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Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the von Trapp family singers who were immortalised in the stage musical and film The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 99. It was due to Maria’s ill health that Captain Georg von Trapp arranged for a governess to be seconded from a nearby […]

Hackett, a 1500m gold medallist at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics, was caring for his four-year-old children, twins Jagger and Charlize, at Crown Casino when he awoke in the early hours of Saturday morning to discover his son missing from his room. Without either shoes or a shirt, the 33-year-old searched the corridors around […]

“Yellow is the colour of sunflowers and daffodils,” the grade six student once wrote. “The colour of Sponge Bob, the Tour de France winner’s jersey, happy faces, post-it notes … it’s the colour of happiness and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring.” Luke’s grandmother, Josephine Batty, travelled from England and fought back tears […]

A heart-warming and hilarious video made for her grandparents, showing a happy and healthy little girl who kept telling her dad that Mum was her favourite, went viral and was watched by almost than 9.5 million people. But in a cruel twist of fate for a family that brought so much joy, Maddie died suddenly […]

The revelation, made in documents obtained by a South African television station, undermines the prosecution’s argument that Pistorius’ fatal shooting of Steencamp at their Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day last year was a premeditated act. According to the document, the state’s ballistics expert believes Pistorius was “on his stumps” when he fired the shots that […]

However, their plea has been met with a stark refusal with authorities standing by the statement last week that any TV interview may be a breach of Corby’s parole conditions and result in her going back to jail. The letter was handed to parole board chief Ketut Artha earlier this week by Wayan Widyartha. “The […]

Australia Post was given the go ahead for the price rise yesterday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers with a concession card will still be able to buy stamps for 60 cents until 2017. Australia Post blamed the price rise on the rapid decline in the number of people sending letters, telling […]

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, a woman will hold the position of editor at a major newspaper. Somayya Jabarti has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the national English-language daily paper, the Saudi Gazette. Although other women have headed magazines, this is the first time a national daily newspaper has put a woman at the […]

Jee Heon A was in a North Korean detention centre where babies usually did not survive pregnancy and birth due to the extraordinarily harsh conditions. In this case, the baby was born alive. “The baby was crying as it was born; we were so curious, this was the first time we saw a baby being […]

The aerial skier has won a silver medal at Sochi – Australia’s first Olympic medal in the event. Australia regularly sees lesser known figures produce breakthrough results and surpass media darlings and medal hopefuls and Sochi is no different. Morris, a 29-year-old former gymnast from Melbourne, is the country’s only male aerial skier. He was […]