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Jockey Ethan Brown reacts as he rides Point Of Law to win the Melbourne Cup horse race in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake) Racing rarely brings out stories this amusing. A young colt once owned by King Charles III was sold to Australian interests, placed in Ciaron Maher’s stable, and…

London’s famous bridge across the Thames river has suffered many travesties: it has fallen down time and time again, but still stood strong throughout. The bridge that kept falling down Circa AD 50-1176, several wooden iterations of the London Bridge were built again and again, only to fall due to storm, fire or ice damage….

Meet Eva Outram, UK woman who quit her $58,000 NHS job after surviving 23 days in the wilderness; now lives in a caravan, teaches outdoor skills and saves $3,200 a monthFor 23 days, Eva Outram lived in the Canadian wilderness, where finding food, surviving without modern comforts and dealing with isolation became part of her…

After they married in 2017, Dave Walker came up with an unusual project. He had a unique proposal for his wife, Angela. It wasn’t a romantic getaway or a home upgrade, but a project that would give them plenty of time together while testing their patience and determination along the way. What was the project?…

What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia’s most isolated landscapes has grown into a remarkable wildlife recovery effort. Nearly a decade after moving to a remote station in north-western New South Wales, ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are witnessing the return of native mammals that had disappeared from the region…

Paul McCartneyPhoto credit: Wikimedia Commons Thirty years after Sir Paul McCartney helped open the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in a former Liverpool school, the institution has reached a milestone that blends history with a new beginning. At its 2026 graduation ceremony, LIPA conferred its first LIPA degrees and celebrated more than 400 graduating…

Yip Ward and Paul Mappley transformed an abandoned French hamlet after buying it for £26,000. (Photo: yipandpaul.com) Yip Ward and Paul Mappley were living in a caravan in England when an unexpected opportunity changed their lives. The couple bought an abandoned hamlet in Normandy, France, and have since taken on the mammoth task of restoring…

The letter was mailed in Southampton before the Titanic left England A letter written by a Canadian businessman shortly before the Titanic began its first voyage offers a glimpse into the final days of a passenger who never returned home.George Graham, a first-class passenger travelling from Southampton, England, to New York, wrote to a business…

Doberman’s behaviour has raised concerns about Alexander’s health twice. (Photo: Youtube/SWNS) A pet Doberman’s unusual behaviour around a six-month-old baby in England led his mother to seek medical help, after which doctors discovered that the child had a dangerously fast heartbeat of 280 beats per minute. The incident happened in September when Kim Reynolds, 41,…

Pippa Middleton and James Matthews have faced criticism from locals over construction and public access to their estate. (Photo: Instagram/Google Maps) Pippa Middleton and her hedge fund manager husband, James Matthews, have been ordered to remove a car park they built on their sprawling country estate without obtaining prior planning permission. The decision comes after…