RUSSIA has launched a full-scale invasion on several Ukrainian cities, using missiles and explosions. Vladimir Putin this morning declared a “special military operation” in Ukraine with a dawn raid after months of amassing his forces on the border and brazenly lying to the world about his plans to invade. The […]

Baffling moment shoplifter shoves a CROSSBOW down his pants and tries to leave a store Darren Durrant, 46, was dubbed the ‘world’s dumbest criminal’ by the Brevard County Sheriff after the Florida man shoved a crossbow down his pants  He was observed on surveillance footage stealing the $1,300 crossbow on […]

Moment fisherman, 51, is hoisted to safety after a shark attacked him and bit his arm while he sat on his boat in the Bahamas Fisherman was bitten by a shark at Bimini, Bahamas, 80 miles off Florida coast Crewmates used makeshift tourniquet to stop bleeding as they radioed for help Dramatic […]

Rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that was almost returned to the shop when it was bought in 1997 because it didn’t have a dust jacket is expected to sell for over £100,000 at auction A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will […]

A MUM made a fake 999 call claiming her five-year-old son had vanished despite knowing he was lying murdered in a river, a court heard. Angharad Williamson, 30, was heard "wailing and shouting" and claimed Logan Mwangi had been kidnapped during the "chilling" call, it was said. In reality, jurors […]

The Queen, 95, is forced to call off virtual audience today as she continues to suffer with ‘cold-like’ Covid symptoms – but palace says she’ll carry on with light duties Buckingham Palace revealed Queen has decided not to undertake planned virtual engagements today  Royal aides say she still is ‘still […]

URGENT severe flood warnings are in force in the wake of Storm Franklin. Heavy and blustery downpours will continue to drench Britain for at least the next two days, with thousands urged to be on guard to evacuate their homes. There are two severe flood warnings, 116 warnings and 118 […]

The Andrews government’s proposed social housing tax on property developers could face a rocky passage through State Parliament, with the opposition vowing to vote against the $800 million annual contribution in the upper house. Under the overhaul, all newly built developments with three or more dwellings or lot subdivisions would […]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video The Ukrainian crisis is on the verge of becoming the bloodiest conflict in Europe since 1945 and diplomatic efforts are in peril. Russian troops appear to be on the move towards the illegal republics in […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Workers are allowed to return to city offices from Monday but the city’s biggest employers are carefully navigating the come back with many people keen to hang on to the flexibility they’ve gained during the pandemic. While some are keen to […]