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Hundreds hurt as blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. At least 207 people have died after suspected suicide bombers blew up churches and five-star hotels in an Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka.  The eight blasts today ripped through landmarks in Colombo and on Sri Lanka's east coast, targeting Christians, hotel guests and foreign tourists and leaving at least 450 people wounded.  Six bombs went off in quick succession before another two blasts two hours later in Sri Lanka's worst violence since the end of its decades-long civil war in 2009. The victims include at least 35 foreigners, believed to include Britons and Americans as well as nationals of Turkey, China, Portugal and the Netherlands. As details of the horror emerged today, TV chef Shantha Mayadunne and her London-based daughter Nisanga were among the first victims named. Meanwhile a manager at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo said the attacker had set off the horrific explosion in a packed restaurant at 8.30am after waiting in a queue for a breakfast buffet.

Young girl, six, at camp with family is unable to walk after a camp fire exploded in her

A young girl (pictured) who was camping with her family over the Easter weekend has been left unable to walk after a gas canister buried under a camp fire exploded in her face. In a Facebook post written on Sunday, Bianca Jade, from Western Australia, said she took her family on a holiday for the Easter long weekend. Ms Jade said her family prepared a camp fire upon their arrival, but less than 20 minutes later the gas canister suddenly exploded in her daughter Brooklyn's face. 

Meghan, 37, and Prince Harry, 34, moved out of Kensington Palace, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live, to Berkshire this month - a move aimed to harness the attention on them.

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The 35-year-old man and his five-year-old daughter were swept out to sea about 1:30pm on Easter Sunday near the Cape Carnot headland in South Australia.

Dr Mark Perlin has lodged a request to London's Metropolitan Police to analyse 18 DNA samples at his Pittsburgh lab Cybernetics which relate to Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

Faheem Khalid Lodhi, who migrated to Australia in 1998 and studied at Sydney University, is believed to have links to al-Qaeda and the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Former rugby league star Valentine Holmes marries his high school sweetheart in an Easter

Rugby league star Valentine Holmes has married his high school sweetheart Natalia O'Toole in an intimate ceremony. The former Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player and the personal trainer tied the knot in the Dalgety Apartments penthouse in Townsville on Easter Sunday surrounded by friends and family. The swanky apartment, which has been hailed as the 'perfect escape' for visitors, is owned by Holmes' long-term partner's lawyer father.

Moudi Tajjour spoke about spending time in Tripoli on his 'Can't Fight Fate' podcast. Tajjour said he married a woman from Syria, and she lives in his home in Lebanon.

Housing data for Melbourne shows falls of up to 22 per cent since 2014 - falls which are even more marked since the dizzying heights of 2017 when the property bubble deflated.

The French Embryolisse Lait Crème Concentre is $23 for 30ml or $36 for 75ml. It has been around for 60 years and was created by dermatologists in Paris. It has a five star rating on Cult Beauty.

The Queen looks radiant on her 93rd birthday as she and family attend Easter Sunday

Queen Elizabeth II is the second-oldest currently serving state leader by age. She was joined for the Easter Mattins Service by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, as well as Zara and Mike Tindall (pictured left). Kate, pictured right with William, looked stunning in a lilac coat dress by one of her favourite designers, Alexander McQueen.

Princess Beatrice, 30, beamed in blue as she walked into St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle for an Easter Sunday service today on the arm of her father, the Duke of York.

The Queen's granddaughter, 37, was joined by rugby player husband Mike Tindall for the Easter Mattins Service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle earlier this morning.

Pub baron Justin Hemmes snaps up another iconic Sydney pub for $5million 

Billionaire pub baron Justin Hemmes has purchased yet another iconic Sydney pub. The 45-year-old recently offered a cool $5 million to secure the iconic 3 Weeds pub in Rozelle. The venue, which first opened in 1881, is renowned for its 'pub grub' and pizzas.  Hemmes, who has remained tight lipped on the deal, is the chief executive of his family's hospitality firm Merivale, which owns a several pubs and hotels in Sydney - including The Ivy, Coogee Pavilion and The Newport Arms.

Two lifeguards drowned when their rescue boat flipped as they tried to save a man floundering in the ocean who was swept off rocks near Port Campbell in Victoria as he was taking photos.

An avid gardener, who posted in an Australian wedding group, was left horrified when a bride cut down all of her prized roses and expensive blooms, before using them at her reception.

