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If you have a penpal, have you ever met them? Long before the advent of web-based services and social media, Saskia Martin and Heidi Thibeault-Grainger became penpals when an international teacher exchange program encouraged primary school students to write letters to each other. After three decades of letters, emails and social media exchanges, a chance…
UK police say they have arrested a 28-year-old man in South Yorkshire in relation to the alleged murder of Ann Widdecombe. The suspect is a white British national and is now in police custody, the police statement said. It comes less than 24 hours after police released a 26-year-old man they had previously arrested in…
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has launched legal action against the NT government in the Federal Court over its laws that limit how much compensation it must pay people when it acts unlawfully within prisons. The case is expected to be the first major test of whether the NT government can legally limit the…
It’s the dead things that make Travis Enright feel alive. Like dusting the dirt off a 100-million-year-old dinosaur bone. “It’s a mixture of emotions when you find a fossil,” he said. “It’s quite humbling, but really exciting, a real high, when you find something that old and that is potentially new to science.” Travis Enright…
Every year, winter sees many Canberrans hanging up their helmets, despite the city being considered Australia’s “cycling capital”. This year, though, cyclist numbers have remained relatively steady, even as the mercury drops. Public servant Candice is among those who show no intention of slowing down. “I’m an all-year-round cyclist,” she said. But even she admits…
When Julie Aldridge’s mosaic was bought by an international client in 2013, it seemed like an unlikely success story. The artist, from Port Lincoln, South Australia, had originally created the Sunset Wave design for an exhibition at the Barossa Regional Gallery. It did not sell. “There were no buyers, so I just kept it at…
Russia has launched another series of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing seven people and wounding dozens more, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for diplomatic efforts to ensure Kyiv is able to secure weapons more quickly. Two glide bombs hit a crowded area in the northern city of Sumy, a frequent Russian…
Growing up in Sydney’s west, there was something Fernando Benavides always felt he was missing. Like many others, he had to move closer to the city in search of it. “You don’t have that access, whether it’s transport, or music venues or bars … you’re isolated,” he said. “We lack the kind of spaces where…
The Sunday roast lamb, with seasonal vegetables and gravy, once a customary tradition in many households, remains the ultimate winter comfort food. Add mulled wine, crackling fire pits and communal tables at a 200-year-old farm, and it is taken to another level. For the first time in two centuries, the public has had the chance…
For the first time in more than three decades, senior football returned to a small East Gippsland oval where generations of residents once gathered every winter weekend. Ensay Recreation Reserve hosted a special tribute match between Swifts Creek and Buchan on Saturday, marking the first senior football game at the ground since 1992 and celebrating…