Sunday 19 May 2013
SOME of Sydney’s most famous beaches have been forced to close after the water turned blood red.
A thick algal bloom known as noctiluca scintillans – the "red tide" or "fire in the sea" – began washing up on beaches during early morning.
The bloom is capable of causing skin rash and eye irritations and Bondi and Clovelly beaches were the first to close but some re-opened later.
It is understood the natural phenomenon was caused by high temperatures and more movement in sea currents.
A truck hangs on the edge of the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne after a crash in which the driver was thrown from his cabin onto the ground 15 metres below.
Two children are feared orphaned after their mother's body washed ashore and their father went missing after a snorkelling accident on a remote Australian beach.
Kim Jong-un reportedly fathered a baby girl in 2010 with an unknown woman.
A truck hangs on the edge of the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne after a crash in which the driver was thrown from his cabin onto the ground 15 metres below.
Two children are feared orphaned after their mother's body washed ashore and their father went missing after a snorkelling accident on a remote Australian beach.
Kim Jong-un reportedly fathered a baby girl in 2010 with an unknown woman.
Actor Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.
TODAY
President Obama apparently has his own Hollywood-inspired aspirations. According to a nugget buried in a New York Times story on Thursday, Obama has been telling aides that he is tempted to pull a "Bulworth" – that is to make like Warren Beatty's liberal senator character in the 1998 movie of the same name by going rogue and saying exactly what is on his mind regardless of the political fallout.
THE former preparatory school of former Miss World Rosanna Davison and her father Chris De Burgh, the oldest in the country, is beset by financial difficulties amid fears about its future, the Sunday Independent has learnt.
When Carey Mulligan ditched the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of her screen role in The Great Gatsby in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues of the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it seemed like a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed he doesn't mind living his life in the public eye.
JANE Given and her footballer husband, Shay, were famous for raising funds for charity.
The Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg has said the show feels stronger than ever, as the sixth series ended on US screens.
Alesha Dixon proved a hit with the male contestants in this week's Britain's Got Talent auditions.
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