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A surfer has recounted the terrifying moment he was attacked by a shark at a remote beach on the NSW north coast and revealed he was 'very lucky' to survive.

Melanie was last seen at 1.10am on Sunday June 9, 1996, sitting on a stool at the edge of the dancefloor in Cadillacs nightclub (now Walcot House) in Walcot Street, Bath.

Councillors also raised concerns about speeding in the road at the meeting

The two men are accused of using TikTok to persuade British taxpayers to hand over tax account details with the promise of financial rewards.

The glitz and glamor of Las Vegas will play host to the grandest racing circuit in the world for another ten years.

A charity has said child sexual abuse is “very common” after reports of more than 5,000 rapes and sexual assaults of children in Essex in the past five years.

A large-scale retirement development designed to support Witham’s ageing population has been given the green light by Braintree District Council.

A seven-year-old girl has conquered Mount Snowdon to raise awareness for coeliac disease.

The Stock Circular begins in Essex's poshest village and takes walkers through the rolling countryside with some stunning views.

The Stock Circular begins in Essex's poshest village and takes walkers through the rolling countryside with some stunning views.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees could work out how to retrieve an out-of-reach banana by stacking boxes. Since then, various other primates, elephants and crows have joined an elite cohort of species known to be capable of this level of insight and spontaneous problem solving. In the latest research, bees were shown to be able to roll a polystyrene ball to a specific location and climb on to it in order to access an artificial flower on a low ceiling. The findings challenge the longstanding assumption that insects operate purely on instinct and mindless trial-and-error learning. "Most people think insects are reflex-based machines," said Dr Olli Loukola, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Oulu, Finland, and senior author. "That they can't have any emotional states or feel pain. Some people don't even realize that they have brains. I hope that these results change the worldview about that." "We are not claiming that bees think like humans," added Loukola. "But our findings show that miniature brains can generate flexible solutions to novel problems in ways we are only beginning to understand." The findings are published in the journal Science.

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Graeme Downie called on ministers to investigate internet-connected e-cigarettes that could leave users vulnerable to cyber attacks and harvest their data.

Apple Martin highlighted the shocking resemblance she bears to her mother Gwyneth Paltrow in new photos on Thursday.

The security guard, in his fifties, is said to be in a 'serious' condition in hospital.

Before arriving, Matilde expected Australia's famously social, laid-back culture to make settling in easier - she couldn't have been more wrong.

She's used to making headlines for her skin-baring ensembles. 

Megan Jones, 22, crashed into Julia Pritchard as she crossed the road on a 'well lit' street using a blue metal walker.

The Jewish actress, 80, said that she has hired protection after 'bigots' tried to have her new stage show cancelled in Aberdeen.

SPECIAL REPORT BY CRAIG HOPE: In Krumbach, population 13,000 and sleepy to the point of sedation, I do not meet a single resident without a story, opinion or memory of its famous son.

Jamieson, 31, considered his 'career mortality' when a stress fracture of his back reopened where a screw from a previous operation was positioned in February 2024.