Sunday, 1 May 2016

The best TV Redefining Juliet; Paul Merton's Secret Stations Undercover


Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of star-crossed lovers is traditionally played by what we might call conventional, leads. But how do our perceptions of the play change if Juliet is small, unusually tall, has cerebral palsy and uses a fine documentary follows rehearsals for creative director’s theatrical production celebrating diversity, where six different women play Juliet and also discuss their life experiences. 

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Sally Faulkner back in Australia without kids


The mother at the centre of the 60 Minutes child-snatch drama is set to reunite with her partner Brendan Pierce and their young child when she returns to her Brisbane home today.Ms Faulkner arrived in Sydney last night from Beirut and was expected to catch a connecting flight to Brisbane this morning.Ms Faulkner  who had full custody of the children relinquished custodial rights under Australian law to her estranged husband Ali Elamine, so he would drop abduction charges against her that carried a maximum 20 year sentence.

Jerusalem Dig Uncovers Ancient Greek Citadel

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of an impressive fort built more than two thousand years ago by Greeks in the center of old Jerusalem. The ruins are the first solid evidence of an era in which Hellenistic culture held sway in this ancient city.The citadel, until now known only from texts, was at the heart of a bloody rebellion that eventually led to the expulsion of the Greeks, an event still celebrated by Jews at Hanukkah. But the excavation in the shadow of the Temple Mount, called Haram esh-Sharif by Muslims, is stirring controversy in this politically charged land.

Mother and son couple go into hiding as they could face 15 years in jail

She now saysever since they met 30 years later in 2014, she told the New Day who broke the story exclusively.A BRITISH mum and her son who confessed to having mind-blowing” sex with each other have gone into hiding as cops say they could face 15 years in prison.Loving mum Kim West became pregnant with Ben Ford while studying in California but decided to put him up for adoption.

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Animals Rule Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster


Marina Shkvyria watches for animal tracks as she walks toward an abandoned village in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the area sealed to the public after a nuclear power plant exploded here 30 years ago, on April 26, 1986. Spotting one, she crouches and runs her finger over the toes of a wolf print in the loose sand.

Oops, Donald Trump Accidentally Says 7-Eleven Instead Of 9/11

At a campaign rally on the eve of the New York primary, Donald Trump read aloud an emotional testimonial on what he considers "New York values" and mistakenly said 7-Eleven instead of 9/11.

28 Dead and 200 Wounded In Suicide Car Bomb Attack In Kabul, Claimed By Taliban

Taliban militants attacked an office of Afghanistan's main security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire today, killing several people and wounding over 200, in their first assault on the capital since declaring a spring offensive.President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms" in a statement from the presidential palace, only a few hundred metres away from the scene of the blast in central Kabul.