The Anzac Day dawn services attracted thousands of patriotic Australians early yesterday. The Newsroom sent reporters Patrick Mendoza and Natalija Antic to capture every moment of this ceremonial day.
– Patrick Mendoza and Natalija Antic
– Report by Elizabeth Cullen
– Presented by Paige Ahearn
An 82-year-old digger’s pride and joy – his 13 war medals – have been stolen just days short of Anzac Day. The war veteran and his wife returned to their Mount Pritchard home on Monday after an outing to find a window had been smashed and their home ransacked. The service medals recognise the digger’s service in…
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The teenage terrorism suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has admitted planting bombs at last week’s Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev remains in hospital recovering from bullet wounds to his head, neck, legs and hands, received in a shootout with police and later in what has been suggested was an attempted suicide during the ensuing manhunt. Communicating largely by written notes…
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Suspect held after Boston bombing manhunt Boston celebrated today when the surviving suspect (above, left) in the Boston Marathon bombings was arrested after a 12-hour manhunt. Another suspect (seen above, right, in an FBI handout photo) was earlier killed in a shootout with the police. An entire Boston suburb was locked down by the FBI…
DetailsSunday sees the showdown between Western Sydney Wanderers and Central Coast Mariners. The top two teams of the 2012/13 season take to the field at Allianz Arena to see who will win the 8th A-League grand final. The Newsroom’s Blake Moretti previews the game. Western Sydney Wanderers: the A-League’s newest team, broke the record for…
DetailsRoyalty, politicians and commoners came together yesterday to farewell Margaret Thatcher, England’s first female prime minister, in a service the divisive leader had planned herself, seven years before. The intimate family-oriented service in St Paul’s Cathedral lasted only 19 minutes. Reverend Dr David Ison opened the service acknowledging the achievements of Baroness Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter from…
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The Splendour In The Grass lineup will be released next week – if triple j’s Lindsay McDougall isn’t having us on. On Tuesday, during his drivetime show, he teased “No words on who’s playing Splendour In The Grass – we’ll find that out next week.” So was he just adding to all the rumour, after so many…
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Passengers aboard P&O’s cruise ship Pacific Pearl were the first to trial the new $57-million passenger terminal at White Bay this week. The White Bay terminal, located in the inner-west suburb of Rozelle, replaces the temporary Wharf 5 site known as Barangaroo. With the capacity to hold three cruise ships simultaneously, White Bay is set…
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