• KameraOne

    Lakeside house in Tennessee explodes and catches fire, no injuries reported

    A lakeside house in Knox County, Tennessee exploded on November 20, sending debris flying outwards in a 150-yard radius. No one was in the building when the blast occurred. Officials are currently investigating the circumstances behind the explosion.

  • Sky News

    John Prescott: Labour's pugnacious stalwart who pulled no punches

    John Leslie Prescott was born on 31 May 1938 in Prestatyn, Wales, to his parents John and Phyllis. A year after his birth and with his mother pregnant with his brother Ray, his father was called up to fight in the war and in 1940, after being shot in the knee, he had to have his leg amputated. Prescott said he was "never very good at lessons or very interested, just sort of average", but he was getting an education in what was to come, watching his father become involved in local union matters, become a councillor and eventually chairman of the authority.

  • Australian Associated Press

    'We deserve better' than Leichhardt pitch: ALW players

    A-League Women players have thrown their support behind the decision to relocate Unite Round from Leichhardt Oval over pitch concerns.