By Brook Turner James and Hayley Baillie on the Kangaroo Island coast. Soon after their Southern Ocean Lodge opened in 2008, it had won several international tourism gongs including, from London, the Tatler Travel Awards “Hotel of the Year” title in 2009.Credit: Kristoffer Paulsen Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and […]

EXCLUSIVE Jacob LaGrone appears in court WITHOUT heiress bride-of-the-century Madelaine Brockway – but with a burly bodyguard as he faces three felony counts for shooting at Texas cops Groom Jacob LaGrone was indicted in March on three counts of aggravated assault against a public servant, a first-degree felony LaGrone, 29, whose extravagant wedding with heiress […]

‘Sadistic’ thugs who tortured a naked man for 12 hours – including throwing darts at him, carving a name into his head with a Stanley knife and pulling out his teeth – in depraved ‘Tarantino-esque’ revenge attack are jailed Wayne Butler and Stephen Dixon carried out the attack on Matthew Williams  A pair of ‘sadistic’ […]

BBC Question Time audience laughs as Esther McVey is forced to defend her appointment as ‘Minister for Common Sense’ with host Fiona Bruce swiping Tory MP’s new job suggests other Cabinet members ‘don’t have enough common sense’ Esther McVey has been forced to defend her appointment as ‘Minister for Common Sense’ after her new job […]

Could The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York finally reach No1 at Christmas for the first time on the British charts? Classic tune has already jumped 22 places on official ranking and climbs up Spotify and iTunes lists following Shane MacGowan’s death The Official Charts’ Midweek Update puts the single at number 23 in the UK  […]

EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE: Terrified girlfriend of kidnapped DJ who was tortured to death by a gang over two days while she was locked in a toilet is in hiding in Istanbul after refusing to give evidence in court against his killers The girlfriend of Turkish radio DJ Koray Alpergin is in hiding in Istanbul after she […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s a long time now since I sat in front of a high school career counsellor in Dunedin and told them I thought I might like to be a journalist. I was post-mullet, pre-moustache and pretty much only […]

Florida couple adopts baby who was abandoned in the woods with the placenta still attached just one hour after she was born A Florida baby that was abandoned in the woods an hour after it was born was adopted by an unidentified couple yesterday The newborn had been found with her umbilical cord and placenta still […]

Two minutes of terror: Incredible footage watched by millions shows swimmer cheat death after jumping into calm sea that suddenly swirls around him and smashes him into rocks before miracle escape The daredevil was caught in a vortex at Llandudno beach near Cape Town This incredible footage shows a thrill seeker as close as he will […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jerusalem: Israel’s military said it had resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the ceasefire. The truce expired at 7am (4pm) Friday. The […]