Saturday, March 25, 2017
Justice League: First full trailer; Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash
Who’s the beast of Broadchurch? We haven’t a cluedo!
The investigation into the brutal rape of Trish Winterman (Julie Hesmondhalgh) that dominates series three, continues to widen, and it now seems that almost every man in the sleepy Dorset seaside town is a suspect…
MORE: Who’s the beast of Broadchurch? We haven’t a cluedo! | Daily Mail Online
Armed robbers raid Monte Carlo Cartier store as cops hunt at least two thieves after capturing one of the gunmen
TERRIFYING gunshots echoed around Monte Carlo’s fabled casino during a spectacular armed robbery at the luxurious Cartier jewellery shop next door.
At least one ruthless robber was wounded and caught by police while another two were reportedly on the run following the explosive afternoon heist.
Hundreds of horrified tourists looked on as the audacious gang set a car on fire to distract cops in a nearby tunnel that features in the Monaco’s iconic Formula One grand prix.
Astonishing footage shows plumes of thick black smoke covering the skyline of the celeb-filled tax haven.
As emergency services rushed to put it out, at least three gangsters rushed into the Cartier shop on the square where the legendary casino is situated and helped themselves to goods inside…
US-led Coalition says it BOMBED Mosul site with 200 civilians killed
An initial review of strike data… indicates that, at the request of the Iraqi security forces, the coalition struck (ISIS) fighters and equipment, March 17, in west Mosul at the location corresponding to allegations of civilian casualties,’ it said in a statement released on Saturday.
Iraqi officials and witnesses say that strikes in west Mosul have killed dozens of people in recent days, but the number of victims could not be independently confirmed, and the toll from the specific strike referenced by the coalition was unclear.
Source: Coalition says it hit Mosul site where civilians killed | Daily Mail Online
Energy tracking ‘Numen’ device could help slash home power bills
That’s the idea behind new technology developers say could dramatically cut power bills.
Perth start-up Ecocentric has teamed with the CSIRO to create a system called “Numen”, which monitors the efficiency of everything from your fridge to your tablet when it’s plugged in.
“Numen is a revolutionary device that is going to build a new understanding of the way we use energy,” Tim Bray from Ecocentric told the ABC.
Mr Bray said the Numen was the missing link in Australia’s energy debate.
He said the problem was most people have no idea how much energy they’re using, so it’s hard for them to become more efficient…
Huge gas explosion in Merseyside which left 24 injured and caused two buildings to collapse
Emergency services were scrambled to the scene of the blast in New Ferry, Merseyside, this evening which demolished numerous buildings within a 50 metre radius.
The explosion was heard across the region including in Liverpool and reportedly as far away as North Wales with unconfirmed reports suggesting the buildings could be a dance school, furniture shop and Chinese restaurant.
Source: Blast on the Wirral leaves casualties buried under rubble | Daily Mail Online
Essendon overruns Hawthorn late to win by 25 points, Jarryd Roughead’s goal lights up MCG
Essendon has lived up to its ‘comeback’ moniker, but an impressive fighting win over Hawthorn was just one part of a night that was all about comebacks.
Welcoming back a number of players who were suspended for a year after the ridiculously drawn-out supplements saga, the team has been all about its fight back from the depths.
Indeed, returning skipper Dyson Heppell and former captain Jobe Watson were influential in the 17.14 (116) to 12.19 (91) win that saw the Bombers kick 10 of the last 13 goals in the game.
Heppell ultimately finished with an outlandishly good stat line of three goals, 34 disposals and seven tackles, with Watson adding 27 disposals and eight tackles.
But the biggest ‘comeback’ moment of the night probably belonged to someone else — Jarryd Roughead.
UTS Professor Chonyi Feng detained in China, stopped from boarding return flight to Australia
A Sydney professor and critic of growing Chinese government influence in Australia has been prevented from boarding a flight to return home to Sydney, and the ABC understands he has been told he is not allowed to leave China.
Chongyi Feng, an Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), had been visiting China but friends say he was stopped from taking a flight to Australia while at Guangzhou airport in southern China on Saturday night.
