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Auckland student Rachael Louise De Jong, 21, (inset) drowned after the Aratiatia Dam floodgates were opened, sending water surging down the river where she was swimming with friends. Two German tourists, Katrin Taylor and Kevin Kiau, were on a viewing platform in the Aratiatia Dam area when they heard the warning siren for the opening floodgates and watched in horror as the water surged towards four people standing on a submerged rock (main). Ms De Jong was swept away, her body was recovered from a rockpool by police on Monday night. Devastated friends and family say Ms De Jong was a smiling, bubbly woman and loved by many.

Firefighters raced to Dalston Kingsland station in East London to extinguish the drill's battery after it started smoking at the start of this morning's rush hour. Commuters on the service told of their 'terror' after a bang was heard, the station was evacuated and the drill's battery was placed in a bucket of sand. Two fire engines, paramedics and police were called to the station after the drill being carried to work by the passenger malfunctioned. London Overground at first told passengers that it believed a customer's battery pack had exploded, and later clarified that a faulty drill was the culprit. Video footage taken at the scene shortly after 7am shows people standing alongside the tracks and along the platform. A man in a high-visibility jacket can be heard telling commuters 'it was a small fire' - and Deejay Robert K, who posted the clip, said smoke was causing 'chaos'.

Rape survivor, Thordis Elva (left), from Iceland, was just 16 when she was raped by her then-boyfriend, Tom Stranger (right), 18, a foreign exchange student from Australia. The pair have joined forces 20 years on and released a TED talk (inset) about the assault. In the talk, the pair discuss the impact the rape had on both of their lives.

As Blind Date returns to our screens FEMAIL reveals the famous faces that went on the show looking for love before they found TV stardom. Left to right: Children's TV host Ortis Deley; Magic FM and This Morning presenter Jenni Falconer; Big Brother star Nikki Grahame and Britain's Got Talent Judge Amanda Holden.

Femail takes a look at couples where the women is the breadwinner and the man is at home with the children. With Hazel Leighfield and her husband David Bates (left), from Milton Keynes, the husband questions whether he is the man he hoped to be. Barbara Cunnigham (centre), from London, says she wants to scream when she comes home from her £70,000-a-year job and George has cooked macaroni cheese again. And fine artist Heidi Farrar (right) gets angry when she comes home and Jon Hannah has left their Leeds house in a tip.

Viewers have reacted in fury to BBC drama The Moorside, which debuted on Tuesday night, depicting the abduction of nine-year-old schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008. Twitter user Adam Wray blasted: 'Is Sheridan meant to be doing a Yorkshire accent? It's just she sounds a little like she's from Carlisle'.

Boris Johnson yesterday said he was 'sickened' by reports that Bashar al-Assad's regime tortured and hanged 13,000 political prisoners in four years. Amid compelling evidence that the Syrian president's henchmen carried out an unprecedented 'policy of extermination', the Foreign Secretary said the dictator had 'no future as leader'. Civilians perceived to be opposed to the brutal regime - including doctors and aid workers - were executed in mass hangings of up to 50 detainees at a time, according to a chilling Amnesty International dossier. Victims were given death sentences after sham trials lasting less than three minutes, often on the basis of confessions extracted through torture, the human rights charity said. Many thousands of others held at the notorious 20,000-capacity Saydnaya military prison, north of Damascus, died from starvation and disease.

NEW The parents of the cute stars of this online gallery spied a silver lining to the endless stream of dirty nappies that is part and parcel of life with a newborn - the comical faces that babies pull when nature calls.

Cooking is a difficult thing to master. One wrong press of a button or a moment of memory lapse, and everything is ruined. But now people from around the world have seen the funny side in failure, and shared photographs of their biggest cooking errors (pictured). The images are a lesson to everyone in the importance of using a tray and keeping an eye on your rolls at all times.

The millionaire former footballer was pictured shaking hands with Yanomami tribal chief Davi Kopenawa (both pictured) for a television documentary which aired in 2014. The pair got on so well that Beckham reportedly asked shaman Mr Kopenawa to come and visit him in London - but when he arrived in London a few months later Beckham 'could not be bothered' to meet up. They met during the filming of a documentary called David Beckham: Into the Unknown. The Sun reports that following their initial meeting, Beckham told the spiritual leader that as he had made him so welcome in his community, Mr Kopenawa should visit him in his.

Models Poppy, 30, (right) and Cara, 24, (inset, left) join their eldest sister Chloe (far left) for their first ever joint interview, in this season's PORTER magazine, describing how their mother Pandora's (bottom, inset) battle with heroin plagued them throughout their childhood, but subsequently strengthened their bond as sisters.

Baby Theodore has a new position in the White House as 'personal assistant' to his mother Ivanka Trump. Ivanka shared a sweet photo (left) of her and her 10-month-old son on Instagram as she held him while on the phone at the White House on Tuesday. 'Taking a call in the White House with my personal assistant Theodore,' she wrote in the caption of the photo. Meanwhile, Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner (right), was spotted hurrying from the family's home Tuesday morning to attend a listening session at the White House alongside his father-in-law and president, Donald Trump. Kushner (inset), who is the senior White House adviser, accompanied the president to the session in which Trump met with county sheriffs in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Catherine Zeta-Jones opened her cavernous closet loaded with luxury goods to her captive, combined 1.2M social media followers on Friday. The 47-year-old Oscar winner shared a video featuring race car revving noises captioned: 'A zip through my closet! #StyleByZeta.'

