18 Dec: Tim Southee has put his international cricket retirement into pragmatic perspective after New Zealand's 423-run dead-rubber win over England in Hamilton... more
18 Dec: Australia is urgently sending assistance, including emergency medical and search and rescue teams, to Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake.... more
18 Dec: The One Direction singer plunged to his death aged 31 on 16 October from the third floor balcony of his room at the Casa Sur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the friend who was with him just before has now given an account of his final minutes... more
18 Dec: The 'Deadpool and Wolverine' actor, 48, is renowned for making constant gags in his films and promotional interviews - but lifestyle guru Martha, 83, recently branded it all an act and said he is extremely serious in real life... more
18 Dec: The future king, 42, sent a letter of appreciation to schoolboy Henil Soni, 11, who took only 51 minutes to make the mosaic in tribute to the monarch who died in 2022 aged 96 - which measured 20ft by 16ft which was unveiled at Harwich and Dovercourt High School in Essex on Friday. (13.12.24)... more
17 Dec: A cyclist has been seriously injured after a collision with a truck on Auckland's Franklin Road - at the intersection with Scotland Street, in Freeman's Bay... more
