Новости за 12.08.2018

MIDDLE-AGED men are the deadliest drivers on NSW roads and are now involved in more fatal crashes than P-platers and young revheads.

IT WAS a case of from hero-to-zero and zero-to-hero on the first real night of judging on The Block, with fans shocked after the competition favourites got slammed in episode 5.

EVERY 41 minutes a person is killed or seriously injured on NSW roads.

MY NEIGHBOURHOOD knows what happens when a large number of immigrants move in.

Several cars were swamped with water after flash flooding swept through Little Falls, New Jersey, on Saturday, August 11. Floodwater swept several cars from the Route 46 Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership into Peckman River while across the highway eyewitness Patti Vaclavicek Lijoi captured video of swamped cars at the city’s Woodland Park Mall. Credit: Nick Cannizzaro via Storyful

Two bushfires that had been bearing down on properties in southern Queensland have been downgraded with crews now conducting back-burning operations.

The Mendocino Complex fire, the largest in California’s history, had scorched a total of 328,226 acres by August 11, authorities reported. A total of 3,422 personnel were listed by the state agency CAL FIRE as batting the blaze on that date. The fire had destroyed some 139 residences, they said. This video shows an aerial water drop on the Mendocino Complex fires. Credit: DVIDS/California National Guard via Storyful

At least 10 people have been hospitalised after shots were fired in the English city of Manchester following an annual Caribbean carnival.

MATTHEW Bateman and Luke Harris are co-founders of The Property Mentors, a Melbourne-based business comprising an elite team of property professionals who educate, motivate and facilitate clients from all around Australia.

WE’VE all been there. Maybe you had one too many coffees, or gulped down a litre of water after your morning workout.

MELBOURNE coach Simon Goodwin has vowed to eventually secure a breakthrough win against a top-eight team with the Demons in danger of missing finals.

ISAAC Heeney took a contender for mark of the year as Sydney held off a late fightback from a wasteful Melbourne to record a nine-point win, 13.9 (87) to 10.18 (88), in a match that lex Johnson suffered a knee injury that could mean a sixth reconstruction for the luckless Swans defender.

ALEX Witherden has ruled out any attempts from Brisbane to claim QClash underdog status, saying it was a sour feeling for the Lions to be stuck on equal points with the Suns on the ladder.

NASA has launched its new rocket designed to ‘touch’ the sun and unveil its mysteries. The Parker Solar Probe was due to take off yesterday but was delayed due to technical difficulties. The AU$2 billion mission aims to edge the probe within 6.4 million kilometres of the sun so as to examine the star’s atmosphere and other properties.

Residents are being told to prepare to leave as two bushfires bear down on properties in southern Queensland.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has blasted on a seven-year mission to collect data on the sun's atmosphere.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith wants the Australian Federal Police to investigate fellow special forces soldiers who may have leaked evidence from a defence inquiry relating to his conduct in Afghanistan.

More than 450 people have belted out Highway to Hell in Sydney to break the world record for the most people playing the same song at the same time on electric guitars.

PARENTING has its ups and downs, but when you’re on a long-haul flight with your darling children, oh how much bigger those ups and downs seem.

HEARTBROKEN captain Gabi Simpson says 2018 will go down as a wasted opportunity for the Firebirds after their early exit from the Suncorp Super Netball finals series.

A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor from the crash of a light commercial plane in a mountainous region of Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua. Two pilots and six other passengers died in the crash.

THE Western Bulldogs have celebrated Dale Morris’s 250th game in the best possible way, and may have ended North Melbourne’s finals hopes in the process.

The NSW government is cracking down on dodgy operators in the freight industry who are cashing in on the plight of drought-stricken farmers.

A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor from the crash of a light commercial plane in a mountainous region of Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.