A transgender man who lost £2,000 raised by the public when his top surgery in Turkey fell through has said an anaesthetist was “fatphobic” when they blocked his “life-changing” treatment from taking place. Elliot Webster-Mockett, 34, a British Sign Language interpreter trainee living in Glasgow with his spouse Bea, 34, came out as trans in … Read more
A Queensland father remains in hospital three weeks after being knocked unconscious by a whale in a freak accident while fishing. Jordan Mainstone was fishing with a friend off Duranbah near the NSW-Queensland border when the whale breached next to him just before 9am on August 18. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Coast father remains … Read more
A loving father is “traumatised” after a scam caller, pretending to be his daughter in distress, robbed him of his life’s savings. Brisbane local Josie Duncan, 31, was travelling to Canada to visit her father Jeff Duncan, 61, when he received a call that would turn his world upside-down. “Somewhere between the first two flights, … Read more
A single mother is in a coma and fighting for her life, with further critical surgery needed to try to save her legs, after a horror crash in northern NSW. Maddi Hambly, 27, was heading home from a friend’s baby shower when her car flipped and rolled, coming to a rest on its roof in … Read more
Axle Young was tinkering underneath his car on Sunday, getting it ready for his P1 driving test the following day, when it fell and fatally crushed him. The 17-year-old was two years into an apprenticeship, and two months into living in his new Mittagong rental with girlfriend Shyanne Organ, with whom he’d celebrated a one-year … Read more
An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more
The wife of a truck driver, one of three killed in a head on collision along South Australia’s Eyre Hwy, said her family has been left “shaken” by the sudden passing of the 45-year-old man. Three died at the scene of the crash on the Eyre Hwy, about 27km west of Yalata, on the edge … Read more
Adelaide woman Paris Hedger had saved for a trip to the United States since she was 13 years old, but soon after she arrived, her life was turned upside down because of a life-threatening medical condition. A few months before she was hospitalised, Hedger was working as a travel content creator, securing paid work and … Read more
A woman who drowned at a beach on the NSW South Coast this week is being remembered as a “cherished” mother, wife and nurse. Yuliya Pashkovska, 43, was found unconscious about 1.15pm on Tuesday by surfers in the water at Pebbly Beach, 26km northeast of Batemans Bay. The surfers pulled Pashkovska onto their boards and … Read more
A mother has made a desperate plea to “find that car” which hit and killed New Zealand national Mitch East, 28, in Tamarama on Sunday. Debra East has now arrived in Sydney, where Mitch lived and worked as a lawyer, and described standing on the roadside trying to comprehend the moment she lost her son. … Read more
