What can we do as individuals to combat the winter COVID-19 wave? In the third instalment of a special series, The Age’s health team asks experts for the best advice on testing. RATs, PCRs … the once-unknown abbreviations that are now part of our common parlance will continue to play an important role as new COVID-19 subvariants whip through our […]

Girl, two, fights for life after falling into fountain when family turned their backs ‘for a few seconds’ Grace Lear, two, fell into a fountain in Fishpond Park, Griffithstown, Pontypool  The toddler’s mother, Hannah Lear, 30, was distracted for a ‘split few seconds’ A passerby alerted Ms Lear and her husband that little Grace was drowning  Now in intensive care, the […]

Lots of little girls dream of being Disney princesses. Sarah Daniels got to be two. She performed as Ariel for Disney Cruise Line and Walt Disney World, where she sang in “Voyage of the Little Mermaid,” and young Elsa in Disneyland’s “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion” musical, which she opened. But that wasn’t Daniels’ goal. “Being a princess was […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Three men have been criminally charged in Manhattan with possessing about 100 pages stolen from the singer Don Henley of handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles' blockbuster 1976 album "Hotel California." Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski were accused on Tuesday of trying to sell the materials, worth more than $1 million, and lying to […]

Union barons warn national strike ‘is coming’: RMT chief warns of plot to unite nurses, railway staff and postal workers in vast walkout unless they get huge pay rise… after rejecting 5% boost Members of Aslef at eight train companies back campaigns of industrial action The union’s general secretary Mick Whelan today said strikes are a ‘last resort’  RMT chief  Eddie […]

LEADERSHIP hopefuls will spend today battling for the support of 30 Tory MPs, with those who fail being axed from the race to be PM this afternoon.   As the Conservative leadership competition heats up, the contender with the lowest number of votes by 5pm today – even if they meet the 30 threshold – will be knocked out. As […]

A mum accused of selling her newborn son for £3,000 to pay for a nose job has been arrested by police. The unnamed woman, from Dagestan, southern Russia, is said to have told a friend she did not want to keep the baby. She then arranged for a couple to buy the child just five days after he was born […]

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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has not lacked confidence in his NBA career. And on Monday, it led to an embarrassing moment for ESPN. A fake quote attributed to Morant made its way onto ESPN's This Just In afternoon panelist show. Host David Jacoby (filling in for usual host Max Kellerman) and NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins read out the fake […]

Airliner was just SIX FEET from smashing into the ground outside Paris when French controller speaking English gave pilots incorrect landing details Norwegian Air Sweden flight landing in Paris on May 23 when incident happened Air traffic controller – French native but speaking in English – gave pilots wrong information when they were setting up their instruments for the landing  […]