head to join two support staff on a salary of more than £56,000 a year.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:44:40 GMT
Scrapping free over-60s prescriptions would be 'kick in the teeth' for older people, charity warns 
Age UK says 2.4million more Britons would have to pay the £9.35 charge if ministers press ahead with plans to raise the qualifying age from 60 to 65.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:15:07 GMT
Businesses will get help from army of trade experts to seize post-Brexit opportunities in new deals
Fifty-four international trade experts from across England will help small businesses boom by looking to new markets overseas, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss (pictured) said.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:05:31 GMT
Academic who was sacked after calling right-wing commentator a 'house n***o' sues for discrimination
Aysha Khanom lost her advisory role with Leeds Beckett University after her organisation The Race Trust, a charity offering 'racial literacy' training to schools, made a tweet about Calvin Robinson.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:58:34 GMT
Geronimo lives to fight another day! Protesters formed human shield around alpaca's paddock
Although Geronimo's stay of execution expired yesterday afternoon, Government sources said he will live to see in the new day at least. It comes after protesters formed a human shield.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:38:19 GMT
A £900m dash for greener gas: Ministers unveil blueprint for a hydrogen revolution
Energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said that despite it being too soon to say how much the switch to hydrogen would cost households, the sum will likely be 'very small'.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:23:42 GMT
PC plaque for Sir Francis Drake statue will go ahead despite it being backed by just ONE resident
The statue of Sir Francis Drake in the explorer's home town of Tavistock, West Devon, will now feature a new plaque that claims he 'brutally attacked' African communities.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:05:38 GMT
Unions say double-jabbed staff who get pinged should be allowed to isolate if they want to
Under government guidance, people in England and Northern Ireland who have had two Covid vaccine doses will no longer have to self-isolate if they come into contact with a Covid case.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 22:36:23 GMT
Covid scare for the Queen at Balmoral: Castle worker tests positive during monarch's summer holiday
Her Majesty decided to stay at the Aberdeenshire retreat where the employee was sent home on Saturday following a PCR test so she can 'get back to normal' following the death of Prince Philip.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 22:27:27 GMT
China 'locked me up in a secret Dubai jail': Woman, 26, claims
A young Chinese woman claims she was abducted in Dubai and held in a Chinese 'black site' - or secret jail where prisoners are not usually charged and have no legal protection.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 22:26:27 GMT
Commercial company could vet medical history of firearms applicants after Plymouth massacre 
The plans would allow gun owners' medical records - including mental health concerns - to be released in confidence by their GP in the wake of Plymouth massacre where Jake Davison killed five people.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:39:05 GMT
Mother is charged over son's murder: Woman, 34, and man, 37, face court over death of 15-year-old
Polish-born Sebastian Kalinowski was found unconscious by paramedics at a property in Huddersfield, on Friday. His mother and a 37-year-old man have been accused of murder.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:30:20 GMT
Grandmother, 72, faces losing both legs after family dog launched into horrific hour-long attack
The 72-year-old was attacked by the American pit bull type dog while she looked after her eight-year-old granddaughter in Goodwick, west Wales.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:25:15 GMT
Police hunt for husband who travelled from Leeds to Scotland after wife, 50, found 'murdered'
Eileen Barrott, 50, was found with serious injuries at a house in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on Sunday and declared dead at the scene. Police are hunting for her 54-year-old husband Mark.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:53:38 GMT
'Idiot' British student 'trapped in Kabul' says he's 'safe and comfortable' after Taliban takeover
A 21-year-old British student who says he is trapped in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover has posted online he is now 'safe and comfortable.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:21:58 GMT
NHS bosses have a 'mass casualty plan' in case crumbling hospitals COLLAPSE 
The emergency scheme - known as Operation Rapture - would come into effect in the event of 'significant hospital structural failure' in the East of England.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:34:40 GMT
Cherie Blair backs calls for London's Garrick Club to admit women members
Cherie Blair, who is herself a barrister, joined over 300 lawyers in calling for the Garrick Club to drop its 'outrageous' ban on admitting female members ahead of the club's 190th anniversary today.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:33:10 GMT
Scotland's highest-paid public transport boss 'drives ILLEGAL cloned car':
The chief executive of Scotland's largest regional transport partnership has been suspended amid allegations he drove an illegally cloned car.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:12:59 GMT
Crackdown on 'green' energy deals that rely on fossil fuels
