My para son suffered horror injuries fighting for Britain – he was let down by army bosses & shocking hospital errors | The Sun

THE FAMILY of a soldier gravely injured in Afghanistan have slammed the British Army after shocking errors over his care were revealed. Paratrooper Ben Parkinson was manning a machinegun turret when his vehicle hit a landmine – leaving him with gruesome injuries….

Duck season: A kind of tourism not welcome in this state

Megan HerbertCredit:. Victoria remains the only state that supports duck shooting (″⁣Labor MPs voice ire over duck shooting″⁣, 3/9). This means shooters from other states will flock to Victoria, increasing the numbers of native ducks and other bird species sentenced to maiming…

Price of CUCUMBERS could rise from 60p to £1 next year

Dawn of the £1 CUCUMBER: Price of vegetable is latest to soar driven by skyrocketing energy costs amid Putin’s war with Ukraine The cost of vegetables could double as supermarket prices soar in the next year Cucumbers, now around 60p, could cost…

Israel and Saudi Arabia: No longer enemies but not quite friends

Riyadh: Israel’s longest-serving prime minister pops up on Saudi state-run television from Tel Aviv. An Israeli-American declares himself the “chief rabbi of Saudi Arabia” after arriving on a tourist visa. A prominent Saudi family invests in two Israeli companies and doesn’t bother…

From the Archives, 1972: Terror at the Munich Olympics

First published in The Age on September 6, 1972 Guerillas holding 13 hostages in Village MUNICH, September 5 – An Arab commando group armed with machineguns this morning invaded the Israeli quarters at the Olympic Village, killing one team member, wounding another,…