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News by Fatima Kdouh Premium Content Subscriber only As paramedics frantically cut away at John Cozad's clothing, one thought crossed his mind, "don't ruin my Parramatta Eels shirt". Ninety minutes before, at 1.59pm, John, 72, and his son Christopher, posed proudly side-by-side on New Zealand's White Island Volcano on December 9, 2019. Then the volcano erupted. It was the last photo taken of the father and son together. Chris, 43, died five days later from injuries sustained during the eruption, along with 21 other people. "There was a stretcher in fro...

A mother-of-two has been left with excruciating third-degree burns after a pressure cooker exploded in her kitchen.  Melbourne woman Sarah was left in agony after being sprayed with boiling chicken soup, with her husband and four-year-old son also receiving minor burns.  The 35-year-old had been cooking the soup in her high-pressure Sunbeam Crock-Pot two weeks ago, a product she now wants pulled from shelves.  The mother-of-two said she had initially struggled to get the lid off the pressure cooker, deciding to let it rest before trying again.  She suffered excruciating third-degree burns...

Bright young ladies: A file photo of CBN students taking part in an activity. The school’s culture of openness and camaraderie was cultivated through a myriad of activities. PETALING JAYA: The culture of openness, tenacity and camaraderie that Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) girls are known for is the result of the many activities, including fundraising, they take part in throughout their time in school. These same characteristics have brought many of their alumnae to great heights. Among them are former International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Bank Negara governor Datuk No...

Covid-19 health workers in a Gauteng hospital say they urgently need more staff. "Traffic jams" in overwhelmed facilities leave no space for social distancing. Staff work long hours with little time to eat and rest, and even less psychological support to deal with colleagues succumbing to infection from the virus. The City of Tshwane, the municipal area in which George Mukhari Academic Hospital is situated, is a Covid hotspot. The hospital lies next to Ga-Rankuwa, a sprawling labyrinth of settlements that stretch to the border of the North West province, and serves a population of about 1.7 m...

BRADFORD may have been voted among the worst places to live in England in an online survey this week, but let's redress the balance. Instead it has so much to be proud of from its history, with many things it can boost and brag about that it gave to the world. The city has been ranked the fourth worst place to live in 2021 in a new survey by the satirical website I Live Here, with a total of 125,681 votes cast in the survey. Here is just a selection of nine 'Bradford brags', why not write your own in the comments section below.