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Extraordinary size and staying power: the unlikely origin of a mighty Australian avocado
Thirty years ago, Ken Spackman cut down an avocado tree planted by his father on the family’s Palmwoods property on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. He planted a seed from the tree in a different spot on the farm, with no expectation it would flourish.
“That seed did it pretty tough …
Pollard’s late kick helps Leicester peg back Harlequins in Big Game thriller
There may be a grassroots rebellion soon descending on Twickenham, torches and pitchforks in tow, but here was some festive fun before the bonfire begins. It ended honours even – remarkably the third time this Big Game fixture has been tied when Leicester have been the visitors – thanks to …
Which sport won 2024? Australia audiences feast on free-to-air despite streaming boom | Jack Snape
The Matildas may have offered the nation a historic ratings bonanza last year, but in 2024 the list of Australia’s most-watched sporting broadcasts returned to orthodoxy despite a shift from the old idiot box towards smart TVs and gadgets.
Free-to-air live sports dominate the list of most watched programmes. So …
Beaches, beer and a rare suspended lake … why can’t Nigeria attract more tourists?
At the top of the Ado-Awaye hills lies a lake suspended 433 metres above sea level. Local people say the lake is named Iyake (Yoruba for “crying woman”) after a weeping, barren woman who fell in the water hundreds of years ago, conferring on it powers of fertility.
This belief …
WHO ‘appalled’ by Israel attack on northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital
The World Health Organization says it is “appalled” by an Israeli raid which it said had
shut down and partly destroyed
the last major hospital still functioning in northern Gaza.Israel’s “systematic dismantling of the health system” combined with a siege of the population in the north …
Kabaddi fever hits Melbourne as part of two nations’ sporting symbiosis
The blue swarm knew not of contested possessions as it closed in on the former AFL midfielder Josh Kennedy. His crew of recently retired colleagues, dubbed the Aussie Raiders, were struggling to stay in touch with the Pro Kabaddi All Stars. So when the opposing mass grabbed, gripped and grappled …
Labour donor Dale Vince urges ‘rigorous financial scrutiny’ of Sizewell C costs
The government’s new value for money tsar has been challenged to examine the costs of a nuclear power station to be given final approval next year, as ministers attempt to shore up private investment for the project.
New nuclear plants are a key part of the government’s plan to have …
‘Ludicrous’: bitter row erupts over plan to replace original Notre Dame windows
There followed all manner of madcap ideas: a glass spire; a 300ft carbon-fibre flame, a swimming pool on the …
Galopin Des Champs ready for Cheltenham Gold Cup after dominant display
Galopin Des Champs, the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner in 2022 and 2023, is a clear favourite to become the first since Best Mate in 2004 to complete a hat-trick in steeplechasing’s championship event after a deeply impressive return to winning form in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown.
Willie Mullins’s eight …