Posed up in bikinis next to their famous mom, these two young women could not have look more beautiful. But both of Christie Brinkley's daughters Sailor and Alexa Ray Joel have revealed it has been a long road to feel beautiful in their own skin. On the back of their feature in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue released Monday, the daughters of the famous model have each shared their positive body image stories.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, it might be about time for you to find a special gift for your loved one. The latest brainteaser, created by vouchercloud, challenges you to find the ruby red ring hidden among a bed of roses. The romantic riddle might just serve as a reminder to couples that are yet to find their present this year.

A Brazilian teen born with microcephaly has become the first person in the world with the condition to be signed-up by a modelling agency. Ana Victoria Lago, 17, (pictured left and centre during a photoshoot, top right as a toddler and bottom right with her mother Viviane as a child) from Manaus, Brazil, has a smaller than normal head and an under-developed brain because of a genetic abnormality. She was snapped up by BM Model's Agency based in the city on Saturday and hopes to make history by debuting on the runway at the Rio de Janeiro Fashion Week in June. Although Ana's condition has not been caused by the Zika virus, her family hope she will be an inspiration to those affected by the disease which has ravaged Brazil.

NEW The woman, who has not been publicly named, grabbed the shark pup from the sea as she walked along the beach in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, off the coast of Brazil, to take a photo with it. But as she wrestled with the shark it bit into her hand, leaving the 35-year-old holidaymaker needing stitches. Video of the Brazilian woman's frantic attempts to get the writhing animal to release its grip was shared online on Tuesday. Last night the woman and her boyfriend, who had filmed the incident, were charged with animal cruelty and ordered to pay a fine of around £2,500 each.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dr Faye Bethell (inset) carried out a 30-minute operation to rescue their veteran 20-year-old pet Bob at the Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham, Norfolk. Bob's worried owners took action after he developed a lump on his fin and was struggling to swim in his tank. They saw gifted Dr Bethnall had previously operated on a constipated goldfish so took their three-inch pet straight to her. And the talented veterinarian said Bob's owner were delighted with the outcome - because 'he is older than their children and very much considered part of the family.'

Breana and Brittney Cincotta, 21, are fraternal twins with different skin tones from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Breana (pictured far left at 17 and top right at age 4) looks white like their father Joseph. Brittney (pictured far right and bottom right age 4) looks black like their mother Marilyn (center left). Growing up with different skin tones was difficult, particularly for Breana. In elementary school and middle school her classmates would ask her if she was adopted or if she was albino. Some people even told the girls that they needed to 'choose a side' white or black. Their parents, Marilyn and Joseph, taught the girls to embrace both sides of their family.

NEW Rachael Gardiner (left), from East Kilbride, Scotland, used a Snapchat filter to take the perfect selfie but was shocked to be greeted with a demonic face staring back at her from just below her chin (right). Rachel said: 'I took the picture and showed my boyfriend who was instantly freaked out. I couldn't believe how creepy it looked and showed everyone in work and posted it on Facebook and everyone there thought it looked like a demon.'

Daniel Miller, 45, became stuck after his three tonne excavator rolled in Charlotte Bay, NSW, following heavy rain on Wednesday. He spent two hours with only his face above the muddy water before a neighbour, who was 500 metres away, miraculously heard his cries for help. Mr Miller was able to arch his back and lift his nose out of the water, allowing him to breathe as he anxiously waited for authorities. Water was pumped out of the dam by fire crews before he was pulled free. Mr Miller was taken to John Hunter Hospital via helicopter suffering hypothermia and back injuries.

CCTV shows a bare-chested Alan Bishop (inset right) with a knife tucked into his trousers as he goes next door to confront his love rival Russell Morris (inset left) outside their houses in Stoke. He squares up to Morris, 45, who is also armed. The pair - who both have criminal records - then repeatedly lunge and slash (pictured right) at one another in a front garden before moving onto the pavement.

A wildlife park has captured the adorable moment one koala has snuggled up to another and used her soft, furry head as a pillow for nap time. Willow was filmed cuddling up to Imogen at Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh, New South Wales. Willow was perched behind Imogen with her arms around Imogen's neck, holding onto the branch of a tree. She was then seen resting her chin on Imogen's head and snuggling in to fall asleep.

An old man was filmed cruising down the street, completely oblivious he had driven off with a gas pump nozzle still attached to his car. A gray-haired man was seemingly enjoying the weather as he rolled down a palm tree-lined street with the top down on his convertible car. He was so distracted by the day that he was oblivious he had driven off with a gas pump nozzle sticking out of his car while driving in traffic.

NEW Samantha Churchwell, 24, from Chicago, has been hanging from hooks attached to her body piercings since she first became interested in the bizarre pursuit at just 13. While Churchwell admits it's painful, she says it's worth the initial discomfort. (Pictured: Samantha Churchwell with hooks attached to her knees. Right: in suspension. Inset: a shoulder hook)