Residents flee Gold Coast apartment tower as balcony fire erupts

By MAISY RAE – NEWS REPORTER Published: 06:40 BST, 8 September 2026 | Updated: 07:01 BST, 8 September 2026 Residents were forced to evacuate an apartment block on the Gold Coast after a fire broke out on a balcony.  Emergency services rushed to the Pacific Keys Central Building on Hooker…

After falling 18% from their peak, are National Grid shares still the safe bet they once were?

National Grid (LSE:NG) shares sit roughly 18% below their all‑time high of 1,428p, touched on 1 March. That drop has caught the eye of income‑focused investors who have long treated the utility as a steady, bond‑like holding. Should you buy National Grid Plc shares today? Before you decide, please take…

Why Troy Matters: Ancient Ruins Reflect Modern Realities

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Periods of prosperity can contain the roots of future collapse. In ancient Troy, ambition led to environmental strain long before modern industry. While today we associate environmental destruction with oil rigs, coal plants, or plastic waste, ancient societies also pushed their ecosystems to the limit.…

Tragedy as dad-of-five takes his own life two days before mental health appointment

A much-loved father and grandfather was due to see a psychologist just two days after he took his own life, as shattered loved ones revealed he had been seeking help for his long-running mental health battles. Clifford ‘Cliff’ Robinson, 51, had booked an appointment with a psychologist for August 2…

Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from whitehat hackers; talks underway for the rest

Supposed whitehat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding. Source link

NYT Connections hints and answers for September 7. Tips to solve ‘Connections’ #1185.

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult if you like cars. Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight…

APOD: 2026 September 8 – Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole

Explanation: Why are Saturn’s poles geometric? Saturn’s North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew past the ringed world in the early 1980s. Now, recent observations of Saturn by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a slightly different geometric cloud pattern…

Adam22 Announces Lena the Plug Separation After ‘Issues’

Adam22 and wife Lena the Plug have split two months after the adult film star claimed that a divorce filing earlier this summer was a hoax. “I would like to formally announce that my wife and I are officially separated,” Adam, 42, said on his “No Jumper” podcast on Monday,…