gg

Four men are arrested after being caught smuggling over 5,000 baby turtles

Border agents found a total 5,255 red-ear slider baby turtles kept in small baskets from the luggage of two Indian nationals who flew in from Guangzhou, China to Kuala Lumpur airport.




gg

Adelaide cleaner Negar Ghodskani faces 11 years jail for smuggling sensitive technology to Iran

The curious case of former Adelaide cleaner Negar Ghodskani began in Iran 11 years ago, moved to Malaysia, then Australia and will this week be sentenced in a US courtroom.




gg

Grandmother who escaped death by hanging after being acquitted of smuggling ice plans to celebrate

A grandmother (pictured) who faced death by hanging after being found guilty of importing the drug ice into Malaysia plans on celebrating her freedom with a special meal.




gg

Sydney grandmother who escaped Malaysian gallows acquitted of smuggling ice FORGIVES scammers

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was acquitted on Tuesday of trafficking more than one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine through Kuala Lumpur International Airport in December 2014.




gg

Grandmother who cheated death after ice smuggling conviction quashed in Malaysia will return home

Maria Exposto, 55, from Sydney was freed on Tuesday after the Federal Appeal Court of Malaysia agreed that she was an innocent dupe and had not known she was carrying drugs in December 2014.




gg

Coronavirus fears spare pensioner behind £53million elver eel smuggling operation from jail

A pensioner who smuggled more than £53million worth of rare baby eels to the Far East from a barn in the West Country has been spared jail after lawyer argued he could catch the virus.




gg

Prince Charles joked about his struggle to stay in shape during a visit to his shirt maker

Prince Charles, 72, quipped about his battle to stay fit and keep his measurements the same during a visit to his shirt maker's workshop in Gloucester yesterday, HELLO! reported.




gg

Prince Charles climbs into water-logged cellar to see devastation caused by Storm Dennis

Prince Charles has been praised for bravely climbing into a water-logged cellar in storm-hit Pontypridd in the Welsh valleys to see the devastation caused by Storm Dennis.




gg

Prince Harry will struggle to achieve what he wants without 'royal-style logistics'

Princess Diana's former private secretary Patrick Jephson told Vanity Fair of her efforts to leave behind the duties of royal life - but said she ended up doing them anyway.




gg

How Waitrose bagged Britain's POSHEST shoppers

Waitrose began as a grocer's store in Acton, West London. A Channel 5 documentary Inside Waitrose examines the store's royal connections and how it developed into a shopping phenomenon.




gg

Chef Rob Nixon shares two-ingredient chocolate cake recipe which can be made from eggs and Nutella

Perth chef Rob Nixon whipped up the indulgent dessert in a TikTok video last Tuesday, calling it 'cheap and easy to make, but delicious' to taste.




gg

Mummy blogger Constance Hall, 36, lashes out at husband Denim for not doing any housework

The outspoken mother-of-seven from Perth said she 'can't be f****d' asking for help and revealed Denim's laziness has caused her to question if he truly loves her in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday.




gg

Daughter of billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest says migrants exposed to COVID-19 have been let down

Modern slavery watchdog Walk Free Foundation is urging businesses and governments to help reduce COVID-19 risks for vulnerable workers.




gg

Amber Gill puts on a very leggy display in a leather mini skirt as she walks with pal Anna Vakili

The Love Island winner, 22, put on a leggy display in a black leather mini skirt while leaving a radio station with pal Anna Vakili in London on Thursday.




gg

Father pleads for his son's life after he was sentenced to death in Thailand for drug smuggling

Perth man Luke Cook, 36, was charged with attempting to sneak 500 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand and onto Australia in 2015.




gg

Hillvue and Boggabri New South Wales pair who broke 14-day quarantine are fined $1,000 each

The man, 22, and woman, 23, arrived in Sydney from Thailand on March 24 and were told to quarantine at their home in Hillvue, Tamworth, for 14 days.




