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Island of Montecristo to be bombed with poison after rat inf...

The uninhabited island, a protected nature reserve lying between the coast of Tuscany and Corsica, has been invaded by thousands of black rats. The rodents are believed to have arrived on the four-square-mile island as stowaways on boats [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Cayman Island cops home after six weeks

A team of Lancashire police officers has returned from a luxury holiday island where police chiefs say they helped investigate a string of grisly gangland killings. The Lancashire officers – a detective inspector and three detective [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Phillip Island backflip after Miley tweet

Labor planning spokesman Brian Tee is on his way to Ventnor on Phillip Island to join a rally which was to be a protest but will now be a celebration. Cyrus told her more than 2.4 million Twitter followers this week that opening up the en [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Hayman Island reopens after cyclone devastation

After five months of rebuilding from the devastation of two cyclones, Hayman Island has reopened for business. The renovation has touched almost every aspect of the Great Barrier Reef resort, starting with a 16-hectare garden landscape cr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

South Island guest nights down after quake

South Island hotel, motel and backpacker businesses took a hammering from the Christchurch earthquake, with international visitors down by almost a quarter in March, compared with the same month last year. Nationally, total guest nights d [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Roads reopening after South Island flooding

Roads have reopened across the South Island as the clean up continues following the heavy rainfall and flooding earlier this week. One lane of the Rakaia bridge on State Highway One has reopened this morning following severe flooding on [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Sailors scarred after Christmas Island tragedy

Vice Admiral Russ Crane has spent the last 24 hours on HMAS Pirie and arrived in Darwin this morning. He spent the time talking to the sailors who pulled 30 bodies from the water after the Christmas Island boat tragedy. Vice Admiral Cran [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Family rescued after catamaran capsizes off Kangaroo Island

The family was rescued from a life raft after abandoning the catamaran and were flown to Flinders Medical Centre for medical attention. Australian Search and Rescue in Canberra received a distress signal from the stricken about 10.30am a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Teenage British schoolboy feared dead after being swept off ...

Brazilian police said Elliot Deslandes was in the care of a British Buddhist nun when he got into trouble on the island of Ilha Grande, 90 miles south west of Rio de Janeiro. The 13-year-old was last seen struggling in the water on Tuesd [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Sat-nav sends Swedish tourists to wrong end of Italy after C...

The middle-aged couple, who were not identified, only discovered their error - the result of a tiny typo - when they asked staff in the local tourist office on Saturday how to drive to the island's famous "Blue Grotto". "I [...]