49 h. ago The kindness of strangers: stranded on a deserted back road, three bikies swapped my busted tyre

Just like in a movie, they pulled up around me, engines bubbling ominously, all leather and gang colours. I thought, ‘This is it – they’re gonna kill me’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was late, dark and a storm was brewing. I’d been helping a friend do some work at a property in the Colo valley, north-west of Sydney, and was heading home at about 11pm. As I was driving across the Colo River Bridge, there was a sudden, loud bang. I’d hit a pothole and my front driver’s side tyre had blown, just about swallowing my hatchback with it.It was 1988 and, in those days, the area around Colo was pretty rough. It was full of bikies – proper bikies, not the drug-running kind that don’t even have bikes nowadays. The back roads around there are mainly deserted and can be eerie at the best of times. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago The kindness of strangers: when I was stranded on a deserted back road, three bikies changed my busted tyre

Just like in a movie, they pulled up around me, engines bubbling ominously, all leather and gang colours. I thought, ‘This is it – they’re gonna kill me’ Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was late, dark and a storm was brewing. I’d been helping a friend do some work at a property in the Colo valley, north-west of Sydney, and was heading home about 11pm. As I was driving across the Colo River Bridge, there was a sudden, loud bang. I’d hit a pothole and my front driver’s side tyre had blown, just about swallowing my hatchback with it.It was 1988 and, in those days, the area around Colo was pretty rough. It was full of bikies – proper bikies, not the drug-running kind that don’t even have bikes nowadays. The back roads around there are mainly deserted and can be eerie at the best of times. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Josh Hazlewood blitz sends Australia to victory inside three days in West Indies

First Test, day three: Australia 180 & 310; West Indies 190 & 141 Hazlewood picks up five wickets in 159-run victory in BridgetownIt was an extraordinary final session to end the first Test in Barbados in the long shadows of the third evening. After two days of wobbles, a portion of Australia’s batting got its act together, with the lower-middle-order trio of Travis Head, Beau Webster, and Alex Carey making half centuries to lift Australia’s second innings to 310. That left West Indies needing 301 to win the first Test in Barbados, always unlikely on a Kensington Oval pitch that already had balls keeping low. Josh Hazlewood made sure of it with a withering burst of 4-4 in 16 balls, later upping that to 5-23, as West Indies crashed humiliatingly to 141 all out, losing by 159 runs.Hazlewood has been the subject of some public attention of late, given his injury absences and how well Scott Boland has performed during each one. But the first-choice option has 288 Test wickets, t...

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3 d. ago Australia set West Indies 301 to win after middle order digs in

Australia dismissed for 310 on third day in BridgetownHead, Webster and Carey all made half-centuriesTravis Head has given Australia a fresh scent of victory in the first Test after delivering his second half-century against West Indies in Bridgetown.It helped Australia reach lunch on the third day in an improving position. Having resumed on 4-92, the tourists shored up their position by reaching 5-181, growing their lead from 82 to 171. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago WHO says attack on Sudanese hospital killed more than 40 civilians

Five health workers reportedly among the dead in West Kordofan as paramilitary RSF blames Sudanese militaryThe head of the World Health Organization has condemned an attack on a hospital in Sudan that he said killed more than 40 civilians, as the country’s civil war, which has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, rages on.The attack on al-Mujlad hospital in West Kordofan happened on Saturday close to the frontline between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The WHO’s local office, which did not assign blame, said six children and five health workers were among the dead and that there were “dozens of injuries”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Speedboat 2.0: Luke Farrell to open second site, in Notting Hill

The hit Thai is heading west to Portobello Road

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1 week ago Haverford Systems Helps City of London Investment Build a Smarter, More Connected Headquarters in West Chester

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1 week ago ‘Ninja’ Scott Bessent says Elon Musk fancies himself as ‘a viking’ as he tries to downplay their feud

Treasury secretary and former head of DOGE clashed in West Wing in April within earshot of Donald Trump in Oval Office

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1 week ago Israel ‘must win every war’ | Along the Green Line: episode 2 – video

In the second episode of Along the Green Line, reporter Matthew Cassel heads north to the occupied West Bank, visiting Tulkarm, a Palestinian city under siege by Israeli forces. Tens of thousands of residents have been forced from their homes, but just over the border in Israel, residents here are experiencing a very different reality.In this three-part series we're traveling along the 1949 Armistice line or ‘Green Line,’ - once seen as the best hope for a resolution - and meeting Palestinians and Israelis living just kilometres apart. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I went to Arizona expecting a week of wellness but this activity made my heart race’

Our writer head west for some rest and relaxation in the breathtaking landscape of Arizona and its sunny city of Scottsdale, fast emerging as a must-visit wellness destination

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3 w. ago West Lothian Council’s headquarters used for filming of hit BBC & Netflix series

Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted West Lothian Civic Centre was used in hit series The Bombing of PanAm 103.

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3 w. ago Look who it isnae as Still Game star Boabby heads for West Lothian theatre stage

Gavin Mitchell who's best known as Boabby the Barman is heading to Bathgate

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4 w. ago Ryan Mason leaves Tottenham to become head coach at West Brom

Mason ends time at Spurs to take first No 1 roleWest Brom dismissed Tony Mowbray in AprilRyan Mason has left Tottenham to take over as West Brom head coach on a three-year contract.Mason quickly emerged as a leading candidate for the Championship club after they dismissed Tony Mowbray on 21 April. Continue reading...

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