gg

How Lewis Hamilton went from being a karter struggling for wins to a near flawless F1 star

Hamilton has not always been a mere dot disappearing beyond the horizon to rivals. He even struggled to win races before learning his trademark driving style from a friend.




gg

'I took things personally': Lewis Hamilton admits he 'struggled to accept defeat' as a young driver

The 35-year old is second only behind Michael Schumacher in the all-time list of Grand Prix victors after emphatically winning his sixth Formula One Championship in 2019.




gg

Pope Francis bans ambassadors from blogging or criticizing his policies

In a document handed to more than 100 ambassadors in Rome for meetings with top Vatican officials, Francis told the envoys they had to 'live for the things of God and not for those of the world'.




gg

Walmart is to remove 'violent and aggressive' video game displays

Employees were sent were sent a memo on Thursday, which circulated online, instructing them to 'immediately' remove 'aggressive' displays, including hunting videos and combat games.




gg

Hilarious moment pooch doggedly ignores nearby driver as it sits in car passenger seat like a human

The stubborn pooch was filmed in a car park in Walmart in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. The recorder is heard saying 'What's up!' and 'I can see you!' but the dog continues to ignore him.




gg

Virus overwhelms WalMart: Biggest chain in America joins grocery chains who are cutting store hours

Walmart is the latest in a line of major grocery store chains forced to reduce its hours on Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic as panic shopping continues.  




gg

Amazon, Walmart struggle with surge of orders amid coronavirus

Amazon, Walmart and other retailers have all experienced a huge increase in online orders as the coronavirus continues to spread across the US.




gg

Donald Trump boasts that al-Baghdadi strike is bigger than Obama's hit on Osama bin Laden

Donald Trump has boasted that the U.S. military raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that led to his death is a bigger triumph that Barack Obama's strike against Osama bin Laden.




gg

Trump calls Schiff 'the biggest leaker' as reason he refused to tell Dems about al-Baghdadi raid

Donald Trump charged Adam Schiff with being the 'biggest leaker in Washington,' claiming this as the reason he did not share plans of the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout with Congress.




gg

Malia Obama snuggles up to Rory Farquharson in London Tube station

Seemingly unfazed by the busy hustle and bustle of passengers around them, the couple were pictured sharing a tender moment as Malia closed her eyes, while Rory planted a kiss on her forehead.




gg

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Andrew Manze album reviews: A real curate's egg and an offer of favourites

Sheku Kanneh-Mason's new album, his second for Decca, is a real curate's egg.




gg

Hillary Clinton campaign chief Robby Mook whacks Trump for claims US election is 'rigged'

Assailing Trump, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said, 'This is what losers do. And we're not even going to give it any credit by amplifying it. It's not true. The system is not rigged.'




gg

Supermarket CCTV shows drunk man smashing open bottles of vodka and swigging the contents

Adrian Pearson, 48, smashed bottles, abused staff, attacked a taxi driver and hit a police officer during an alcohol-fuelled rampage in Chester-le-Street but was only given a suspended sentence.




gg

Police hunt woman over religiously aggravated assault in a Tesco car park

The incident involved a grandmother wearing a hijab along with her daughter and granddaughter who asked a separate woman to stop taking their photo outside a Bournemouth Tesco.




gg

Hole-in-the wall thieves use huge digger to rip two cash machines from wall in midnight ram-raid 

Thieves targeted the Tesco Extra store in Dover, Kent, yesterday at midnight. Kent Police said two vehicles were damaged as they tried to stop the robbers. No arrests have been made.




gg

'They can't give them away': Tesco cuts price of Easter eggs

Tesco stores across the UK have slashed the price of leftover Easter eggs, with Cadbury Creme Eggs priced at 12p, down from 75p, and full-sized eggs that were £4 reduced to just £1.




gg

David Walliams cuts a casual figure in t-shirt and joggers as he heads out for daily dog walk

