NSW residents told it’s ‘too late to leave’ as out-of-control fire takes hold on south coast

NSW residents told it's 'too late to leave' as out-of-control fire takes hold on south coast https://t.co/ID6DVwGiKM

— SBS News (@SBSNews) September 25, 2017

Firefighters rescue man in car caught in flash flooding in San Antonio, Texas; CLIP

Firefighters come to the rescue of man caught in flash flooding in San Antonio, Texas. https://t.co/ke0cxX4hyM http://pic.twitter.com/S3WoPKBKzh

— ABC News (@ABC) August 8, 2017

Gaddafi’s son Saif ‘freed’ in Libya – BBC News

Muammar Gaddafi’s preferred successor is said to be free again in Libya after six years in custody.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty, in a move which could fuel further instability.

His father’s preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years.

The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been released on Friday but he has not been shown in public.

Local reports suggest he is now in the eastern city of Bayda with relatives.

The militia group said it was acting on a request from the “interim government”.

That government – based in the east of the country – had already offered amnesty to Saif al-Islam.

However, he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli, the west of the country, where control is in the hands of the rival, UN-backed Government of National Accord.

Source: Gaddafi’s son Saif ‘freed’ in Libya – BBC News

Natural fit for Perth body-building mums

MANY mums struggle to find time for a quick gym sessions in between work, the school run and dinner time.

But these Perth mothers have done more than that — they’re in the midst of a gruelling 12-week training schedule ahead of Perth’s first all-female national body building event.

The Ms Fitness Australia competition on June 3, to be hosted by the Australasian Natural Bodybuilding Federation, will attract toned women from throughout the country.

Among them will be Natasha Lovell, 37, of Bunbury, Layna Bartlett, 42, of Rockingham, and Krystal Woolsten, 33, of North Beach, who never imagined themselves standing on stage in bikinis a few years ago, but say the sport turned their lives around.

Ms Lovell said body building helped her during a “messy” marriage breakup about five years ago.

Now she enjoys a new lease on life, being a strong role model, in every sense of the word, for her daughters Lucy, 7, and Matilda, 10.

“I had been going through a bit of a rough time in life — a messy marriage breakup, and I wasn’t in a good place physically and mentally,” Ms Lovell said.

“This has been like a saviour for me. It’s helped me out so much physically and emotionally, the training being like therapy for me.”

As a single mum, Ms Lovell squeezes in her training sessions every day in between full-time work at a childcare centre and looking after her daughters.

Ms Bartlett described herself as being active when she was younger, but then neglected her health and fitness in her 20s.

Source: Natural fit for Perth body-building mums | Perth Now

North Korea training for an attack on US bases in Japan

Terrifying moment huge great white shark stalks a surfer and then charges at him at an idyllic Australian beach

A drone has captured footage of a great white shark swimming less than a metre away from a surfer as he dangled his feet in the water near Ballina, a notorious shark attack spot.

VIDEO HERE Great white shark lunges surfer Lighthouse Beach Ballina | Daily Mail Online