By NICHOLAS COMINO, POLITICAL REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated: 08:57 BST, 9 May 2026 The Farrer by-election is looming as a major political humiliation for the Coalition, with One Nation in serious contention to win its first federal lower house seat. Voters in the sprawling south-west NSW electorate…
Keir Starmer on the brink as he refuses to shift ‘left or right’ after local elections hammering: Live updates
By OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER Updated: 08:26 BST, 9 May 2026 Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to remain in his job today as he faces mounting pressure from the backbenches to resign after Labour were hammered in the local elections. More than 20 Labour MPs have so far called on…
Tories slump to series of losses and blame the rise of Reform UK
Russell Findlay yesterday said he was ‘disappointed’ with the Scottish Tory losses – but vowed to continue as leader. His party saw its vote share plunge across the country and lose its position as the largest opposition party following mass losses. But it managed to hold its three ‘blue wall’…
Breaking her silence after 30 years, Manhattan high-flyer claims she was wrongly blamed for Everest disaster that killed eight, GUY ADAMS reveals
You wouldn’t guess, watching Sandy Hill and her companion Domino, a Jack Russell, wander the dusty footpaths of their pomegranate farm in rural Ibiza, that she was once one of New York’s great movers and shakers. Back in the 1990s, when Hill worked at Vogue magazine and was married to…
Learn the night sky without an app: May’s easiest star-hops for beginners
“Look, there’s the Southern Cross!” I turned, expecting an outstretched arm and a finger pointing low to the horizon. Instead, she was pointing at her phone. Her friend hurried over, not to look up, but to look down — both of them staring at a glowing screen while, just beyond…
Dad-of-three is killed as plane he was flying crashes in California brush… as impact triggers hellish inferno
By JENSEN BIRD Published: 06:49 BST, 9 May 2026 | Updated: 06:50 BST, 9 May 2026 A Southern California father of three was killed in a plane crash that appeared to have triggered a roaring wildfire. Ramzi Al-Shurman, 28, went down on Thursday morning while flying a small plane over a remote…
US sends evacuation flight to rescue 17 Americans trapped on hantavirus cruise ship and bring them to state-of-the-art quarantine center in NEBRASKA
The United States will send an emergency aircraft to evacuate the 17 Americans who are still stuck onboard the deadly cruise that has been riddled with the hantavirus. So far, there have been eight cases of hantavirus linked to the outbreak that began on the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius…
Scientists found the “holy grail” gene that could one day help humans regrow limbs
Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that could someday help researchers develop therapies for regrowing human limbs. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, point to a possible new direction for regenerative medicine and gene therapy. “This significant…
The charred hull of Artemis 2’s Orion photo of the day for May 8, 2026
NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion capsule sits at the Kennedy Space Center, charred from its return journey through Earth’s atmosphere. (Image credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky) NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft rests after its flight around the moon, charred from the return to Earth. The Artemis 2 mission launched four astronauts on a…
Major blow for Irish construction worker who sparked uproar after he called Aussie tradies ‘soft’
By ZAK WHEELER, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:19 BST, 9 May 2026 | Updated: 05:49 BST, 9 May 2026 An Irish construction worker has been given the boot after sparking furious debate when he slammed Australian construction workers as ‘soft’. Ian Dowling says he is out of a job after…