There are about nine million UK households on tariffs branded as 100 per cent renewable or eco-friendly. Experts warn the claims may be misleading. They accuse companies of 'greenwashing'

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:04:51 GMT
'Terrorists' blow up bus in Russia, killing 22-year-old bride-to-be with hidden explosive device
Russian experts now fear the bus explosion that killed two women was a terrorist blast. Victim Olga Chernokova, 22, a bride-to-be, was buried in her wedding dress after the explosion in Voronezh.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:56:05 GMT
Fake parcel delivery texts are top text scam with con representing over half of smishing attempts
These text messages often contain a link to a fraudulent website that replicates a legitimate site, asking the victim to enter personal and financial information.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:53:39 GMT
Visitors to Buckingham Palace Gardens flood TripAdvisor with bad reviews
Ticket sales for the chance to enjoy a picnic at the palace has to be suspended when they were first released due to 'overwhelming' demand.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:45:23 GMT
Prince Andrew's banker friend is named in 'plot to financially ruin oil-rich Qatar'
Tory donor David Rowland will not voluntarily allow access to email accounts that it is claimed could shed light on his bank's alleged role in a conspiracy.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:11:06 GMT
Tenant from hell turns flat into a sea of 8,000 cans and a 4ft high toilet paper tower
Cleaner Freddie Gillium-Webb, 29, from Hampshire, revealed he vomited three times while cleaning up the stomach-churning mess in a landlord friend's apartment.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:56:42 GMT
Boy, 14, and man, 19, arrested on suspicion of rape after two girls attacked on a Dorset beach 
Dorset Police say one girl was raped while another was sexually assaulted on Weymouth Beach on Saturday night as they released two suspects on bail and appeal for witnesses to come forward

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:48:32 GMT
The HS2 rail link is a 'huge white elephant' that should be scrapped, senior Tories say 
The future of the HS2 rail link is due to be discussed in the Commons on September 13 after more than 155,000 people signed a petition calling for it to be axed.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 23:07:13 GMT
Music and sports fans should be protected from rip-off prices with tougher rules, watchdog says
Some musicians such as Ed Sheeran already impose restrictions on resales through Stubhub and Viagogo, which have a combined market share of over 90 per cent.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:06:57 GMT
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary uses phone app Telegram to spread poison online
The imam, who called the 9/11 hijackers 'magnificent martyrs', is using the app to send messages after he was banned by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for violating hate-speech rules.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:06:07 GMT
Jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson could face 'fresh charges' after at least 70 victims come forward
The Glaswegian-born breast surgeon, 62, is currently serving 20 years for his 14-year campaign of botched ops he carried out in the West Midlands.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 15:47:25 GMT
LTN killed my business: Locksmith becomes second London trader forced to move premises
Scott Callow, who owns Callow Master Locksmiths in Dulwich, was one of several business owners on Melbourne Grove impacted by the LTN, which triggered protests by residents and businesses.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:30:24 GMT
Rowing fans look a little worse for wear after fourth day of the Henley Royal Regatta
Hundreds of rowing fans descended onto the streets to enjoy a night out after attending the fourth day of the Henley Royal Regatta in Oxfordshire last night.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:23:24 GMT
Carrie Johnson says after second jab: 'It's the best way to keep baby safe'
The PM's wife, who announced two weeks ago she is expecting her second child, posted a snap of herself on Instagram with the caption: 'Just had my second jab and feeling great!'

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:09:47 GMT
Wallis Simpson dominated the Duke of Windsor... and he actually liked it, new book claims
Royal analysts and the public have spent the past 50 years since the Duke of Windsor's death wondering what was his relationship with Wallace Simpson really like, writes ANDREW LOWNIE.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 02:41:18 GMT
Former chancellor George Osborne shows off new baby Beau for the first time after birth last month 
Former chancellor George Osborne, 50, was pictured at Highclere Castle, Hampshire with newborn baby Beau, who was wrapped in blue clothes and sporting an impressive mop of dark hair.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 01:26:59 GMT
Met's Ruby Begum told friends she couldn't make social media accounts pubic after racist tweets
Ruby Begum, 26, who faces a Met Police investigation for tweeting racist messages once admitted that her employer found her racist and anti-Semitic views 'extreme'.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 01:13:03 GMT
Ghislaine Maxwell sells mews house in Belgravia - for £1.75m
British Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's mews house in Belgravia was bought by a property developer for £1.75 million. It is where the infamous picture of Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre was taken.

