TREVOR RONALD BURGESS December 26, 1916-June 7, 2022 When Trevor Burgess died in his sleep in Melbourne on June 7 aged 105, he was not Victoria’s oldest man, but he wasn’t far off. Trevor was for five years the oldest member of the Melbourne Cricket Club and was a minor celebrity in the streets and […]

Singapore/Jakarta: With its resident giant lizards, as well as its pink sand and spectacular marine life, the island of Komodo has been one of Indonesia’s most appealing tourist destinations. The Komodo dragon lives only on a handful of islands in this south-eastern corner of the Indonesian archipelago, roaming the untouched landscape of the UNESCO World […]

Offsetting guilt: Eco-minded descendants of billionaire oil barons are PAYING hundreds of activists $25,000-a-year to protest around the world because they feel ‘a moral obligation to put genie back in the bottle’ Aileen Getty, Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert, Peter Gill Case paying salaries for eco-thugs through non-profits Getty, whose granddad created Getty Oil, has so far […]

More than HALF of pharmacists think patients have been put at risk due to medicine shortages, survey reveals Pharmaceutical Journal did a poll of 1,562 UK pharmacists about last six months  Problem came to fore when shortages of HRT drugs led to outcry earlier this year Since June, Government has issued a number of ‘medicine […]

THE boss of a haunted pub says his resident ghost pushed a pint glass off a table — and he has the video to prove it. Scott Dawson caught the eerie incident on CCTV as regulars had an evening drink. Footage shows a punter ordering two pints at the bar and placing one on a […]

A PARAGLIDER plunged to his death in front of a horrified pal who said: “I looked back and saw him drop like a stone.” The two friends had been on a pleasure flight. But witnesses saw one of them spin before plummeting downwards. A source said: “They were returning home. “One got into difficulties when […]

A New Jersey hospital worker was arrested after police said they discovered multiple guns – including an assault rifle – and ammunition at the hospital while responding to a bomb threat. On the afternoon of July 18, officers with Secaucus Police Department arrived at Hudson Regional Hospital, less than 5 miles west of Manhattan, after […]

When Daedalus gave his son Icarus finely made wax and feather wings in the popular myth, he told his son to follow his path: not too close to the sea and not too close to the sun. In his flightful glee, Icarus ignored that advice, making his mode of transportation melt by soaring too high, […]

Gobbledygook: Moment police capture WILD TURKEY that elderly apartment owner feared was a burglar Doris Madden grew suspicious when she noticed a second-story window had been broken at the City Walk Apartments in Wausau, Wisconsin, on Friday She asked for the apartment site’s manager to get maintenance to investigate the mysterious break-in ‘When he opened […]

High-performing teachers would get financial bonuses, university fees for teaching degrees would be lowered and the use of employment-based degrees, where teaching students work in schools and earn while they learn, would be expanded under a series of proposals states will put forward to tackle the nation’s teacher shortage. Australia’s education ministers will meet for […]