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Filming of the 2021 season of Married At First Sight is well under way. And on Friday, leaked photos emerged showing one of the couples tying the knot – in a non-legally binding ceremony – at an outdoor venue in the NSW Hunter Valley. While the names of the participants are yet to be revealed, … Read more
A wildfire in northern California’s Napa Valley wine country that burned down the Chateau Boswell has more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres and thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. The blaze, since named the Glass Fire, ignited on Sunday 3.50am near Calistoga about 60 miles north of San … Read more
Two thousand people in California’s Napa Valley wine growing area have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and another 3,000 have been told to prepare to, amid rapidly-spreading wildfires which have destroyed at least one winery. Chateau Boswell, a 40-year-old family-run winery near St Helena, was on fire on Sunday night, as firefighters desperately tried … Read more
Vanessa Hudgens has been making the most of her summer, recently returning from a tropical getaway, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And the former Disney star is now embracing her spooky side, as Halloween inches closer in Hollywood. She channeled her inner Valley girl Friday in skintight activewear, as she met up with pal GG … Read more
The Indus Valley civilisation was wiped out by climate change, a new study claims. What caused the demise of the once-great civilisation is a long-standing mystery, but researchers tracking historical monsoon patterns may have found an answer. It is thought the society, which existed at the same time as ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, thrived in … Read more
Samantha Jade and fiancé Pat Handlin enjoy a ‘perfect’ Hunter Valley getaway with Guy and Jules Sebastian By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:08 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 14:08 BST, 31 August 2020 She announced her engagement to Pat Handlin, the son of Sony Music boss Denis Handlin, in January last … Read more
The origins of Silicon Valley – long before Facebook, Google and Apple – are inextricably linked with America’s defence establishment. It was Pentagon funding that helped to develop the internet, while Fairchild Semiconductor – now seen as the original Valley start-up – began by making chips for Cold War missiles and the rockets that put … Read more
The hottest temperature on Earth ever recorded may have been reached on Sunday afternoon, as the mercury in California’s Death Valley hit 130 degrees. The temperature was reached at 3.41pm Pacific time on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. If verified, the reading would break Death Valley’s previous August record by three degrees, the … Read more
The hottest temperature on Earth ever recorded may have been reached on Sunday afternoon, as the mercury in California’s Death Valley hit 130 degrees. The temperature was reached at 3.41pm Pacific time on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. If verified, the reading would break Death Valley’s previous August record by three degrees, the … Read more
There is a horse on the ceiling. Not Pegasus, but Kettledrum, winner of the 1861 Derby. This, in the apse of a church, is surprising. Designed by Edward Pugin (son of the architect of the Palace of Westminster) and secreted down a remote country lane in the Ribble Valley, the tiny Catholic Church of St … Read more