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Victorian family sue Subway claiming son died from eating cookie

A GRIEF-stricken Victorian couple is suing Subway for damages, claiming their son, 15, died from eating one of the fast food chain’s biscuits. Jack...

Second death in US cucumber salmonella outbreak

A Texas woman has become the second person to die in a nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to tainted cucumbers sold by a California company, health...

Shipping container cafe opens

HUSBAND and wife team Rani and Christine Ousman will be careful not to step on each other’s toes when they open a cafe in a shipping container at Alexandria...

Glad Berry wins Casa Dolce Cafe Bakery’s AFL tipping competition, shouts patrons coffee with prize money

AGE has not held back this top-tipping, footy fanatic. Even though she is nearing 90 (she’s actually 88 and three-quarters, she says), Glad Berry is...

The truth about the hotel room safe

TRAVELLERS often assume that those little metal hotel safes are pretty secure when it comes to keeping valuables safe. But how safe are they really? A...

Packer casino, hotel and apartments project a potential 'symbol of inequality'

James Packer's $1.5 billion casino, hotel and apartment complex at Barangaroo risks becoming a "symbol of inequality" looming large in Sydney's centre,...

Key must not turn on alcohol lockout laws

Two years ago, on any Friday or Saturday night, the emergency department at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney would be awash with victims of alcohol-related...

Newtown Alcohol Violence Keeps Rising

Alcohol-fuelled violence and crime continue to be a problem for Newtown, as late-night crowds migrate from the lockout measures in the Sydney CBD to the...

Flynn MFS responds to fire in basement of iconic Botanic Bar

FIRE crews have extinguished a fire in the basement of an iconic Adelaide pub. The Metropolitan Fire Service had to force entry into the Botanic Bar,...

Brother ends up in hospital after Darwin pub attack backfires

Two brothers seeking to attack two men in a Darwin pub have been fined and one has ended up in hospital after his sibling accidentally hit him in the head...