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MAFS UK star Sacha pokes fun at her reunion hairdo admitting she has 'no idea what she was thinking' after fans likened curls to Marie Antoinette's wig, a floor mop and pile of wood shavings

Sacha Jones has poked fun at her attention-grabbing hairdo from the Married At First Sight reunion episode last week, with a hilarious joke apology. Sacha Jones has poked fun at her attention-grabbing hairdo from the Married At First Sight reunion episode last week, with a hilarious joke apology Former beauty pageant queen Sacha, 29, arrived alongside her then-husband Ross McCarthy, …

Beauty Social Media Relationship Reunion Hair Star Christian

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Monster who shot his own mum dead an hour after murdering his brother over long-running family dispute learns his fate

Daily Mail

A man who shot his elderly mother dead an hour after fatally shooting his brother in another state has been jailed for 30 years. Paul Cohrs shot dead his brother in NSW and then his 81-year-old mother in Victoria, in October 2018, following a years-long family dispute. Paul Cohrs was sentenced to 30 years in prison with a non-parole period …

Brother Mother His Mother Shot Victoria His Brother Nsw

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Wentworth deputy mayor Paul Cohrs sentenced to 30 years' prison for shooting mother

ABC

A former south-west New South Wales deputy mayor and businessman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he shot his mother in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun in her kitchen. Paul Cohrs, 64, was found guilty earlier this year of murdering 81-year-old Bette Cohrs-Schulz in her Red Cliffs home on October 30, 2018 following a lengthy dispute …

Business Family Murder Court Mother Taylor His Mother

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The songs we can't stop playing on repeat : Alt.Latino

NPR

The songs we can't stop playing on repeat Enlarge this image toggle caption Alt.Latino is usually all about sharing new music across Latin America, but what about the older cuts Ana and Felix are obsessed with? On this episode, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras share the music they've been playing on repeat, from beloved classics by greats like Ella Fitzgerald …

Songs This Episode

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheep shearing season begins in Xizang grasslands

China Daily

A Tibetan herder shears a sheep in Gerze county, Xizang autonomous region. SONAM RINCHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY In the picturesque grasslands of Gerze county in Ngari prefecture of the Xizang autonomous region, the arrival of summer signals commencement of the annual sheep shearing season. With an average altitude of 4,500 meters above sea level, the pastoral village of Tarab in Oma …

Xizang Sheep Shearing Sheep Shearing Herders Tarab Village

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Parliament passes federal government's legislation to ban live sheep exports by sea by 2028

ABC

The federal government's laws to ban Australia's live sheep trade have passed parliament, despite last-minute attempts by opponents to postpone the bill's passage. "The facts are that unless this ban is reversed, farming communities, animals and Australia's strategic trade partnerships will all suffer," he said. Calls for Senate intervention into live export bill Photo shows Sheep in pens on live …

Labor Australia Industry Farmers Legislation Western Senate

6 months ago

WA sheep shearing towns fear ban on live exports will be hammer blow for communities

ABC

In short: There are fears in WA's Wheatbelt region the impending ban on live sheep exports will decimate the shearing workforce. There are fears in WA's Wheatbelt region the impending ban on live sheep exports will decimate the shearing workforce. That's because merino sheep — prized for their wool and favoured for the live trade — will be swapped for …

Industry Meat Collins Live Ban Spencer Abc

11 months, 1 week ago

Sheep-shearing school promises greener pastures to children of Birkenhead estate

The Independent

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School Image Reuters Farm Sheep Gallery Megan

1 year, 3 months ago

Kevin Crook collects antique shearing equipment at Temalueca Merino Stud

ABC

A sheep farmer in north-west Victoria has amassed what is believed to be the world's largest collection of antique shearing handpieces. Key points: Kevin Crook's collection of 270 different shearing handpieces were made by 16 manufacturers One of the prized pieces is a 1894 Wilkinson Sword The items were picked up in various states but have all been restored to …

Mr Crook Handpieces Wilkinson Sword Merino Stud Kevin Crook Shearing Collection

1 year, 4 months ago

Hunter Valley horse trainer Brett Cavanough seals 1,000 wins in runaway victory at Casino

ABC

After more than two decades in the game, Hunter Valley horse trainer Brett Cavanough has notched up 1,000 race wins. Key points: Horse trainer Brett Cavanough celebrated his 1,000th win on the weekend His horse, Burdekin, which is owned by the family, won at the Casino races Mr Cavanough has been a trainer for about 20 years and has a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

Associated Press

MILAN — When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta! “The macaroni strike is to see if keeping pasta on the shelves will bring down the prices, in the great Anglo-Saxon tradition of boycotting goods,” said Furio Truzzi, president of the group, Assoutenti. “The price of pasta is absolutely out of proportion with production costs.” Grocery prices …

Food Europe Inflation Italian Prices Price Food Inflation

1 year, 8 months ago

Is it OK to plant in mud? The best tips for gardening in super-soaked L.A.