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:49:07 GMT
Tom Watson hopes Sir Keir Starmer will give him a peerage - after his failed attempt last year
A source close to the former Labour deputy leader said Mr Watson is desperate to return to UK Parliament and thinks he has more of a chance if proposed by Sir Keir.

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 14:23:42 GMT
Moment travellers brawl at Appleby Horse Fair as police send armed officers to tackle 'violence'
Armed officers were sent to the festival in Cumbria after officers got information about groups intending to cause serious violence as part of on-going feuds.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:56:33 GMT
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Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:59:43 GMT
Bari Weiss hammers Ted Cruz for criticizing CNN reporter in Kabul who said Taliban 'seem friendly'
Only yesterday, Clarissa Ward gave her report with her hair and neck uncovered, but on Monday, she wore a black shawl wrapped tightly around her head as per the Islamists' demands.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:59:30 GMT
Daft cyclist wheels a loaded shopping cart along road before it crashes and overturns
Craig Woodland was driving through Cwmbran, South Wales when he came across a cyclist steering with one hand while dragging an Asda shopping trolley behind him.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:59:03 GMT
Graveyard 'murder': Police forensics scour Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Forensics officers have been scouring Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park after the man aged around 50 was found by an ambulance crew at around 1am yesterday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:58:44 GMT
Nando's CLOSES restaurants over delivery delays and loans 70 members of staff to supplier factories
Popular chicken chain Nando's will temporarily send 70 of its staff to its suppliers' factories as it became the latest high-profile restaurant to be struck down during the 'pingdemic'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:56:03 GMT
Taliban take Afghanistan: Evacuation flights out of Kabul resume
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Horrifying video has emerged purporting to show the body of an Afghan man crushed in the wheel arch of an evacuation plane out of Kabul airport yesterday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:55:11 GMT
PCR tests for travel are a 'RIP OFF', ex-competition watchdog chair Lord Tyrie warns
Lord Tyrie (pictured) blasted 'exploitative practices' of firms charging up to £136 for two swabs for returning double-jabbed UK tourists.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:54:53 GMT
Coronavirus Australia: New Zealand plunged into three-day lockdown over one case
New Zealand will enter a three day lockdown from 11.59pm Tuesday, which has been extended to a week in Auckland and Coromandel.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:53:12 GMT
Taliban 'spokesman' calls female BBC News presenter live on air
BBC World News anchor Yalda Hakim received the call from the terrorist group's spokesman Suhail Shaheen on her mobile phone during her show on Sunday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:52:30 GMT
Cafes, bottle shops and a popular RSL are put on alert for Covid in NSW
Several venues in regional NSW have been declared Covid exposure sites, including cafes, bottle shops and a busy RSL club, as NSW admits its giving up on reporting all of Sydney's exposure sites.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:52:22 GMT
Possessive boyfriend, 34, who beat his girlfriend, 19, breaches restraining order
Liam Mountford, 34, of Leigh, Greater Manchester, beat up, bullied and isolated his girlfriend Ella Crowe, 19, during their ten-month relationship.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:47:36 GMT
'Afghans know exactly what's coming for them... persecution' Grim fears from former Royal Marine
A former Royal Marine Commando whose friends were executed by the Taliban said today survivors 'know exactly what's coming for them'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:47:01 GMT
Drunk and disorderly police officer dismissed from Hampshire Police after abusing paramedics
PC Dominic Godbold, of Aldershot in Hampshire, was celebrating with family and friends when he became 'aggressive' and 'abusive' towards two paramedics who found him in a pile of his own vomit.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:41:58 GMT
Dominic Raab admits 'in retrospect' he would NOT have taken holiday amid Afghan crisis
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab insisted 'real progress' is being made in evacuating UK nationals and other refugees, after the Taliban took charge.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:37:52 GMT
Australian mum whose husband is stuck in Kabul, Afghanistan, with his sick parents
Zarghona Barez's husband Baser Rasikh flew from Sydney to the Afghan capitol in early July. He is now stuck there with his sick parents and younger brothers.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:36:25 GMT
Premier blasts 'evil' Melburnians blaming Jewish community for Covid super-spreader engagement party
