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Sitting proud above Wellington's Mt Cook, the 1912 home has come onto the market in desperate need of TLC... or a wrecking crew.

A Twizel institution wrapped up on Saturday, as Shawty's Cafe closed its doors after more than 16 years.

A high-class Australian escort says she is helping police investigating the sudden and unexplained death of Remuera woman Pauline Hanna. The Melbourne es

But making that shift means reaching communities like these, where the oldest and most basic forms of energy are the only option. jhuna is one of the tens of millions of indians who still don't have access to power. "there's no electricity, there's no water. "if we don't have coal, we can't cook. "if it's harmful, what can we do about it?" she tells me. "we have no other option. "at night, we burn coal and keep it in the house "so we also have some light." what people here want so badly is what so many in the west have long taken for granted. in india, progress comes at a price. it means cutti...

Access to power. "there's no electricity, there's no water. "if we don't have coal, we can't cook. "if it's harmful, what can we do about it?" she tells me. "we have no other option. "at night, we burn coal and keep it in the house "so we also have some light." what people here want so badly is what so many in the west have long taken for granted. in india, progress comes at a price. it means cutting the cord with coal could take time. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the united nation's world food programme is warning that more than one million people are...