Friday, January 8, 2021
TODAY IN HISTORY: Gallipoli disaster ends with an improbably successful evacuation
January 9
The final troops are evacuated from Gallipoli on January 9, 1916.
Winston Churchill's bold campaign to capture the capital of the Ottoman Empire had ended in a bloody fiasco, but the evacuation was a stunning success.
The British military feared as many as 30,000 casualties out of the 35,000 soldiers on the peninsula.
'We will not be SILENCED!' Trump lashes out after permanent Twitter ban
Twitter has announced the permanent suspension of Donald Trump's account following a number of temporary locks on his account this week.
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump
Australian woman killed in New Zealand shark attack
The 19-year-old woman killed in New Zealand's first fatal shark attack in eight years has been identified as an Australian.
Kaelah Marlow is believed to have been mauled by a great white shark after being
Brisbane's lost weekend: Snap lockdown turns city into a ghost town
Brisbane is a ghost town with the city already in the first day of a three-day lockdown.
The roads are empty across much of Brisbane with people directed to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus
'World's unluckiest burglars' arrested after pocket-dialling police during robbery
Two hapless burglars have been arrested in the UK after accidentally pocket-dialling the police during their crime.
An officer in Staffordshire, central England, labelled the thieves the "world's unluckiest
One killed, boy in intensive care after frozen waterfall crumbles
A person has been killed as a large chunk of ice from a frozen 40-metre waterfall crumbled away at a popular tourist attraction in Russia.
The person was among four who became trapped when the chunk
Three new cases recorded in SA as new restrictions come into force
Three new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in South Australia however all are in hotel quarantine.
The new cases come as the state locks its borders to travellers from Greater Brisbane due to concerns over the
Health Minister defends release of coronavirus-infected woman from hotel quarantine
Victoria's Health Minister has defended the release of a woman from hotel quarantine after 10 days when she had tested positive to the very contagious new strain of coronavirus.
It's been confirmed today a UK arrival travelled
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