A hospital worker has been sacked for 'appalling' anti-semitic comments as a backlash against the St Kilda engagement party prompted a furious reaction from Victorian Premier Dan Andrews.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:29:54 GMT
Saigon 1975 on steroids': Hannity blasts 'derelict' Biden for 'humiliating America'
Hannity blasted President Biden on Monday for what he saw as a repeat of the events of April 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City - then named Saigon - when the U.S embassy in Vietnam was evacuated.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:29:24 GMT
Commonwealth Bank customers scammed with fraudulent charges to US streaming service Shudder
Commonwealth Bank customers have reported strange transactions to a US streaming service called Shudder, with people being charged $8-a-month for a site they've never even heard of.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:26:39 GMT
Sunscreen sold in Australia to undergo testing for cancer causing chemicals by TGA after US concerns
The TGA is investigating whether sunscreen products sold in Australia contain the cancer causing chemicals benzene and benzophenone after US studies raised the alarm.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:23:19 GMT
Popular musician in regional New South Wales speaks about horrible symptoms from Delta strain Covid
Popular indigenous musician Michael Donovan tested positive to the highly-infectious strain and has been confined to his home in western Dubbo as Covid spreads into the state's regional towns.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:22:19 GMT
Australia secures 500,000 extra Pfizer doses by dipping into global stockpile 
Australia has come under scrutiny for securing over half a million extra Pfizer doses through a program that's primarily used to vaccinate the world's poorest nations.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:21:18 GMT
UK faces 'dystopian' future with facial-recognition AI cameras turning public spaces into 'prisons'
Campaigners slammed proposed new CCTV guidance given to police and councils in England and Wales to compare camera footage with a watch-list (file photo).

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:19:44 GMT
Moment police officer blasts paedophile with rubber bullet as he brandished fake assault rifle
Police bodycam video shows the officer and his colleague being confronted by Simon Tait pointing a fake assault rifle at them when they arrived at the Coldham Hall Tavern in Surlingham.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:18:29 GMT
Liverpool dog walker flails leash like a LASSO then WHIPS woman in the face
Nikki O'Donoghue whipped Emma Clay after spinning her leash like a lasso while their pets watched on in Cricketers Park, Liverpool.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:17:39 GMT
Care home group appear in court after convicted rapist sexually assaulted resident
Robert Carpenter, then 65, was found at HICA-owned care home Raleigh Court in Cambridge Street with his trousers round his thighs as he sexually assaulted the victim.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:15:22 GMT
Accused Times Square shooter won't take plea deal offer of seven years - even though he could get 25
Avon Darden, 16, has turned down a deal offered to him by prosecutors. Darden faces a charge of attempted murder and is accused of shooting and injuring a marine, Samuel Poulin, in Times Square.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:07:36 GMT
'This was not a surprise': Afghan experts condemn Biden for shock at Taliban advance
Joe Biden on Monday said that his administration had been surprised by the speed of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, but many Afghan experts said they should not have been shocked at all.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:01:17 GMT
Lockdown-busting engagement party that made Melbourne furious is sending people into isolation
A raft of new exposure sites have been listed in Victoria following an illegal engagement party flouting lockdown rules that sparked a Covid outbreak of at least six cases.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:57:39 GMT
Outgoing Border Patrol chief: The REAL national security crisis at the border is terrorists crossing
More terrorists than recorded in previous years have crossed the southern border in the midst of Joe Biden's migration crisis, according to a video from the outgoing Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:57:03 GMT
Historic first cricket test match between Australia and Afghanistan likely to be cancelled
The historic first cricket test between Australia and Afghanistan in Hobart this November is at long odds to go ahead. It comes after the Taliban forcibly took over the country for the first time in 20 years.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:53:54 GMT
Obama kills his Instagram comments as followers on his page urge him to help the Afghan people
Comments were turned off for several hours on Barack Obama's Instagram page. It came after users began slammed him over the Taliban's gains in Afghanistan.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:53:21 GMT
Naomi Osaka sobs during press conference after reporter asked her 'aggressively toned' question'
Naomi Osaka's first press conference on Monday since skipping out on mandatory post-match media briefings at the French Open resulted in tears after an 'aggressively toned question.'