David Walliams cut a casual figure as he headed out for his daily dog walk in London on Wednesday.




gg

Bike shops are running out of stock as stores struggle to meet demand in lockdown sales boom

Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and Wheelbase are all listing some models of mountain and road bikes as out of stock on their websites. Surge in sales comes as Britons prepare for post-lockdown life.




gg

Notre Dame fire incorrectly tagged with 9/11 attack details on YouTube

YouTube accidentally tagged clips of the fire engulfing Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris with details about the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. The error came from a fact-checking feature.




gg

Bradley Wiggins deserves Sports Personality award, says Laura Trott

Laura Trott does not need long to think when asked to name a trio of contenders for Sports Personality of the Year. Her vote would go to Bradley Wiggins.




gg

Laura Trott on being inspired by Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins

The star athlete, 21, revealed that Wiggins inspired her cycling career in an interview to promote a new initiative aimed at getting children to achieve.




gg

Laura Trott and Jason Kenny on the disasters that dogged their wedding day

In their own frank, entertaining and self-effacing words, JASON KENNY and LAURA TROTT describe how love blossomed, and the haphazard planning leading up to their big day.




gg

Paris attacks leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud bragged about migrant crisis

Abdelhamid Abaaoud's behavior after the carnage on November 13 will be of concern to those allowing thousands of foreign down-and-outs, including many Roma gypsies, into Paris.




gg

Arnold Schwarzenegger hits the gym in West Yorkshire

He began his career as a professional bodybuilder before embarking on acting and political pursuits. But Arnold, 70, proved he was still a fitness fanatic as he squeezed in a workout at a Yorkshire gym.




gg

Leeds bus pushchair space is taken up by a cat in a buggy

Mia Wilson, 23, was on a First Bus in Leeds when she says a row broke out between a mother and the bus driver about a pram occupied by a cat (circled) taking up the remaining pushchair space.




gg

Jo Cox's husband opens up about his struggle

Brendan Cox is preparing to spend his second Christmas without his wife who was shot and stabbed to death by a Nazi sympathiser in Leeds in June 2016.




gg

Helen Briggs flashes her ample assets in plunging swimsuit

Helen Briggs put on a sizzling festive display as she joined her fellow scantily-clad EOTB alum ZaraLena Jackson for the Miss Swimsuit UK Christmas party in Leeds on Thursday.




gg

New York ICE officials accused of rigging algorithms to detain immigrants in detention centers 

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against ICE claiming New York officers rigged algorithms to always recommend people arrested for immigration violations be detained.




gg

Jacob Rees-Mogg wades into row over Oxford 'no platforming' of Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd was due to speak at the UN Women Oxford event last night - but was told when she arrived that the event to mark International Women's Day had been cancelled.




gg

CBP arrests Mexican man smuggling 5.3 pounds of fentanyl, enough to kill at least 1.2 million people

CBP agents intercepted a Mexican national with 41.4 pounds of cocaine and 5.3 pounds of fentanyl in California. The confiscated fentanyl was enough to kill 1.2 million people.




gg

Man is charged over plot to smuggle immigrants into UK after 39 migrants were found dead in a lorry

Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, has been charged with an immigration offence in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry, found in Essex.




gg

Australia's biggest housing markets could plunge by 20% as foreign student arrivals hit rock bottom

Westpac fears a housing market recovery that began last year will be reversed because of COVID-19. Sydney's median house price has risen by 19 per cent since bottoming out in July 2019.




gg

People smuggler jailed for two years after 10 months on run

Adam Raynor was initially arrested at the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel in June 2019 after the Chinese and Vietnamese nationals were found in the back of his car.




gg

Vaping firm's advert is BANNED for suggesting its products were endorsed by Sir Mo Farah

Sir Mo himself took to social media in March to make clear the advertisement by the UK-based company Diamond Mist had nothing to do with him.