‘Long stringy stingy thingy’: Bizarre glowing tentacle-like creature made up of THOUSANDS of tiny organisms is spotted off the coast of Australia Creature is believed to be a siphonophore which looks like a single animal It is thought the outer ring has a circumference of 150ft (47metres) It has stinging tentacles and is made of … Read more
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the country is ‘turning a corner’ against coronavirus after just 29 new cases were added to the tally today. Ardern said she was ‘cautiously optimistic’ about limiting the outbreak which has only caused 992 confirmed cases and one death in New Zealand so far. The government’s official count … Read more
A British seaside town has lost the record for having the world’s steepest street – after it was reclaimed 10,000 miles away in New Zealand. Down Under’s Dunedin held the title for their Baldwin Street in Down until the gradient of Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, North Wales, was judged to be steeper. But now … Read more
‘Idiot’ New Zealand health minister breaks strict lockdown rules TWICE by taking his family to the beach and going mountain biking – but Jacinda Ardern refuses to fire him David Clark to remain New Zealand’s health minister despite lockdown breaches He was caught mountain biking near his Dunedin home despite a level four alert Days … Read more
‘I’m so glad I was by her side’: Ant Middleton reveals his mother has died from cancer aged 62 just weeks after she was diagnosed The SAS: Who Dares Wins star, 39, said his mother died on Wednesday during during an Instagram live with Mark Wright on Friday The star was due to be filming … Read more
Notre-Dame ablaze, a Mongolian nomad and a storm in Kansas: Stunning entries to the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest keep on coming Ten more shots for the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest have been revealed as entries flood in Both budding and established photographers are encouraged to enter the competition A grand prize … Read more
WHAT BOOK would fantasy novelist Sarah J. Maas take to a desert island? Sarah J. Maas is currently reading Nalini Singh’s A Madness Of Sunshine She would take Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game to a desert island American novelist said George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 2 … Read more
Swedes really don’t like to stand out. They much prefer to blend in. They even have their own word for it: ‘Jantelagen’, the Scandinavian answer to Australia and New Zealand’s ‘tall poppy syndrome’. It roughly translates as: ‘Don’t think you’re better than anyone else.’ And so it’s quite understandable that its government’s maverick response to … Read more
NUMBERS * Confirmed cases in Australia: 4559 NSW remains the worst hit with 2032. * Australian deaths: 19 (eight in NSW, four in Vic, two in WA, two in Qld, two in Tas, one in ACT). * Four people have died at Sydney nursing home Dorothy Henderson Lodge. * Nine people have died after being … Read more
Dominic Raab today unveiled a massive £75 million repatriation plan to bring home ‘tens of thousands’ of Britons stranded abroad because of the coronavirus crisis. The Foreign Secretary said the UK government will now step in to provide ‘special charter flights’ from parts of the world where commercial flights are no longer in operation. The … Read more