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:52:48 GMT
Hall of Fame USA Fencing coach Anthony 'Buckie' Leach dies aged 62 in motorcycle accident
USA Fencing announced Leach's death in a statement on Monday. He died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday during a cross-country road trip.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:50:46 GMT
First serious Covid outbreak in an Aboriginal community grows but elders drive vaccination rates 
Vaccinations rates are particularly low among indigenous Australians, but elders were making headway convincing locals to roll up their sleeves in the hope of stopping the outbreak around Dubbo.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:49:51 GMT
Banning phones in class will give pupils 'ANXIETY'
The UK Education Secretary announced in June that he wanted to bring in a ban on phones in schools and launched a consultation on the plans.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:49:46 GMT
Coronavirus Australia: New Zealand on high alert after mystery case of Covid-19 detected in Auckland
New Zealand is on high alert after a mystery case of Covid-19 was detected in Auckland with no immediate link to the country's border or any high-risk settings.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:46:38 GMT
Job vacancies soar to RECORD high of nearly a million
Available posts spiked to a high of 953,000 in the three months to July, and the jobless rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 4.7 per cent between April and June.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:44:55 GMT
Gladys Berejiklian moves goalposts again saying masks and QR codes will be needed after vaccinations
Gladys Berejiklian has doubled down on her alarming lurch to near-zero-Covid by warning masks and other restrictions will stay long-term.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:44:49 GMT
AFL star Eddie Betts to retire from Carlton claiming game is not safe for Aboriginal players
AFL great Eddie Betts is set to retire from Carlton after playing his 350th game while admitting the sport is not safe indigenous players as 'there has been a lot of racism'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:44:31 GMT
UK must welcome 'tens of thousands of Afghan refugees', urges Labour
The UK's Shadow Foreign Office minister Stephen Kinnock (pictured) warned the intake needs to be a bold and ambitious and generous offer'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:43:15 GMT
Women and girls are to get sanctuary in UK: Afghan females will be given priority to come here
Women and girls - whose rights are feared to be in severe peril under the new Taliban regime - will get special priority under the programme to grant ten of thousands of Afghans asylum in Britain.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:41:19 GMT
Cunning friends are spotted having a secret picnic in Melbourne despite the city's strict lockdown
The TikTok posted by user 'mirkobonmassar' zooms in on the two girls from a high balcony, showing the pair lying on a brightly coloured picnic blanket on a footpath on a Melbourne street

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:40:52 GMT
Trial of policeman accused of murder of an Aboriginal teenager is delayed
Constable Zachary Rolfe, 29, is accused of murdering Kumanjayi Walker, 19, who was shot three times in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu in November 2019.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:40:26 GMT
Heartbreaking pictures showing sheer cruelty of Dan's harsh new lockdown
It is an agony the parents of young children hoped they'd never have to face again - the playgrounds have shut. 

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:38:11 GMT
Sydneysiders slam rule for Rookwood Cemetery to be closed for visits amid lockdown
Rookwood Cemetery, in Lidcombe, was closed to visitors last week after NSW Police declared that visiting the grave of a loved one would not be considered an essential reason to leave home.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:36:54 GMT
Coronavirus Australia: NSW cops urge people planning to protest again this weekend to stay at home
NSW Police have urged any residents planning to protest Sydney's lockdown restrictions this weekend to stay at home, as they warn anyone who attends will be arrested and fined.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:36:34 GMT
How borrowers can get $5,000 cash back from their bank and still have a mortgage rate under 2%
RateCity research director Sally Tindall said 25 lenders were offering cash back, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, even on mortgages with rates under 2 per cent.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:36:16 GMT
Australian dad stranded in Kabul, Afghanistan, attacked by a troll online
The Victorian father, who asked not to be identified to protect his family, is stuck the Afghan capital Kabul after it was stormed by Taliban troops on Sunday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:29:37 GMT
Gladys Berejiklian reveals vaccinated Sydneysiders could have new freedoms as early as next month
Gladys Berejiklian has hinted that vaccinated Sydneysiders could have some new freedoms as soon as next month - despite 452 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:26:16 GMT
Sutton walks out before Andrews explains how tough emotional choices are weighing on all of them 
