DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.

Details of a horrific child abduction were revealed in a Queensland judgment overturning a sentence potentially allowing predator Sterling Mervyn Free to walk free on parole in less than two years.

The girls aged 14 and 15 were last seen at Tangmere Street in Chapel Hill in Brisbane on Thursday around 6.30pm.

The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.

The decision comes after residents in Byron Bay lobbied to have the buses stop to make sure COVID-19 was not transmitted to regional areas.

Nigerian student Kelechi Emeh, 33, avoided a jail cell after pleading guilty to his role in a sophisticated scam which defrauded Queensland woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.

Queensland Health warned other passengers of the diagnosis by text and then a phone call before directing them to self-quarantine in an email on Thursday.

The girl was taken from a home in Narangba, north of Brisbane, by Aedan Carroll at around midday on Friday.

Creative Australians are adorning costumes to take out the bins as a form of entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.

Aedan Carroll, 34, has been charged with a number of domestic violence offences after allegedly attacking a woman on Friday in a Narangba home, north of Brisbane.

Homeless fruit picker Robert Paul Long received a life sentence with a 20-year non-parole period after starting a fire in the Childers Palace Backpackers hostel north of Brisbane in June 2000.

The housemate of a man who raped, beat and lit a woman on fire over 23 days is behind bars himself accused of being an accessory to torture.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -Rob Lindsay, 51, from Brisbane, noticed a small pink patch on the top of his right ear in September 2019 but claims his GP told him it was 'nothing serious'.

Australians hoping to fly home during the coronavirus pandemic have been given new options with Qantas announcing limited flights to Melbourne from Los Angeles and London.

Bernie Ryan flew back to the country on Sunday from his job as a mining contractor in Brisbane after hearing his wife's cancer had aggressively returned and she had only hours to live.

Conservative candidate for the seat of Dover Charlie Elphicke will be replaced by his wife Natalie Elphicke after he was suspended from the party over sexual assault allegations.

The Conservatives have taken the Workington seat from a Labour in a huge swing, managing to overturn a 3,000 majority to triumph by a stunning 4,000 votes. 

Carrie Symonds, 31, worked for the Tory party from 2009 and eventually became communications chief, before hitting the headlines when her affair with Mr Johnson came to light.

Yan Liu, 37, walked into the department store at Westfield in Bondi Junction, Sydney, last March intending to steal a lavender Zimmermann sweater (pictured), a court has heard.

Ashleigh, 26, from Lancashire, was filmed giving birth to her second son, Hughey, for tonight's The Maternity Ward on 5Star, which follows expectant mothers at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Paulina was on vacation in Costa Rica but just arrived back in the US. She shared a throwback photo from the trip, showing herself in just underwear facing away from the camera.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes closing the doors to all Facebook offices during the coronavirus outbreak was necessary, but is concerned about the mental health of the firm's moderators.

Paulina shared the stunning photo on Thursday, which is day four of her self-imposed quarantine.

President Trump said the nation would lose 'thousands' of people to suicides if the nation enters a recession or depression, and called for ending stay-at-home orders soon.

The former Disney star admitted being in the spotlight in her teens affected her mental health and her 'fragile' nature left her experiencing a lot of 'ups and downs'.

Australia is set to experience the 'biggest contraction' in national output and income since the Great Depression as it grapples with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tech firm Compass Pathways, has raised £64million from investors, including Peter Thiel, the Paypal co-founder. It wants to carry out research into psilocybin from magic mushrooms.

A model who lost 75 per cent of her hair due to an auto-immune condition and stress has revealed how she restored it to its lustrous best in seven simple steps.

Hayley, 31 said: 'My most memorable recurring dreams from childhood are all water related. I started to have a lot of those again. It resulted in me having panic attacks, and I ended up in a hospital.'

Lamar Odom reflected on his near-fatal 2015 overdose as he was eliminated from Dancing With The Stars on Monday.

When your dad dresses up like a swashbuckling pirate and dances his heart out on stage, it moves you to your feet yourself.

'It was nice for him to text me on my birthday,' the pageant queen told Us Weekly after performing on Dancing With The Stars. Hannah celebrated her 25th birthday a month ago.

'I will never understand @dancingabc sending @vanderjames home. He was absolutely amazing every single week,' Dewan posted to Instagram.

Christie Brinkley took fans on a luxurious cruise with her this week as she shared her photo album from a trip on the high seas with her 590K Instagram followers.

Kris Jenner freshened up her dance moves as she took a class in LA led by Dancing With The Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev. She rocked a leather jacket and brought her boyfriend Corey Gamble.

Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd were the picture perfect couple on Tuesday when they stepped out to promote their new dance tour with Val and Jenna Johnson in NYC.

She has recently been spending time apart from husband Brooks Laich during lockdown, with the married couple self-isolating in different parts of the country.

KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: The Norwegian waited until the 84th minute to introduce Lukaku, the £75million striker who has fallen down the pecking order since Jose Mourinho left.

The former Prime Minister, 52, had allowed 15-year-old Nancy to invite school friends to the family's property in Cornwall. But he threw them out when they partied until 3am and invited boys over.

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.

For the past three years Mr Cameron has been in self-imposed purdah, writes RICHARD KAY. The man who triggered the EU referendum has been desperate not to be seen as a back-seat driver.

The ex-prime minister revealed that his former chancellor and right-hand man had urged him 'destroy their credibility' as leaders of the Leave campaign, saying they were 'killing' his leadership.

The European Commission chief tried to reassure the outgoing Mr Cameron at a Brussels summit just days after the EU referendum result in 2016, according to the ex-PM's new memoirs.

Samantha Cameron, 48, donned her own design from her Cefinn fashion line as she joined her husband David Cameron on This Morning to talk about their lives after living at No.10 Downing Street.

David Cameron's government had predicted the development of a £33billion industry with 64,500 jobs with 20 frackign wells operational by mid 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: For David 'Spotty' Rowland, a visit to Balmoral to meet the Queen in the summer of 2010 marked the peak of his social ascent.

HARRY COLE: The victorious Prime Minister hit the town on Friday night to go to a party for Tory staff at Mayfair hotel Brown's, hosted by billionaire Sir Rocco Forte.

The London-born wife of former prime minister David Cameron shared a snap of her modelling a new blue maxi dress for her fashion range Cefinn on Instagram, praising its loose, relaxed fit.