UK director Antonia Bird dies at 54

ANTONIA Bird, one of Britain's leading female film and TV directors, has died aged 54. She was known for 1990s' films including Priest, Face and Ravenous, all starring actor Robert Carlyle. Bird's TV credits included Spooks, Cracker, EastEnders...

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Mount Etna volcano erupts

MOUNT Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted, sending up a towering plume of ash visible in much of eastern Sicily. Etna's eruptions aren't infrequent, although the last major one occurred in 1992.Catania airport says the eruption on Saturday...

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UK MP takes shot at Russell Brand

COMEDIAN Russell Brand has been described as a "twat" by a Tory MP after the star admitted he had never voted during an appearance on Newsnight. Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant used a live interview on a local BBC radio station to criticise Brand...

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Ryanair looks to improve customer service

BUDGET Irish airline Ryanair, whose chief executive Michael O'Leary has in the past labelled some of his passengers "idiots", has announced a series of measures to improve customer service. In the past, O'Leary has insisted passengers only care...

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Baby abandoned in Dutch city has sister

DNA tests show that a baby boy found abandoned in a southern Dutch city in June has the same mother as a baby girl found abandoned in Germany in 2011, prosecutors say. Limburg province prosecutor's office said in a statement on Friday that Dutch...

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Two killed at Beijing's Forbidden City

A 49-YEAR-OLD employee at Beijing's imperial palace, or Forbidden City, has reportedly stabbed two colleagues to death in the canteen. Police detained the man suspected of carrying out the attack. He was seriously injured, state media quoted...

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Spain's unemployment rate falls

THE number of unemployed people in Spain dropped by 72,800 to 5.9 million in the third quarter, pushing the unemployment rate down to 25.98 per cent. The drop in the number of jobless people in the third quarter, compared to the same period...

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Permira snaps up UK's Dr Martens

BRITISH boot brand Dr Martens has been snapped up by private equity firm Permira in a STG300 million ($A507.14 million) deal, ending more than 50 years of family ownership. It means the boots - footwear of choice for generations of skinheads,...

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Roma family removals probe in Ireland

IRELAND'S police watchdog will review the cases of two Roma families having children removed from their homes amid claims they could not prove their identity. Two reports have been ordered on the controversial action by gardai and health officials...

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Bad bushfire conditions set to linger

BUSHFIRE-WEARY NSW residents shouldn't expect any respite just yet, with dangerous fire weather expected to linger for at least another three days. Scores of fires continued to burn around the state late on Thursday as the bushfire crisis entered...

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Six out of 10 Aussies 'too fat': report

MORE than six out of ten Australian adults are too fat to be healthy, according to data that shows 10.8 million are overweight or obese. Obesity has ballooned from 11 per cent in 1989 to 28 per cent in 2011-12, when the data for a new National...

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Grampians tops list of worst smoking areas

GRAMPIANS in regional Victoria has the highest smoking rate in Australia, with 28 per cent of adults lighting up at least once a day, according to new data. Adults in Sydney's north shore and beaches have the cleanest lungs, with only six per...

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Bushfires still a risk in some NSW areas

LOWER temperatures, a change in wind direction and slightly higher humidity. It sounds like the favourable weather combination fire fighters have been waiting for, but authorities warn a southerly change could carry some risk for fire-threatened...

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GSK sales in China tumble amid probe

GLAXOSMITHKLINE says its sales of drugs and vaccines in China have tumbled in the third quarter as it was hit by bribery investigations there. Worldwide sales, it says, were flat as growth in the US and Europe helped offset China's 61 per cent...

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White House staffer fired over tweets

A WHITE House national security official has been fired for sending anonymous messages on Twitter that insulted colleagues in the Obama administration and revealed internal information, US media report. Jofi Joseph, who worked on non-proliferation...

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Girl taken from gypsy family in Ireland

A BLONDE-HAIRED, blue-eyed seven-year-old girl has been put into care after being taken from a Roma family in Ireland. A member of the public raised concerns about the child living with the gypsy family in a house in a south Dublin suburb. ...

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US employers add 148,000 jobs

THE US economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began October 1. Still, hiring was strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. The Labor Department...

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US employers add 148,000 jobs

THE US economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began October 1. Still, hiring was strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. The Labor Department...

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Blue Mountains brace for dangerous day

RESIDENTS in the Blue Mountains who have not prepared for a day of extreme fire danger have been urged to leave the area as early as possible. The stern warning comes as firefighters brace for the worst fire conditions since the NSW bushfire...

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US marathon runner sets knitting record

A US graphic design professor has knitted his way into the record books while running the Kansas City Marathon. The Kansas City Star reports that David Babcock, from the University of Central Missouri, finished the marathon in five hours and...

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Man's body found under Anzac Bridge

A MAN'S body has been found under the Anzac Bridge in Sydney. A crime scene has been established on Quarry Master Drive after police were called on Monday night. Detectives from Sydney City Local Area Command are interested in speaking with...

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Vic coroner wants better train warnings

A VICTORIAN coroner who investigated the deaths of 11 people in the Kerang rail crash has called for more technologically advanced road signals to warn drivers of approaching trains. A semi-trailer smashed into a V-Line train at a level-crossing...

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Youth charged in relation to NSW bushfire

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged over a bushfire that destroyed more than 5000 hectares in the NSW Hunter region last week. The boy was charged at Raymond Terrace Police Station on Monday evening with intentionally causing fire and being reckless...

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Dozens reported dead in South Sudan attack

DOZENS of people have been killed in an attack on South Sudanese villages by a rebel group and local tribesmen, officials say. The attacks on Sunday left at least 50 people dead, said military spokesman Philip Aguer, while a local official in...

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Fears hot and dry winds will fan NSW fires

FIREFIGHTERS across NSW are again preparing for worsening conditions with high temperatures and hot, dry winds forecast to sweep the state. A state of emergency was declared in NSW on Sunday, as more than 50 fires burnt across NSW, 15 of them...

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Australia 'must do better in Antarctica'

AUSTRALIA is in danger of having to mothball research projects in Antarctica because of its shrinking budget, a new study warns. The Australian Strategic Police Institute (ASPI) paper says Australia claims 42 per cent of Antarctica, an area the...

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HIV rises as men admit unprotected sex

HIV diagnoses are rising at a record rate as an increasing number of gay Australians admit having unprotected casual sex, according to two major reports. An annual surveillance report says 1253 people were diagnosed in 2012 and around 30,000 infected...

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Sexual disease soars among young people

THE sexually transmitted disease chlamydia is rampant among young Australians, with an expert estimating close to half a million new infections in 2012. "It's skyrocketing," says Associate Professor David Wilson, who on Monday will present the...

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New Sydney transport timetables arrive

SYDNEYSIDERS travelling on the city's public transport network are being told to brace for a few hiccups as a new timetable comes into effect. The integrated timetable changes across Sydney's trains, buses and ferries started on Sunday but Transport...

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