World's tallest building is lit up with an image of the Queen

A 2,700ft tribute fit for a Queen: World’s tallest building the Burj Khalifa is lit up with an image of late monarch and the British flag – after Brandenburg Gate and the Empire State building illuminated to mark the world-renowned royal’s passing Iconic buildings around the world have been lit up in the colours of […]

Florida sex trafficking sting nabs 160 people – including Georgia cop

Florida sex trafficking sting nabs 160 people – including Georgia deputy police chief and two Disney workers Jason DiPrima, 49, deputy chief of the Cartersville Police Department in Georgia, was one of 160 people arrested as part of the week-long sting ‘Operation Fall Haul II’ resulted in 52 felony charges and 216 misdemeanor charge against […]

Britons will be encouraged to view King as compassionate, wise monarch

Grandfather of the nation: How Britons will be encouraged to view 73-year-old King as a kind, compassionate and wise monarch who will ensure a seamless transition from his mother’s reign, writes REBECCA ENGLISH He has taken on many roles during his long apprenticeship for the crown – royal action man, environmental warrior and, according to […]

US President Joe Biden WILL attend the Queen's funeral

Joe Biden WILL attend the Queen’s funeral: US President and wife Jill will attend service at Westminster Abbey on Monday – amid claims world leaders will be BANNED from arriving in London via private jet or helicopter The US president will attend Her Majesty’s funeral on September 19 with his wife  There are reports foreign […]

Dismantling our castles in the air

We are, remarkably, still only at the beginning of what already seems an endless parade of royal imagery, printed or broadcast or tweeted. There are days of pageantry ahead, of solemn ceremony, public tears and worn prose, of personal recollections of the time a certain face was glimpsed. Because this is all about the passage […]

Waiting for Metro: Train services promised for outer-west ‘nowhere in sight’

The Victorian government is being urged to explain when it will deliver the Metro train services to Melbourne’s outer-west it promised four years ago amid concerns public transport investment is falling severely behind the skyrocketing population growth. A month before his landslide 2018 state election victory, Premier Daniel Andrews pledged to bring electric Metro trains […]