Emergency services
Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Tennessee bridge
The Tennessean reported that Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the bridge, which remained open to the public during the shoot.
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Three children fighting for life may have been home alone when fire erupted
Arson squad detectives are investigating whether a toddler and two other children were home alone when explosions and a huge fire engulfed a house in Melbourne’s north-west.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Melissa Cunningham
Body found after major blaze in warehouse
The fire started at a marine engineering warehouse in O’Connor just after 3.30pm on Saturday.
- by Melissa Meehan
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Royal Australian Navy
‘I like dry land now’: Sailors return to shore after almost 24 hours stranded at sea
The rescued pair said they were tired and seasick when they decided to lodge a distress call that resulted in a multi-agency rescue mission.
- by Riley Walter and Angus Dalton
Sailors rescued by police after almost 24 hours stranded on yacht
Two sailors have been rescued by a NSW police vessel after being stranded hundreds of kilometres off the NSW coast for almost 24 hours.
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Extreme weather
Clean up begins but strong winds will hit Victoria again this week
A woman was killed by a falling tree near the Victorian border and entire towns have been blacked out after wild weather – including hail and winds up to 146km/h – hit Victoria on Sunday and Monday.
- by Benjamin Preiss and Angus Delaney
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Bushfires
Fire in Sydney’s south-west downgraded after emergency warning
Residents had been told to seek shelter as firefighters water bombed the out-of-control blaze near Liverpool.
- by Riley Walter and Nick Newling
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Italy
New Zealand skipper under investigation over fatal sinking of super yacht off Sicily
Italian media reported that 51-year-old New Zealand national James Cutfield was being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck.
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Tragedy
Italian prosecutors open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking
The main question investigators are focusing on is how a sailing vessel deemed “unsinkable” by its manufacturer, Italian shipyard Perini Navi, sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Last body recovered following Sicily superyacht tragedy
The body is believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, the daughter of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
- by Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane
Body of tech entrepreneur retrieved from sunken yacht, daughter missing
Mike Lynch, 59, had invited friends to join him on the yacht to celebrate his acquittal in June in a UK fraud trial.
- by Giselda Vagnoni and Guglielmo Mangiapane