An emotional Pressor Brett Sutton abruptly left the Victorian Covid update on Tuesday, leaving Premier Andrews to tell reporters that lockdown decisions by authorities were 'weighing on all of us'.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:25:45 GMT
Extraordinary moment alleged thief is SPEAR-TACKLED by workers inside a Sydney hardware store
An alleged thief has been stopped in his tracks at a hardware store on the NSW south coast by two workers who appear to spear-tackle him at the exit.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:23:26 GMT
Rep Ayanna Pressley raked in up to $15,000 in rental payments from Boston property
Filed Friday, the 2020 disclosure states Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley disclosed between $5,000 and $15,000 in rental income from a Boston property in her husband's name.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:23:01 GMT
Australia's capital fears Covid spread after 17 infections recorded - with strict new rules expected
The ACT's chief minister has asked the Prime Minister to postpone Federal parliament as COVID-19 outbreak grew to 45 after the nation's capital recorded 17 new cases on Tuesday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:22:53 GMT
Snake catcher Noosa: Luke Huntley removes carpet python from Doonan backyard
A Queensland family has found a huge eight-foot carpet python hiding under their lawnmower. They called a local wrangler to relocate the massive snake.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:11:34 GMT
Likeable Queensland Olympian scores massive sponsorship from Woolworths after Tokyo heroics
Riley Day stacked shelves every Sunday for three years in the lead up to the Tokyo Games - and now Woolworths has agreed to be her major sponsor as she prepares for the 2024 Olympics.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:11:29 GMT
Shocked Melbourne man mistakes alien-looking cluster of insects for a giant spider while on a walk
The shocked Melbourne man said he was enjoying a walk through his local area on Monday when he stumbled across a cluster of the strange creatures, later identified as the larvae of a spitfire sawfly.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:11:05 GMT
Rape of 12-year-old girl in Sydney last year has had catastrophic impact on her life says her mother
Brett John Callaghan (pictured) was arrested after the 12-year-old was found at his home in Sydney's west at 1.15am on April 29 last year, after he had taken her from a park the afternoon before.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:10:53 GMT
Afghan journalist Nazira Karimi breaks down tears at Pentagon briefing asking Where is my president
Nazira Karimi, an Afghan Reporter based at the State Department in Washington D.C. broke down as she posed a question during a press briefing on Monday.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:07:06 GMT
The Sydney suburbs near Covid hotspots where 90 per cent of residents have had a vaccine
More than 90 per cent of adults at Edmondson Park in south-west Sydney have had one dose of a Covid vaccine with 69 per cent fully immunised. It is next door to a super-spreader Delta outbreak suburb.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:01:55 GMT
Australian Olympic golden girl called to give evidence into death of friend found in a sewage tank
A former Olympic gold medallist has been called to give evidence at the inquest into the suspicious death of a man found in a decomposed state at a sewerage treatment plant in Brisbane two years ago.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:00:59 GMT
Scott Morrison delivers heartfelt message to diggers who fought in Afghanistan
The Prime Minister has insisted that 41 diggers who died during Australia's longest war were not killed in vain. Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban as the local Army escaped.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:59:45 GMT
Beautiful moment gun AFL rookie finds out he's going to play first grade
Remember the name Maurice Rioli Jnr - he recently made his AFL debut for Richmond, following in the illustrious footsteps of his old man, who was a Tigers legend in his playing days.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:58:20 GMT
'Idiot' British student, 21, who took a holiday to Afghanistan is evacuated to safety from Kabul 
Miles Routledge, from Birmingham, posted a series of photos on message board 4chan and streaming site Twitch of his apparent trip around the war-torn country.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:57:32 GMT
UK man who went viral for his creative proposal cancels wedding the day before after Covid-19 result
Edi Okoro, 32, and Cally Read, 30, were forced to cancel their wedding ceremony moments before the event after Mr Okoro tested positive to coronavirus.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:55:53 GMT
Couple banned from owning animals after poodle couldn't see or walk because of their neglect
A couple who subjected their dog to such 'horrific' neglect that it couldn't see, move or go to the toilet have been allowed to keep their other pets.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:49:46 GMT
Muslim woman from Lakemba says community not to blame for Delta Covid spread, lockdowns
Hayfa Bakour, a 25-year-old Arabic interpreter at a pop-up clinic in Lakemba, is pleading with Sydney residents to stop accusing migrants of spreading Covid as lockdown rules are tightened.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:43:46 GMT
