South Australia opens its borders to Queensland but SNUBS Victoria and New South Wales by keeping them out of travel bubble Visitors from Queensland can enter South Australia from midnight on Friday The move will give hope to ailing tourism businesses desperate for visitors These visitors will not have to quarantine for the mandatory 14-day … Read more
Motsi Mabuse has revealed the struggles of growing up in South Africa under Apartheid before she battled to break through into the dance world. The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 39, appeared on Loose Women on Thursday amid the Black Lives Matter movement. Speaking about her childhood, she told the panel: ‘I have to be honest, you … Read more
London and the South East are often associated with congestion and urban sprawl – but if you know where to look, wild adventures are available. Wild Guide London & South East (www.wildthingspublishing.com), written by Daniel Start, Lucy Grewcock and Elsa Hammond, is an intriguing and highly useful compendium of 1,000s of them. It lists secret … Read more
Family of five are stuck living in a SHED in South Africa after travelling there just before lockdown and getting stranded overseas 10,000 New Zealand visa holders are stuck overseas due to COVID-19 Among them are a family who travelled to South Africa before lockdown They are now trapped in a rural town, living in … Read more
I cannot abide those who are cruel to animals, but the sad fact is that in our digital age, my strong aversion is aroused all too often. I have lost count of the number of people who post on social media platforms such as Twitter so-called ‘kill shots’ of themselves grinning at the camera (or, … Read more
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened military action against South Korea as she attacked Seoul over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Describing South Korea as an ‘enemy’, Kim Yo Jong repeated an earlier threat by saying Seoul will … Read more
Concerns have been raised over a possible second wave of coronavirus in South Korea as the R rate rises to 1.8 in the Seoul area. The country’s top infectious disease expert is worried about the speed of virus transmissions in the densely populated capital area, where around 30 to 50 new infections have been reported each … Read more
Monster of the deep! Beachgoers are stunned to find a 14-foot-long giant squid washed up on the shore in South Africa The 14ft long giant squid weighing and 440lb was found dead and washed up on the shore in South Africa These elusive marine species are rarely seen and weren’t photographed alive for the first … Read more
South Carolina couple discovers giant megaldon shark tooth in a muddy river bed that is larger than a human hand and weighs about one-pound South Carolina is home to millions of fossils, attracting people from all over A couple was exploring the Stono River outside of Charleston last month The pair spotted something gray sticking out … Read more
Professor Lucy Yardley, of Bristol and Southampton universities, suggested setting up South Korean-style quarantine hotels to clamp down on people flouting self-isolation rules Britons tracked down by contact tracers should be put up in quarantine hotels to clamp down on the tens of thousands of people flouting coronavirus self-isolation rules, one of Number 10‘s scientific advisers … Read more