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Premium Content Subscriber only The daughter of 90-year-old Peter Warner, who lost his life after falling overboard at the Ballina bar on Tuesday morning, has praised him as a "great seafarer." Mr Warner recently made headlines after he rescued six Tongan boys from what was supposedly a deserted island. His daughter, Janet Warner, left has paid tribute to her father. "He was a great seafarer and passed away (Tuesday) morning after a night-time sail up from Yamba on his new boat," Ms Warner ...

A boat trip on the far north coast has turned to tragedy, after a yacht capsized while crossing the Ballina bar, throwing a 90-year-old man overboard. The victim - three-time Sydney to Hobart winner Peter Warner - died despite the brave efforts of a teenage family friend, who managed to get him ... by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

One of Australias most celebrated sailors has died after his yacht capsized in rough seas on the NSW North Coast this morning. Peter Warner, 90, won three Sydney to Hobarts in the 1960s, but it was his rescue of marooned youngsters in the South Pacific that made him famous around the world. Warners yacht rolled on the incoming tide on the Ballina bar just before 9am today, throwing the 90-year-old and a teenager with him overboard. READ MORE: Peter Warner in a recent photograph (left), and in 1...

A boat trip on the far north coast has turned to tragedy, after a yacht capsized while crossing the Ballina bar, throwing a 90-year-old man overboard. The victim - three-time Sydney to Hobart winner Peter Warner - died despite the brave efforts of a teenage family friend, who managed to get him ... by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

Mano Totau and Sione Fataua shared their stunning survival story in a 60 Minutes special aired Sunday They were teens studying at a Tonga boarding school when they and four friends decided to steal a whaling boat and travel to Fiji in June of 1965 The joyride took a grim turn when a storm ripped apart the engineless boat and left them drifting for days They eventually landed on the volcanic island of Ata, where they were stranded for 15 months  Totau and Fataua described how they lived on raw ...

Twenty-eight students from Teton County made the President’s Honor Roll during the 2020 fall semester at the University of Wyoming. To qualify, students must earn a 4.0 GPA and be enrolled in 12 credit hours that use letter grading. Local students on the list are Zachary Ward, of Alta; Kasen C. Arriola, Kyler Marvin Arriola, Paige Asbell, Brian P. Baker, Kyle Matthew Brimeyer, Elizabeth Chambers, Ashley Corona-Tzompa, Clara Daniele Delahaye, Crispin J. Dippel, Samantha Espinoza, Mark Rob...

History-making Greek-Australian AFL umpire Eleni Glouftsis made all Greek Australians proud after receiving the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for her services to umpiring nationally on Australia Day. The award comes two years after Eleni was named the 2019 South Australian Young Australian of the Year and receiving 2019 Australia Day honours in South Australia for her services to football. “It’s very humbling to receive this award. I think these are often awards that go to people th...

By Sunny Ikhioya ENSCONCED with a team of newsmen on this warm March mid-morning, inside the private office of his Banana Island residence, Chief Leemon Agbonjagwe Ikpea, JP, told his story. He had already got the nomination of the Vanguard media group as Business Person of the Year 2019, but, they needed him for a close up, first hand account of his journey to success. It has taken us four months to set up this interview because of his very tight work schedule – he is a very difficult man t...