Author: Darren Smith

The club’s active supporter group had threatened a boycott after alleging a teenage fan was assaulted and its leaders were handcuffed and ejected. Talks involving the club, NSW Police and stadium operators have produced a deal. Sydney FC’s active supporter group, The Cove, will return to the stands on Friday night for the first time since the October derby against Western Sydney Wanderers. The group had threatened to boycott matches after alleging that police assaulted a teenage fan and handcuffed and removed its leaders at Allianz Stadium. It will be back for the home match against Central Coast Mariners in…

Police Scotland said officers and paramedics were attacked while responding to a call on Bonfire Night. A man has been arrested and inquiries are continuing. A police vehicle was set on fire and an ambulance worker was injured after emergency crews were targeted with fireworks in Glasgow on Bonfire Night. Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service had been called to a report of an injured man shortly before 8pm on Thursday. Police Scotland said the vehicle was seriously damaged and the ambulance worker suffered a minor injury. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident. What happened…

The Splice technology, which maps terrain and diverts away from hazards, completed simulated lunar descents on a drone in the Mojave Desert as the agency works towards a permanent lunar base. Nasa has successfully tested a navigation and guidance system intended to let spacecraft find safe landing sites on the Moon and other planets without human input. A drone fitted with the equipment carried out simulated lunar descent and landing manoeuvres in the Mojave Desert in California. The technology is designed to support precise touchdowns and to detect and avoid hazards, both considered critical to future missions. The US space…

The 35-year-old, who lost an arm below the elbow in the June attack, says a form of trauma treatment has ended months of intrusive memories and left her feeling she is “finally getting my life back”. Leah Stewart, who survived a suspected great white shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee Beach, has said her nightmares have stopped after months of reliving the ordeal. The 35-year-old was swimming between the flags on 13 June when she was attacked. She spent two weeks in a coma and underwent multiple surgeries, including the amputation of one arm below the elbow. In an Instagram video…

A UFO researcher says a disc-like object passed close to the International Space Station during a SpaceX Dragon docking, but NASA’s account of the mission made no mention of any near miss. A UFO researcher has claimed that the International Space Station came close to colliding with an unidentified object during the approach of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The object was seen on 15 October in NASA’s live stream of the docking, which showed a bright disc or small sphere moving steadily past the station shortly after the broadcast began. Scott C Waring, of UFO Sightings Daily, said it…

The interior ministry says the suspects, all linked to an elite unit, inflicted severe suffering on detainees during the anti-corruption demonstrations of 2025. They are the first major arrests tied to violence against protesters. Serbian authorities have detained nine serving police officers and one former officer on suspicion of using excessive force against people held during last year’s anti-corruption protests in Belgrade. The interior ministry announced the arrests on Wednesday, saying the suspects served in an elite unit. It alleges they tortured and intimidated several detainees in the garage of the government compound in the city centre on 14 and…

Lynda Joyce, a mental health nurse at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, was left with a severe leg injury after a collision with a car that did not stop, and Police Scotland are trying to trace the vehicle. A mental health nurse has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Edinburgh. Lynda Joyce, who works at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, was struck by a car on Calder Road on the evening of Sunday 1 November. She suffered a severe crush injury to her leg, as well as gravel burns and extensive bruising. Police Scotland said the vehicle left the scene and…

A tiny Greek fragment held in Vienna may contain part of a Christian work that did not survive medieval copying, according to researchers at the University of Athens. Researchers believe a roughly 1,600-year-old papyrus fragment may describe the death of Jesus, his descent into the realm of the dead and his return through resurrection. Measuring just two by three inches, the Greek text was held among unpublished papyri in the Austrian National Library. Amphilochios Papathomas and Marianna Thoma, of the University of Athens, say the passage could belong to a Christian work that has otherwise disappeared. Their paper was published…

The department store is seeking to remove the late owner’s widow and daughters as executors of his £118m estate, but lawyers for the family say its challenge is slowing compensation for hundreds of women. The High Court has heard that Harrods’ bid to replace the executors of Mohammed Al Fayed’s estate is holding up compensation for women who allege he abused them. The store wants his widow, Heini Wathen-Fayed, and their daughters, Jasmine and Camilla, removed from the role and replaced with independent solicitors. Lawyers for the family told the hearing, before Judge Karen Shulman, that the application has delayed…

The Houston forward questioned why he was being ‘singled out’ after scoring 12 points on six shots in a 109-93 win, a result that lifts the Rockets to 7-1 Kevin Durant became visibly irritated with a reporter after the Houston Rockets beat the Boston Celtics 109-93 on Monday night, when he was asked about his low shot count. Durant scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, a season low, and the exchange quickly became tense. “Why does that matter to you? We won the game,” he said. He later explained that his presence on the court creates chances for his team-mates…