It was the second time in as many days that the prominent Sydney-based academic and China expert had been blocked from boarding a flight.
WA Labor misses out on upper house working majority by one seat
The remaining votes in the WA election have been counted, with Labor narrowly missing out on a working majority in the Legislative Council by one seat.
The results mean Labor is likely to be reliant on the crossbench to pass legislation but that could change if it can court a Liberal MP to accept the president’s position.
Port to Pub swim: Teenage swimmers dominate, man joins swim before proposing
New South Wales man Michael Hanisch had told girlfriend Rachael Elkaim he would remain on the east coast while she took on the 25km course.
But Mr Hanisch – who like his partner earned a Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last year – had secretly arranged to fly to Perth.
He jumped into the ocean alongside a stunned Ms Elkaim for the final 2km, and then proposed at the finish line.
Ms Elkaim, who accepted, said: “I had no idea.
“When he went down on one knee I thought ‘It’s about time’.”
Source: Port to Pub swim: Teenage swimmers dominate, man joins swim before proposing | Perth Now
Civilian deaths from US-led airstrikes hit record-high under Donald Trump
Source: Civilian deaths from US-led airstrikes hit record-high under Donald Trump | The Independent
#F1 Daniel Ricciardo apologises to Red Bull team after crash
The affable 27-year-old will start 10th on the grid after he skidded at turn 14, ended up in the gravel and hit a barrier before his car was towed from the track.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took pole ahead of Ferrari’s second-placed Sebastian Vettel.
Source: Daniel Ricciardo apologises to Red Bull team after crash | Daily Mail Online
UN fears 200 died in coalition airstrike on Mosul
The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
A senior UN official in Iraq said she was stunned by accounts of “terrible loss of life”, after claims that at least 200 people had been killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition.
US warplanes are supporting the Iraqi Army’s mission to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS).
US media reports say an investigation is under way.
It is not known exactly when the deaths are alleged to have happened.
However, reporters in western Mosul’s Jadideh neighbourhood said they saw 50 bodies being pulled out of buildings on Friday, after they were razed in air attacks earlier in March.
Source: UN fears 200 died in coalition airstrike on Mosul – BBC News
Line of Duty S4: Why the BBC series is the saviour of British TV -TRAILER
Source: Line of Duty: Why the BBC series is the saviour of British TV | The Independent
Clive James: ‘Coogan and Brydon are the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy’
Anyone who relishes what happens when Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon sit opposite each other in a restaurant will know that the real focus of the entertainment is on the actors at the other tables who are pretending not to laugh. While Coogan and Brydon do uncanny impersonations of 007, the extras have to do uncanny impersonations of corpses, and sometimes they can’t keep it up. They crack a rib. And they are, of course, quite right. Coogan and Brydon are the funniest couple since Laurel and Hardy.
And it’s all done just by evoking stuff we’ve seen already. But there’s no “just” about it. Such accurate mimicry demands deep concentration. The basic shtick of their echolalic duel to the death depends on Coogan being even more fanatical about getting it right than Brydon is. Indeed, Coogan might not entirely be bluffing when he suggests, in a voice nearly his own for once, that mere hilarity might not always be the whole aim. The true intention is to borrow a state of being.
Ferrari fired up for Australian GP, says Vettel
Sebastian Vettel has seen a number of false dawns since crossing to Ferrari but the German has predicted good times ahead for the Italian outfit after putting his car on the front row of the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Vettel’s quickest lap was nearly three-tenths of a second slower than Mercedes pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton but the four-time world champion felt he had left a better time out on the track.
‘I was not entirely happy with my lap,’ the German told reporters.
Source: Ferrari fired up for Australian GP, says Vettel | Daily Mail Online
#F1 Hamilton secures pole position for Australian GP. Dan Ric crashed to 10th
The three-time world champion set an impressive lap of 1:22.188 to start at the front of the grid on Sunday, where he will be joined by Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari.
Valtteri Bottas, who is preparing for his debut season with Mercedes, will start third ahead of Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.
Source: Lewis Hamilton secures pole position for Australian GP | Daily Mail Online
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