Archaeologists have made a gobsmacking discovery around the mysterious Stonehenge site that dates back thousands of...

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23rd June 2020 2:06 PM

As the final print edition of the Tweed Daily News draws closer, we would like to celebrate its history, but we need your...

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23rd June 2020 2:06 PM

Crocodiles are some of the oldest animals on the Earth, and scientists have discovered one of their early ancestors was...

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12th June 2020 12:06 PM

A 2.5m tall kangaroo weighing almost 300kg and a 7m crocodile have been discovered along with 16 other massive Australian...

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20th May 2020 2:05 PM

Lisa Wilkinson says an eye-opening journey into her family history has strengthened her admiration for the women before...

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19th May 2020 7:05 AM

Prince William and Kate Middleton married at Westminster Abbey on this day in 2011, becoming the Duke and Duchess of...

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29th April 2020 10:04 AM

“Few days inconvenience” by flood not worth destroying the view over

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27th Feb. 2020 1:02 AM

The old lady had a remarkable memory and could recall events from the past with the greatest of ease.

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20th Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

Did you know there were two Holocausts: one perpetrated against the Jews by Hitler and his Nazi henchmen and one...

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10th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

FLASHBACK: The women screamed as the huge waves crashed loudly on the wooden deck. Horrified, they watched the foaming...

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25th Jan. 2020 8:01 AM

She was petite, beautiful and always smiling – but behind her ‘innocent’ face was a steely determination to carry out her...

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19th Jan. 2020 10:01 AM

He’s behind one of the best-loved products on the planet. But $31.5 billion rich-lister Giovanni Ferrero could end up...

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18th Jan. 2020 11:01 AM

This bushfire season has far exceeded the worst expectations of firefighters, and the blazes have literally rewritten the...

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05th Jan. 2020 2:01 PM

Indigenous Australians will welcome the return of sacred artefacts from a British museum after they were stolen more than a...

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18th Dec. 2019 1:12 PM

An unearthed letter written by a child survivor has given a rare insight into the chilling final moments aboard the sinking...

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06th Dec. 2019 12:12 PM

After escaping prison, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in a 20-minute shootout with security forces on this...

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02nd Dec. 2019 7:12 AM

US Navy Lieutenant Richard E Byrd made the first aircraft flight over the South Pole on this day in 1929.

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29th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery while investigating a burial mount on a popular island in Norway.

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28th Nov. 2019 9:11 AM

Women voted for the first time anywhere in the world on this day in 1893 in a national election in New Zealand.

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28th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

US President John F Kennedy was assassinated on this day in 1963 while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.

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22nd Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

The impeachment inquiry against US President Bill Clinton began on this day in 1998, opening with testimony by Kenneth...

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19th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

109 years after the first train arrived, a little Somerset town is getting ready recreate history.

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15th Nov. 2019 1:11 PM

An estimated two million people in the US took part in the Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration on this day in 1969.

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15th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

Bill Hallas will be 70 when a time capsule he buried in 1986 is dug up next year.

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11th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

The nostalgic toys of our childhood are making a comeback at McDonalds for an anniversary special of the popular, bright...

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08th Nov. 2019 2:11 PM