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  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Sarah Turnnidge |Simon Atkinson

    Image source, HandoutImage caption, Eli Sweeting was reported missing after failing to return from a solo hike Search efforts for a British hiker who has been missing for more than a week in New Zealand have been "paused", police have said. Eli Sweeting, 25, who is originally from Bristol, was reported missing on 4 May after failing to return from a solo hike up Mitre Peak, a steep mountain on the country's South Island.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Katy Watson |Simon Atkinson

    The victims included Ms Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66. Mr Wilkinson, a local pastor and Heather's husband, survived after weeks of treatment in hospital. He told the packed courtroom that his family had thought the lunch invitation was a sign that their relationship was "going to improve". Asked about his relationship with Ms Patterson he added: "I would say our relationship was friendly, amicable.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Katy Watson |Simon Atkinson

    Shroom-addled driver who ‘felt like God’ sentenced for double fatal crash in MilwaukieA man who blazed through a red light in Milwaukie while high on psychedelic mushrooms was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the ensuing crash, …

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Simon Atkinson |Katy Watson

    Three people died in hospital in the days after the meal, including Ms Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66. Local pastor Ian Wilkinson survived after weeks of treatment in hospital. The jury has been shown text messages exchanged between Simon and Erin Patterson the day before the deadly mushroom lunch. Mr Patterson said he felt "too uncomfortable" about attending the lunch.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Simon Atkinson |Katy Watson

    19 hours agoWoman who served deadly wellington ‘put own lunch on different coloured plate’An Australian woman accused of killing her in-laws with a poisoned beef wellington had served her own lunch on a different coloured plate to the ones she gave her guests, a court has heard.

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7 Mar 25

A change to the scheduled breakfast menu here in Queensland #CycloneAlfred https://t.co/48fZXThrG6

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17 Dec 24

Flights to Vanuatu cancelled after today's earthquake. @JetstarAirways cites "reports of possible damage to Port Vila airport infrastrcture".

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22 Nov 24

New Zealand govt says embassy in Bangkok is providing assistance to one citizen it believes to have been poisoned with methanol in Laos. "No further details will be provided for privacy reasons". Says has updated travel advisory.