Australia expels Vietnamese woman over pork haul
Australian Department of Agriculture Authorities said the woman was found with raw pork, quail, pate and squid Australian authorities have expelled a Vietnamese woman after officials found 10kg of undeclared food in her luggage. The 45-year-old arrived at Sydney airport on Saturday with raw pork, quail, pate, squid and other food items, officials said. It […]
World Gymnastics 2011: Japan falls hand team gold to China’s men
Team-mate John Orozco added: “It’s going to be hard for anyone [to beat China at the Olympics] but anything can happen.” China won with a score of 275.161, ahead of Japan’s 273.093 and America’s 273.083. A dismal 245.175 from eighth-place Romania will have Britain’s men wondering how they failed to qualify for this final. All […]
Nando’s employees call for changes to cleaning pay policy
Getty Images Staff at the chicken chain Nando’s claim they sometimes have to clean its restaurants without pay. Current and former Nando’s employees at multiple restaurants told the BBC they had to scrub cookers and disinfect toilets after being clocked out. One claimed the same mops were used in toilets and kitchens while another said […]
European Gymnastics: Dan Purvis wins all-around bronze
Birmingham gymnast Thomas, 22, produced a highlight on the vault with a score of 16.025. But he fell from the parallel bars and high bar to end his hopes of reaching the podium, scoring 85.700 in total. Keatings is expected to return to action in next week’s Glasgow World Cup. In Friday evening’s women’s all-around […]
Queen’s Baton Relay in Wales
“Host sisters” proud to be nominated for baton stage The Queen’s Baton Relay has arrived in Wales to tour the nation before the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The baton will spend five days in Wales, celebrating community heroes. Almost 400 baton carriers will take it from Anglesey on Wednesday through to Swansea on Sunday, stopping […]
Britain ‘floundering’ in online mephedrone crackdown
He said: “I don’t want to get to a situation where I have to go to the home secretary every month and ask for something else to be banned. “It’s a new highly profitable industry. It’s a game between the chemical manufacturers who are obviously quite smart chemists, internet dealers and the law.” Critics say […]
PDC Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock is through to third round
Fallon Sherrock beat the world number 11 Mensur Suljovic to reach the third round of the PDC World Championship. The 25-year-old, who made history by becoming the first woman to win a match at the event, beat the Austrian 3-1. Sherrock fought back from two legs down to win the first set, before Suljovic reversed […]
Who’s posting extreme ‘terror pranks’?
Met Police Security footage shows the panic caused by a prank at London’s National Portrait Gallery Fake bombs, staged murders, stunts that resemble acid attacks – as competition for eyeballs on YouTube gets fiercer every day, popular vloggers are resorting to extreme pranks to get clicks. Arya Mosallah’s video channel had more than 650,000 subscribers. […]
Mortgages fuel Brazilian housing boom
“In Brazil there are eight million families who do not have a house to live in,” says Mr Crestana. “That means 30 million people, equivalent to the whole population of Argentina, do not have a house. “So on the demand side we have nothing to worry about for the next 15 years at least,” he […]
Commonwealth Games: Scotland win two silvers & a bronze in shooting and swimming
Cyclist Katie Archibald just missed out on a medal in the women’s time trial, finishing fourth. Archibald, who won individual pursuit gold on day two and was also fourth in the scratch race, said: “It wasn’t as fun as I thought it would be. “My big target was my first event, so I’m happy.” Meanwhile, […]