Black Ohio police lieutenant faces discrimination lawsuit from 10 officers
Melissa McFadden, 50, a black lieutenant with the Columbus Police in Ohio has documented the racism she claims to have witnessed on the force during her 25-year career in a new book.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:43:31 GMT
Biden DEFENDS leaving Afghanistan, blames Trump, Afghan leaders and the country's soldiers for chaos
President Biden defended leaving Afghanistan in a speech at the White House on Monday and blamed Afghan leaders for the country's descent into chaos.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:42:43 GMT
Mouse plague could return worse after worrying spring breeding boom
Farmers were warned the mice numbers have not dropped off in the cooler months and as the spring growing season gets into full swing mice numbers could explode.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:42:36 GMT
Amazing moment humpback whale comes to say hello off the Gold Coast, Queensland
The video, posted to Instagram by Sea World Cruises on July 28, captures the incredible moment the ginormous whale surfaces just metres away from the boat on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:42:16 GMT
Taliban could be recognized by US if government 'doesn't harbor terrorists, and protects women'
Ned Price, the State Department spokesman, on Monday said that the Taliban could be recognized by the U.S. - provided they include women in their government.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:42:12 GMT
You could be carrying a $20 note that's worth $4,750
Australians could be sitting on a small fortune worth thousands of dollars. Joel Kandiah, from Perth, has revealed the two special features that indicate your $20 bill is worth up to $4750.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:39:09 GMT
Video shows lightning striking Washington Monument
After being struck by lightning over the weekend, officials announced the Washington Monument will remain closed to visitors as workers repair damages.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:35:35 GMT
Melbourne lockdown protester who took her case to Supreme Court faces massive legal bill
A woman fined for carrying a lockdown protest sign during her daily walk has lost a Supreme Court of Victoria challenge. 

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:33:35 GMT
Lucky woman narrowly avoids eating a dead fly she mistook as seasoning on her biscuit
The TikTok posted by user 'ellnicolei' on Sunday shows the dead insect inside of a biscuit from a box of recently re-released In A Biskit snacks.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:30:05 GMT
Newcastle party host, 22, charged after allegedly holding three parties during Covid restrictions
A 22-year-old Newcastle man has been handed a Court Attendance Notice for breaching public health orders after allegedly hosting parties over three consecutive nights.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:29:02 GMT
Furious footy WAGS lash out after realising their hotel rooms are based on 'standing in the squad'
Star footy players have been given luxury suites with ocean-view balconies in their NRL bubbles while lesser known players and their families are crammed into tiny boxes.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:28:43 GMT
Mom pleads guilty to abandoning three children in Ohio park and killing six-year-old son
Brittany Gosney, 29, has plead guilty to the murder of her six-year-old son, whose body was thrown into the Ohio River, and abandoning her two other children in a Preble County park on Feb. 26

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:27:10 GMT
Coronavirus Australia: Deputy premier John Barilaro urges residents to get the AstraZeneca vaccine
Deputy premier John Barilaro has delivered a compelling message to any NSW residents hesitant about getting the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:27:00 GMT
Bodybuilder who 'made vile threat to Daniel Andrews wife' swarmed by cops and charged with stalking
A heavily tattooed bodybuilder who was furious his gym was closed by the latest Melbourne lockdown has been charged by police after he made outrageous threats against Dan Andrews.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:26:05 GMT
Body of newborn baby is found abandoned at an Auckland recycling centre
Police were called to the Visy Recycling Centre in Onehunga, south Auckland, on Monday night where they made the horrifying discovery.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:25:46 GMT
Sydney mother claims her daughter's school is 'shaming' her to keep her child at home amid lockdown
The single mother said her daughter's school, Brighton Le-Sands Public in Sydney's south, asked children to stay home unless their parents are essential workers.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:22:10 GMT
Probation officers made 'wrong call' when they failed to recall Sudesh Amann, inquest hears
Sudesh Amman, 20, from Queensbury, North London, grabbed a 20cm kitchen knife from a hardware store and stabbed two passers-by in an attack on Streatham High Road.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:21:14 GMT
WA father and his twin sons rescued in Perth on Saturday after boat capsize sends safety message