Two German members of the Gypsy Jokers Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang, one man from its Norway chapter and two Spanish associates were stopped by Australian Border Force officers on Monday.

The buffet bomber: Terrorist waited in line for breakfast at five star hotel and then blew himself up in attacks that have killed 35 foreigners including Brits and Americans

A manager at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo said the attacker had set off the horrific explosion in a packed restaurant at 8.30am. The bomber had checked in under a false address, claiming he was in the city on business, before unleashing terror on one of the hotel's busiest days of the year. At least 207 people have died in the eight Easter Sunday blasts, including Brits, Americans and Dutch nationals. The bombings targeted hotels such as the Cinnamon Grand which are popular with foreign visitors, as well as St Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, also frequented by tourists.

Following co-ordinated terror attacks this morning which killed 207 in eight explosions the Sri Lankan blocked social media networks and messaging apps inside the country.

Pope Francis gave the speech to up to 80,000 people in St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. He said: 'Sin promises things easily but leaves behind only solitude and death'.

Reports say Sri Lanka's police chief warned of potential suicide attacks from religious extremists on 'prominent churches' ten days ago. Pictured: Police commando enters suspected militant hideout.

Nirj Deva (pictured) said he had missed one of the three hotel bombs in Colombo on Sunday morning, which happened alongside three blasts at churches where Christians were celebrating Easter.

'Jordyn Woods is watching through her telescope': Kanye West fans react with hilarious memes after the rapper has his entire Coachella Sunday Service streamed through a fisheye lens

Many watching Kanye's Easter concert from home complained about the lens (pictured), saying it was making them dizzy or giving them a headache. Others joked it was like watching out of a toilet paper roll. While Kanye's filming was criticized, his unique performance, which mixed gospel music with his biggest hits, was resoundingly praised.

Exposed by photos on her lost mobile phone: ISIS bride who 'recruited dozens of British

Omaima Abdi returned from Syria before the ISIS caliphate fell. She slipped back into a western lifestyle in Hamburg, northern Germany but was rumbled when damning photos were discovered on a phone she lost, according to The Sunday Times. Photos of family meals and school runs with her young children were in stark contrast to the ones showing her son holding a pistol (inset), and posing in front of ISIS insignia. The 34-year-old of Tunisian descent had 36GB of data on the phone, including revealing images of her life in Syria (left with a rifle-clad fighter) and her former western life in Germany (right).

A $65 bikini set by Marks and Spencer is being slammed by shoppers. They are saying the problem with the swimmers is that the ombre-hued bottoms resemble a period stain.

Aboriginal community on holiday island where boy was mauled by a dingo release tone-deaf

The Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation has urged tourists to be 'more accountable' for their actions just days after a young boy was mauled by a dingo on a popular holiday island. But the group's stern words appear to have been ignored by defiant visitors who continue to pose with the native animal despite the potentially fatal risks.  Audacious holidaymakers have shared snaps of the canines online in the days since a dingo dragged a 14-month-old baby out of a camper van by his head while his family spent time on Queensland's Fraser Island (pictured). 

People came together in Denver to remember victims of the Columbine High School shooting on its 20th anniversary. The event (pictured) ends a three-day remembrance program.

When it comes getting rid of bad spots, its worth turning to the experts for their best advice. Australian dermatologist Dr Natasha Cook reveals some of her top pimple-zapping techniques.

Pictured: Much-loved mother who was found dead in her garage as her husband is charged

The mother-of-two who was found dead only metres from her sleeping children has been remembered as a loving and kind woman. Syeda Nirupama Hossain's body was found by a concerned friend at about 4am on Sunday morning in the garage of her home in Minto, south-west Sydney. She had been stabbed to death. Her husband, Altaf Hossain was taken into police custody at the scene and has been since charged with her murder. Mrs Hossain's distraught family were tasked with relaying the message of her death to her parents, who still live in Bangladesh.

Police were called to the park on Military Road near West Beach, west of Adelaide, at 11.50am on Friday after a young girl was allegedly approached by the man at the pool.

The eldest son of Victoria and David Beckham, 20, broke down in tears as he engaged in another heated conversation with his girlfriend Hana Cross in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday.

Traveller is arrested, thrown in a hellish Thai jail  for picking up a lost mobile phone

Chris Dodd, 29, from Poole, found the device in the gutter outside the airport in Chiang Mai and said he had intended to hand it in after he got to his hostel. But the tattoo artist was charged with theft and faced up to to five years in prison after CCTV showed him moving to a different location with the possession. The act of moving a belonging which you don't own to a different location is considered theft under Thai law. During his time in prison guards shaved off his dreadlocks.

