Author: James Martin
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will face a third trial on sexual assault allegations and wants the venue changed from Sydney to Newcastle.The 34-year-old was released from jail in February after the New South Wales court of criminal appeal quashed his convictions and ordered a retrial.Hayne had served nine months of a minimum term of three years and eight months imposed on him in May 2021 after he was found guilty of two charges of sexual intercourse without consent.The ex-Parramatta player had earlier faced another trial where the jury could not reach a verdict.When the case was mentioned in the…
RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE: Battle to stop fire at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, refugees could hit four million, shoppers search for Ukrainian vodka after Russian products are pulled off shelves over Vladimir Putin’s invasionBy Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 02:21 EST, 4 March 2022 | Updated: 02:59 EST, 4 March 2022 Russian forces today shelled Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing the country of unleashing ‘nuclear terror’.Mr Zelensky said he feared that an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant would be ‘the end for everyone, the end for Europe, the evacuation of Europe’.The assault triggered phone…
The world has been following the story of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine for years now. The power plant itself is a vital part of their economy and it is one of their major sources of energy. But what about the potential radioactive releases that can be caused by a disaster like this? Is there a way to protect yourself from radiation, should something bad happen at this power plant? What is the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant? The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is one of the biggest power plants in Ukraine. It’s located on the left side of…
Rodney Marsh was a popular and talismanic figure in Australian cricket for over 50 years – as a player, commentator, coach, selector and administrator. With his walrus moustache, bandaged street fighter hands and grizzled wit, he came to personify an era of hairy, thirsty, newly professional modern players.As Test wicketkeeper from 1971 to 1984, Marsh was Australia’s field marshal, setting the tone for energy and effort, and upping the ante when required, be it with a dry-yet-devastating word in a batsman’s ear or an encrypted gesture to a fast bowler at the top of his run-up. Although it hurt him…
Nineteen children hospitalized after car crashes into preschool in California: Two kids were pinned under vehicleNineteen children were hospitalized after a car crashed into into Great Adventures Christian Preschool in Anderson, California Ambulances transported fourteen children to local hospitals, while five kids were taken to the hospitals by parents The Anderson Police Department said two kids were pinned under the vehicle when they arrived. By Gina Martinez For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:35 EST, 3 March 2022 | Updated: 02:39 EST, 4 March 2022 Nineteen children and an employee were hospitalized after a car crashed into a California preschool.Ambulances transported fourteen children to local hospitals on…
Former NRL player Sam Burgess has been hit with a $30,000 fine after a lengthy investigation conducted by the league found he had breached multiple rules during his time as a South Sydney player and official.Burgess, who retired at the end of 2019 due to a chronic shoulder problem but continued his involvement with the Rabbitohs in a coaching capacity, also received a suspension from any official club duty for 12 weeks.But the league said there was insufficient available evidence to support domestic violence allegations.An NRL statement on Friday said the 33-year-old had “breached its code of conduct by taking…
Elden Ring (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £49.99)Rating: Verdict: Choose your own adventureYou died. Fans of Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Dark Souls series will have seen those two words a whole lot, occupying the screen as yet another monster slaps their knightly adventurer into the dust.Now they’ll see them a whole lot more. Elden Ring, the Japanese maestro’s latest game, is as brutal as your average episode of Game of Thrones — which is fitting, really, given that GoT writer George R.R. Martin, is a co-author here. But it is also beautiful, achingly so. Its setting is the Lands Between, a liminal place that’s visibly caught…
Novak Djokovic’s efforts to compete at the next grand slam on the tennis calendar will be far less complicated than his failed Australian Open bid after the French government announced it would suspend its vaccination pass this month.The decision to end current restrictions on 14 March means the Serb will likely be able to defend his French Open title at Roland Garros, beginning on 22 May.The world No 2, who lost top spot in the ATP rankings last week, was unable to play at the year’s opening grand slam in Melbourne after being deported due to his vaccination status.France had…
Oleh Bulavenko’s death was captured in the footage filmed by his son on the outskirts of Kyiv, as they tried to take their pet dogs to safetyThe sham of President Putin’s claims to not be targeting civilians was laid bare last night as video emerged of a family car being strafed by tank fire on a quiet country road outside Kyiv.The Russian leader yesterday delivered an address claiming ‘gangster’ Ukrainian leaders using ‘human shields’ was the real reason so many civilians had been killed by his troops’ onslaught in the country.But within hours footage emerged showing a father and his…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Friday of unleashing ‘nuclear terror’ after his forces attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, claiming the Russian leader wanted to repeat the Chernobyl disaster – considered the worst nuclear disaster in history. ‘You know the word Chernobyl,’ he said in a video posted on Friday morning, calling on Russia to stop its attack on a nuclear power plant 350 miles south of Kyiv. ‘No country other than Russia has ever fired on nuclear power units. ‘This is the first time in our history. In the history of mankind. ‘The terrorist state now resorted…