A PENSIONER who was fined £100 by council jobsworths for riding his bike through town says he would rather go to jail than pay up. Barrie Enderby, 82, had just left his bank on October 6 when he was stopped by a Grimsby Council Officer. He was dealt a £100 fine, issued as part of […]

THE on-off romance between Elon Musk and Grimes has had some bizarre twists and turns – including a secret surrogate baby and twins born to another woman at the same time. Now a BBC documentary has revealed the Tesla boss thinks she is a figment of his own imagination – and she agrees. In The […]

The deadly floods inundating homes in central and northern Victoria are not expected to recede for up to a week, as emergency services warn of some of the “largest evacuations that we have ever seen” in coming days. Floodwater claimed the life of a 71-year-old man found drowned in his backyard in Rochester, where SES […]

Illustration: Matt GoldingCredit: To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. There’s no comparison Latika Bourke draws comparisons between new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Julia Gillard that I fail to see (“On […]

Police launch murder investigation as 24-year-old dies from stab wounds after staggering into pub garden begging stunned customers for help He was found with stab wounds in Kingston, south west London, on Thursday  Emergency services called at around 8.20pm but the man died at the scene  Pub staff and customers tried to stop the bleeding […]

IAN WALTER HAMILTON August 30, 1935-September 6, 2022 Ian Hamilton was born at the Tallangatta Base Hospital, in Victoria’s north-eastern high country. He was the only child of Shelley-based railway shunter Walter and his wife Patricia. The family moved to Baddaginnie, south of Benalla in 1937 and then on to Albert Park in 1947. Ian […]

Ohio softball coach, 31, faces years in prison after she ‘had sex with a 17-year-old student eight times including in back of car and then begged him not to report her’ Ashley Rison pleaded guilty to sexual battery and gross sexual imposition Could face up to five years in jail and is currently waiting for […]

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: If things don’t change – and lightning fast – the day will come for the grown-ups in the Tory party to take charge… The day after Tory MPs ousted Boris Johnson from Downing Street, this newspaper asked on its front page: ‘What the hell have they done?’ Never has this despairing question […]

Homeowners given a glimmer of hope as soaring mortgage rates level off with average five-year deal dipping from previous high Brokers said the market was cooling as home loans crept up by a modest 0.01  The average two and five-year fixed rates yesterday were 6.47 and 6.29 per cent This was up from 6.46 and […]

Putin’s nuclear face-off: Russian tyrant moves his bombers to Europe’s doorstep days before huge Nato exercise Moved a fleet of 11 nuclear-capable jets more than 1,500 miles to Arctic Circle Planes have been deployed to the Olenya airbase, close to Finland and Norway Putin yesterday warned of ‘global catastrophe’ if Nato troops clash with Russia […]