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Thousands of strangers joined the family and friends of Jacintha Saldanha today, bidding farewell to the nurse who was found dead days after answering a prank call from Australian radio station 2day FM. Standing in the church where he wed Jacintha Saldanha 19 years ago, widower Benedict Barboza said his final goodbyes. ‘We expected to […]

The world’s first ‘gay bible’ has been published in the US, with all references to homosexuality being a sin removed. Dubbed the Queen James Bible — a play on the King James bible, the most popular English translation of the holy book — the religious text has been translated to “prevent homophobic misinterpretation of God’s […]

Thousands have gathered today to farewell the matriarch of Melbourne, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. Amid brilliant sunshine, mourners packed Melbourne’s St Pauls Cathedral and the streets surrounding to pay tribute to a life well lived. Some clutched roses, other sat with heads bowed paying their respects to one of the city’s most loved and admired women. […]

A suicide note left by the nurse who was tricked in 2DayFM’s royal prank call could shed some light on the circumstances surrounding her death. Jacintha Saldhana, a 46-year-old mother of two, was found dead in her apartment near the King Edward VII Hospital last week. ‘We expected to be hung up on’: Radio duo […]

2Day FM DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian have spoken for the first time about the prank call that was supposed to be simple and harmless, but ended in tragedy and controversy.

A London nurse who took a prank phone call from Australian radio presenters has been found dead in her apartment, suspected to have committed suicide. Mother of two, 46-year-old Jacintha Saldhana, was found dead three days after the hoax in which the she was prompted to put two radio hosts pretending to be the Queen […]

Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson, who died yesterday after becoming embroiled in a violent neighbourhood dispute on the outskirts of Sydney, was the kind of police officer other cops try to emulate. I spoke to him several times last year while working on a story about Catherine Smith, a woman who endured 30 years of violent […]

Nine years to the day since Daniel Morcombe went missing, his family has finally laid him to rest. Since the 13-year-old disappeared in 2003, Daniel’s parents Bruce and Denise Morcombe haven’t tired in their perseverance to find Daniel, and since an arrest was made over the matter in August last year, to find his remains […]

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch has died, aged 103. The celebrated philanthropist and media matriarch passed away peacefully at her home, Cruden Farm in Langwarrin, Victoria, in the company of her family. Dame Elisabeth was the wife of Sir Keith Murdoch and the mother to four children. She is survived by 77 living descendants including five great-great […]

Barbie has been an astronaut, a pilot and a doctor but in the 1960s, all she wanted to do was starve herself to lose weight. The controversial ‘Slumber Party Barbie’ was released in 1965, and came with a set of pink scales permanently set to a tiny 110lbs (50kg) and a diet book entitled ‘How […]