Byron Bay Bluesfest bans Greater Brisbane residents due to coronavirus fears

Anyone who has been to the following venues must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days:   Saturday 20 March Shinobi Ramen Noodle shop, Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre Carindale 12pm-2.16pm Saturday 20 March Black Hops Brewery East Brisbane 12pm-2pm Sunday 21 March Mamma’s Italian Restaurant 69 Redcliffe Parade Redcliffe 12.30pm-3.10pm  Saturday 20 March Green Beacon brewing … Read more

Love Island’s Montana Brown calls for greater racial and body diversity on the show

She appeared in the 2017 series of the ITV2 reality show, which follows the antics of attractive, toned single people, mostly spending their time half-dressed in a sunny villa.  And, Montana Brown has called for greater diversity on Love Island as she insisted it’s ‘unhealthy for people to just see size 8s chomping around in their … Read more

Greater Glasgow Police make 28 arrests after thousands of Rangers fans broke coronavirus regulations

Police make just TWENTY-EIGHT arrests and hand out SEVEN fines to the thousands of Rangers fans slammed for partying and trashing the centre of Glasgow to celebrate winning the title during lockdown Rangers fans turned out in their thousands to celebrate their title triumph  Steven Gerrard’s side claimed their first Scottish Premiership title in 10 … Read more

Explosion destroys home in Greater Manchester leaving two women in hospital

Explosion destroys home in Greater Manchester leaving two women in hospital and dozens of residents evacuated A woman and younger female were taken to hospital after the explosion Police confirmed a building had ‘collapsed’ in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester Two other women were assessed at the scene but were not seriously injured  By Emer Scully For … Read more

Jamie Laing sparks debate online after claiming ‘ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship’

Made In Chelsea millionaire Jamie Laing is accused of being ‘privileged’ as he uses Denzel Washington quote to claim ‘ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship’ By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 15:13 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 15:13 GMT, 17 February 2021 He raked in a staggering £2million in just one … Read more

Dogs’ relationships with WOMEN had a greater impact on the dog-human bond

Dogs are described as ‘mans best friend’ but that close-relationship is more to do with how women treated them with affection and named them, a study finds.   Washington State University researchers searched extensive collections of writings by anthropologists on traditional, subsistence-level societies around the world. The team discovered a pattern in traditional societies where women … Read more

Nature: Extremely rare greater horseshoe bat is spotted for the first time in 100 years in Kent

Extremely rare and endangered greater horseshoe bat is spotted for the first time in 100 years in Dover Castle’s ‘Horseshoe Passage’ in Kent The elusive mammal was found by Claire and Toby Munn of the Kent Bat Group By coincidence, it was found in the castle’s Napoleonic-age ‘Horseshoe Passage’  Experts have been hunting for bats in … Read more

Pope Francis allows Catholic women to play a greater role in Mass but priesthood is off limits 

Pope Francis allows Catholic women to play a greater role in Mass – but says priesthood is still off-limits Pope France changed law to allow Catholic women to play bigger role in Mass   However, women are still not allowed to be priests, a role still reserved to men  Head of the Catholic church came under … Read more

World’s most threatened ape Tapanuli orangutan at greater risk of extinction

World’s most threatened ape at risk of extinction: Tapanuli orangutan is struggling to survive after being driven into the mountains by hunters and deforestation The Tapanuli orangutan lives in a small remote area of the Sumatra forests They were pushed into that region by deforestation and human hunters Researchers say they were once much more … Read more

Greater Manchester police is placed in special measures after failing to report 80,000 crimes

Greater Manchester Police is to be placed in ‘special measures’ today following a damning inspection report revealed that its officers failed to record 80,000 crimes in 2020. Inspectors expressed said they had ‘serious cause for concern’ about the way England’s second biggest police force was being run after it was revealed they had not recorded a fifth … Read more