LA Times

Here’s a tip for new SoCal gardeners or old-timers who need a refresher because, you know, it’s been awhile since water came pouring out of the sky: Stay out of the mud. conejovalleyaudubon.org April 6 Native Plant Propagation: Preparing and rooting native plant cuttings is a free, hands on class for volunteers to learn the basics about propagating California native …

Water Sale Plants Soil Orange County Free Plant

1 year, 11 months ago

Shearing worker shortage leads to sheep crutching invention at Springleigh Station

ABC

They say necessity is the mother of invention, and it was a worker shortage in the sheep and wool industry that forced Ben Banks and his brother-in-law Dominic Mohr to get creative. Key points: Australia's sheep and wool industries are struggling with a worker shortage The lack of staff forced the Banks family to get creative with their sheep-handling equipment …

Industry Banks Sheep Trailer Mohr Wool Mr Banks

2 years, 4 months ago

‘Living in constant fear’: A cliff that creeps closer to homes in Nainital

Hindustan Times

The trepidation is now routine. An analysis carried out by the National Institute of Hydrology showed that this water is not from the Naini Lake, but from within the hills itself.” Vishal Singh, executive director, Centre for Ecology, Development and Research, Dehradun said that though the Nainital area falls in Zone IV of the Earthquake Zoning Map of India, geological …

Water Uttarakhand State Singh Area Lake Slopes

2 years, 7 months ago

Trailblazing lupin farmer Vivian Carson remembered in WA's northern Wheatbelt

ABC

A pioneering Western Australian farmer known as the last of the early families to develop virgin blocks at Binnu, north of Geraldton, has passed away at the age of 94. Key points: Vivian Carson passed away at Geraldton Regional Hospital earlier this month, aged 94 He helped shape the farming community in Western Australia's sand plain country in the northern …

Country Carson Viv Wheatbelt Mr Carson Lupin Vivian Carson

2 years, 10 months ago

Wheatbelt fires like a 'war zone' as locals count the cost in devastated farming community

ABC

Retired farmer Colin Pond says he is "numb" after his farmhouse and other infrastructure were destroyed in a devastating bushfire that ripped through WA's agricultural region on Sunday and Monday. "After 20, 30 plus years of building up the soil, keeping your organic matter, doing everything to prevent wind erosion, then in one afternoon it's all gone," Mr Pond said. …

Region Davis Pond Brenda Fires Wheatbelt Hickey

2 years, 11 months ago

Blind shearing shed roustabout moving on to new challenges

ABC

Ashlea Hughes is legally blind, but the 26-year-old won't let it be a barrier to navigating her way around the lanolin-oiled floorboards of shearing sheds across South Australia and Victoria where she has worked for the past five years. Key points: Ashlea Hughes has the hereditary condition retinitis pigmentosa and is legally blind Ms Hughes has worked as a roustabout …

Hughes Shed Retinitis Pigmentosa Shearing Ms Hughes Legally Blind Ashlea

3 years, 2 months ago

Mass exodus threatened as shearers seek to escape Victorian COVID-19 vaccine mandate

ABC

The shearer shortage could soon reach crisis point in Victoria as some threaten to move interstate to escape the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Key points: Some Victorian shearers threaten to head to New South Wales to find work after refusing to get the mandated COVID vaccine Epidemiologist Nancy Baxter says a cluster of workers refusing to get vaccinated will increase their …

Workers Covid Going Mandate Sheep Victoria Vaccine

3 years, 9 months ago

This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to ‘Feel’ Things

Wired

Imagine, if you will, the home robot of the future. “And the robot can accomplish much more challenging tasks that they couldn’t achieve before, like dexterous grasping and manipulation.” It’s just not feasible, though, to try to replicate the wildly complicated human system of touch—so Yan’s team kinda replicated it. If you jab, say, a pencil eraser into the fingertip, …

Robotic Robot Robots Magnetic Fingertip

3 years, 10 months ago

Overweight Sheep Saved in Australia after Rescuers Sheared off 35 kg Fleece from its Body

News 18

A wild and ailing sheep found in a forest in Australia, named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilogrammes – nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo – after being shorn for the first time in many a year. “It would appear Baarack was once an owned sheep,” said Behrend, “he had at one …

Sheep Baarack Behrend

4 years, 1 month ago

South Australian shearing industry thrown into confusion on first day of lockdown

ABC

Wool producers, shearing contractors and shed staff in South Australia were contacted by police and told to stop shearing yesterday, throwing the industry into confusion. Key points: Shearing operations were halted during the first day of South Australia's lockdown Wool producers and shearing contractors say they were told to stop work by police SA Police officially says farmers can continue …

Animal Industry Work South Australia First Day Lockdown Shearing

4 years, 1 month ago

Shearer shortage extends season, causes farm stress and sheep welfare concerns

ABC

A national shearing shortage and difficulties getting shearers across state borders has caused the shearing season to run late, stressing farmers and contractors, and raising concerns about sheep welfare. Key points: Shearing seasons are extended with districts including SA's Murray Mallee not expected to finish until December Warmer weather and longer wool puts sheep at greater risk of flystrike Shearers …

Border Season Farm Sheep Shearer Contractors Shearing

4 years, 2 months ago

Wool makes a long-awaited return to outback Queensland

ABC

Wild dogs and low commodity prices drove almost all the sheep away from western Queensland, but now one small town is making big moves to bring wool back to wool country. But with the revival of sheep and wool in the west, largely thanks to the construction of predator-proof fencing, the need for a local team was obvious to third-generation …

Local Team Young People Bear Shearer Baillie Maddelin Mccosker