31 h. ago Tourist father and son help rescue great white shark stranded in shallow waters

Tourist and son, 11, join forces with local men to help marine predator back into ocean

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37 h. ago Brave tourists speak out following great white shark encounter at busy beach

Nash Core said his "heart was pounding" when he and his 11-year-old son Parker came across the writhing great white shark off the shore at Ardrossan, South Australia

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41 h. ago ‘My heart’s pounding’: Australians wade into ocean to save great white shark stranded in shallow water

Three-metre shark was found on sand bank near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South AustraliaElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a three-metre great white shark stranded in shallow water.Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Havoc review – Tom Hardy’s gonzo gun mayhem misses the point

Disillusioned cop Hardy must rescue a corrupt politician’s son from triads and police but potential for drama goes down in a hail of bulletsThe title is appropriate. Welsh director Gareth Evans is the action maestro who rocked our world with his superb skull-rattling thrillers The Raid and The Raid 2; this new one for Netflix certainly has its fair share of OTT gonzo mayhem. Shootouts in cramped interiors and in the open air sometimes seem to go on so long that the gunfire feels like an extended drumroll. Dozens of people get riddled with bullets from automatic weaponry; they all go into that shoulder-rolling, arm-waving, blood-spurting choreography. At one stage, a comatose and heavily bandaged person in a hospital bed gets the same machine gun treatment, and even this poor guy has to jitterbug, infinitesimally and horizontally, in his hospital pyjamas as he gets filled full of lead.But frankly the action and the violence is too chaotic and almost meaningless and the CGI-Gotham-typ...

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2 w. ago British 'father and son', 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.

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3 w. ago Wrexham icon's son rescues old lady from house fire at 2am as dad says 'I'm so proud'

Joel Keates, son of two-time Wrexham AFC manager Dean, jumped into action when he heard screams in the early hours – calling the fire brigade immediately, waking up his dad and rescuing his neighbour

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment great white smashes through shark cage with daring diver locked inside

Footage captured the moment a savage shark attack happened while a man sat in a diving cage was getting close to the predator – before it started circling the cage

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment gigantic Great White smashes through shark cage holding Brit diver who somehow survives attack in Pacific

Chilling footage shows just how close Jimi Partington came to death as the crazed creature lunges at the transparent box he is in, shattering it into pieces.

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