Cyclone Winston leaves a path of utter destruction in Fiji
LAST week Catherine Matheson and fiance Sean Lim were enjoying beautiful sunsets on the beaches of Maui Bay in Fiji. Last night, they were still coming to terms with the devastation they saw around them in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston. Yesterday morning, people were waking up to scenes of utter destruction after the category five cyclone battered the South Pacific nation with wind gusts as strong as 325kmh and waves up to 12m high. Five casualties had been confirmed by Prime Mini..>> view originalDonald Trump tweets call for Apple boycott ... from iPhone
DONALD Trump has called for a boycott of tech giants Apple - while continuing to use his iPhone. Speaking at a town hall event in South Carolina, the Republican presidential frontrunner asked followers to steer clear of the firm until it cooperates with the FBI's request to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. "What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number," he said. "How do you like that? I just thought of that!" ..>> view originalAt least four passengers trapped in Melbourne bus crash
FIREFIGHTERS are frantically working to free four passengers who are trapped in the wreckage of a bus which struck a bridge about 10.40am. Another 15 people have already been pulled from the tourist bus. So far, none are thought to have life threatening injuries. The bus is understood to have been a metre too tall for the Montague St bridge in South Melbourne and hit it without slowing down. Car salesman Ramsey Melhem told Fairfax said trucks were regularly striking the bridge but..>> view originalSnakes circle while Blue closes on a minor prize
CRICKET: Caboolture has gone back to its hidden strength, its batting tail, to set up a sound case for a home semi-final by turning 9/153 against Gympie into a much stronger 213 at Albert Park. With the top order showing only Martin McVeigh's 33 as a double digit return, the Snakes had teetered at 6/73 until Tom Lorenz and Matt Anderson began the long haul back to respectability, scraping together a 72 stand before Shaun Savage trapped Lorenz in front for 18. With that roadblock removed..>> view original
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