Carl Pries, 39, has revealed why his twin 9-year-old sons were forced to take their life jackets off just before their boat capsized off the coast of Western Australia.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:20:01 GMT
Doonside teen death: Decades-old gang rivalry inciting violence
When a 16-year-old boy was found bloodied, bruised and unresponsive inside a run-down housing commission home in Doonside in Sydney's west, first responders feared the worst.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:16:30 GMT
Macron pledges 'robust' European response to stop waves of Afghan migrants heading to the West
In a television broadcast from his holiday home in the South of France, Mr Macron said the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan after the 20-year Western intervention had far-reaching consequences.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:53:44 GMT
Man who delivered kick to the head of a tradie who had been fatally stabbed handed 8-month sentence
Liam Casley, 19, was handed an eight-month prison sentence on Tuesday - less than the time he's spent in custody.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:00:42 GMT
Five-year-old boy with chest problems set for High Court battle with landfill operators
Mathew Richards, five, from Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, suffers from chest problems due to having breather in hydrogen sulphide gas coming from a landfill site all his life.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 04:43:00 GMT
Covid-19 Australia: NSW records 452 cases and one death
A woman in her 70s has died from Covid-19 as New South Wales recorded another 452 cases of the virus overnight.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:42:46 GMT
Gladys Berejiklian's goalpost shifting on Covid vaccines and lockdowns is a dagger to our hearts
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian took just 10 minutes to crush the hopes of everyone in NSW who believed her promise that vaccination would give them their lives back.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:38:28 GMT
Judge DENIES Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's bid to have restraining order against him lifted
Trevor Bauer treated his alleged victim 'like a rag doll,' punching her, choking her unconscious during sex, and 'using her for his own sexual deviant pleasure,' an LA courtroom heard on Monday. 

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:40:23 GMT
Screwdriver part was left in engine of a Jetstar plane for more than 100 FLIGHTS
Passengers, aircraft controllers and ground crew at Brisbane airport watched as flames erupted from the engine of a Jetstar flight moments before the plane was to take off.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:39:15 GMT
Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols, who has dementia, involved in 'heartbreaking' conservatorship
Nichelle Nichols, 88, who became one of the nation's first black women to star in a primetime show after being cast in 1966 as Nyota Uhura on Star Trek, was diagnosed with dementia in 2018.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:26:29 GMT
Furious Peta Credlin SLAMS 'Chairman' Dan Andrews over Covid-19 curfew
The former chief of staff to ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott slammed the Victorian Premier for bringing back the draconian restriction without health evidence.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:18:45 GMT
Uzbekistan SHOOTS DOWN one Afghan fighter plane and forces another 46 aircrafts to land
The 46 Afghan aircrafts were 'forcibly landed' at Termez aiport in southern Uzbekistan on Saturday and Sunday while one Afghan military plane was shot down, injuring the two pilots (pictured).

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:16:08 GMT
Six tiny ducklings rescued from inside a kerbside drain in Adelaide by volunteers from Dalkeith CFS
Volunteers from the Dalkeith CFS were called to Tatura Road in Munno Para West, in Adelaide's north around 4pm on Monday after six tiny ducklings fell down a kerbside drain.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:13:47 GMT
Kabul airport WILL reopen today as security is drafted in amid fears ISIS could carry out attack 
There are concerns that Islamists could exploit security lapses at Kabul airport with suicide bombings - with the risk of an attack by ISIS so great that it was discussed in Downing Street.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:11:15 GMT
How long will the Kabul airlift last? 40,000 need to be evacuated
Britain's force in the Afghan capital currently stands at around 600 personnel, comprised of 16 Air Assault Brigade, Logistics, Medics and RAF servicemen, with another 300 on their way.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 02:11:06 GMT
Afghanistan crisis: Taliban maraud the streets of Kabul hunting girls as young as 12
Chilling reports have emerged of Islamist militants stalking the Afghan capital for women and girls after the terror group swept across the country and seized Kabul virtually unopposed.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 01:52:03 GMT
Queensland records one new Covid case as 'no jab, no entry' rules for workers cause backlash
Queensland's introduction of new rules requiring essential workers entering the state from NSW to have had one dose of vaccine by this Friday has met online backlash as un-Australian.



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