Nursing assistant, 28, spent £4,000 stuffing her cat

‘He’s exactly how he was and I’m so happy’: Nursing assistant, 28, who spent £4,000 stuffing her dead cat after he was hit by a car says hiring a taxidermist ‘was all worth it’ Nursing assistant Harriet Peace, 28, spent £4,000 stuffing her dead cat Tango after he was struck by a car The taxidermy […]

Depot fire kills at least 34 people and injures hundreds

A huge explosion in Bangladesh has killed 34 people, including five firefighters. Hundreds more have been injured following the blast, which took place at a depot near the city of Chittagong. Witnesses described seeing ‘fireballs falling like rain’ during the chaos. The fire broke out around midnight on Saturday following explosions in a container full […]

Ryanair forcing South Africans to do Afrikaans tests to prove passports are real

South Africans have said being forced to take tests in Afrikaans to verify their passports is ‘discrimination’. Multiple South Africans have recently had to answer general knowledge questions in Afrikaans to enter the UK or Ireland, despite this not being a rule officially enforced by either country. The seemingly new policy is Ryanair’s effort to […]

Blasts and explosions as dozens killed in container depot fire in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A massive fire swept through an inland container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 150, officials said on Sunday, the latest incident highlighting the country’s poor industrial safety track record. The fire broke out at a container facility on Saturday night at Sitakunda, 40 kilometres from the […]

Audiences stunned by 'magical' DRONES that created giant corgi [Video]

Audiences stunned by ‘magical’ DRONES that created an enormous corgi, cup of tea and Queen’s handbag which lit up the sky above Buckingham Palace and could be seen for miles during the Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee concert Audiences were stunned by drones used to create a sky-sized corgi during show The ‘magical’ effects also included […]

Boris Johnson faces '80% chance of leadership challenge' soon

Boris Johnson faces ’80 per cent chance of leadership challenge’ after two knife-edge by-elections this month, with ’67 Tory MPs’ thought to have submitted no-confidence letters and some threatening a ‘vote strike’ There are two by-elections – in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton – on June 23 Regarding leadership challenge, ex-cabinet minister said: ‘It’s 55% […]

BBC buys more copies of the Mail on Sunday than ANY other Sunday paper

BBC buys more copies of the Mail on Sunday than ANY other end-of-week paper, figures reveal Figures show the broadcaster bought 5,433 copies of the MoS every week Our sister paper, the Daily Mail, was the second-most purchased daily The paper has overtaken the Sunday Times as the most-purchased Sunday paper  The Mail on Sunday’s […]

Iran is helping Russia evade sanctions, researchers claim

Iran is helping Russia circumvent sanctions by using its ‘ghost armada’ to transport the Kremlin’s oil, researchers claim Researchers say Kremlin-linked companies are transporting oil on Iranian ships Non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran is urging the west to launch a crackdown It comes after it was revealed Iran used the fleet to evade sanctions against […]

From the Archives, 1997: Found, 20,000 phantom Victorians

First published in The Age on June 7, 1997 Found: 20,000 phantom Victorians Last year’s census has uncovered almost 20,000 Victorians who as little as three months ago were not thought to exist. Sammy Christodoulou completes the census form in Melbourne in 1996.Credit:Viki Yemettas Their discovery has also proved that the great migration of Victorians […]