Australia

The 60-year-old’s death was announced on Saturday after a short but stoic battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an incurable brain disease which also took the life of his sister, Gracie. 

A police officer has had a narrow escape and had to fire his gun at an offender who was trying to run him down with a car.

‘It was just like bang, bang, bang.’

An Easter game hunt has turned to tragedy after a son discharged his weapon and shot his father.

A teenager out on a morning bike ride says it was all about being in the ‘right place at the right time’ when he spotted the boy in the middle of the track.

A group of men are on the run after a woman and her eight-year-old son were brutally assaulted in their home before she was kidnapped and found dead in a burnt-out car.

A 41-year-old man is being questioned by police.

Her eight-year-old son was also left in the driveway with horrific injuries after being bashed with a baseball bat.

Tragedy has struck at the start of the Easter long weekend when a fisherman drowned after being swept off rocks and could not be revived.

A frantic search is underway after a woman drowned and a man disappeared after being swept off rocks at a popular beach. 

Her eight-year-old son was also left injured in the driveway after being bashed with a baseball bat.

The 19-year-old’s body was found partially submerged following a night out with friends and police are now asking for the public’s help.

Communities are bunkering down as Tropical Cyclone Errol barrels towards the coast, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds.

Police have shot and killed a man who was wielding a knife in busy shopping precinct.