Rebels Australian national president Damien Vella's life could be turned upside down by strict anti-bikie laws banning him from seeing other gang members, making it impossible to run the club.

Rolf Harris's private investigator has gathered enough 'dirt' on the Australian entertainer's victims to launch a fresh appeal against his sex convictions, according to a source close to the family.

Ewan McGregor's daughters Clara, 23, and Esther, 17, reveal they are bisexual

Ewan McGregor's daughters Esther McGregor, 17, and older sister Clara McGregor (left and right), 23, took to Instagram to reveal they were bisexual after locking horns with the founder of Coachella for his alleged anti-LGBT beliefs. During her post Esther McGregor took fire at the billionaire owner of Coachella Philip Anschutz, 79, by stating she would not be attending the popular music festival in California.

Sam Lowe, 18, was hanging out with friends at the popular Sydney tourist sight in Bondi on Saturday at 10.50pm when he fell, injuring his head and back.

Michelle Belleau and Ron Peterson exchanged vows at baggage claim at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio. The couple first met there in April 2007 and their relationship formed.

Felicity Huffman could serve time at home instead of prison after college bribery scam

Legal experts say Felicity Huffman's remorseful handling of the bombshell bribery scandal could keep the 56-year-old out of jail when she is sentenced on May 24 in Boston federal court. The actress announced that she would plead guilty to charges of mail fraud earlier this month after being accused of paying $15,000 to alter her daughter Sophia's SAT scores in December 2017. Huffman (left on April 3 and right with Sophia in January) told the court: 'I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions.' Meanwhile, fellow actress Lori Loughlin is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading not guilty to charges brought in the scandal. The Full House star (inset on April 3) is accused of paying $500,000 to get her daughters into USC.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Charlotte, whose dad is PR supremo Matthew Freud, documented her hunt for a suitable outfit on Instagram and wasn’t shy about hiding her disdain for the task.

Estranged father of AFL star takes shot at his son after missing out on an invite to his

Just days after Sydney Swans star Kieren Jack (top, with wife Charlotte Goodlet) came clean about the bitter rift with his parents, his father Garry Jack (bottom right) has spoken out. Since his parents' notable absence at his 200th game back in 2016, yesterday's 250th milestone only spurred on further speculation about the family's ongoing feud. Kieran's father Garry confirmed he and his wife Donna (bottom left) were not invited to their AFL star son's landmark game.

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Maxine Scott, 62, has painted her sheep in a red and black tartan pattern to wind up tourists, claiming they turn the colour naturally on a diet of Irn Bru, shortbread and Scottish tablet.

A sneaky gorilla got through an electric fence at Burgers' Zoo in the Netherlands. He says hello to the visitors and then rocks on his back legs and uses his hands to work out the best route back in.

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Shocking moment policeman, 30, is stabbed in the back with a hunting knife in a 'random attack' at Sydney's busy Central Station 

CCTV footage from Sydney's Central Station shows the alleged attacker sneak up behind Constable Hayden Edwards holding the 30cm hunting knife and suddenly stab him in the back as he walked past. The man then took a few more steps before turning to face the officer in a combat stance as if expecting retaliation. Instead, Constable Edwards crumpled to the ground as more police converged on the scene with their guns drawn. Constable Edwards managed to get back to his knees and draw his pistol, aiming it at the assailant who was waiving his knife around. The attack triggered a long standoff with police before the man jumped on to the train tracks and he was eventually tasered and arrested.

As Australians across the country settle into their usual Easter traditions, it pays to know that not everyone woke up to a peaceful morning egg hunt with perfectly curated snacks and treats.

Heather Walker, 33, from Lincolnshire gained weight while suffering from depression. But in 2017 she overhauled her diet and exercise regime, dropping eight stone in just over a year.

Melodic songs such as the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations and The Cure's Close to Me can drive away morning sluggishness, according to new research by scientists.

Jackie Fraser and her husband Aidan are currently on a month-long tour of Australia, driving north of their home in Busselton, Western Australia.

Buffets of cocaine and groupie showers: MTV contest winner recalls the wild weekend he spent with Van Halen in 1984 when he was 19

Kurt Jefferis won an MTV contest for the ultimate weekend with the rock band. He and a friend were flown to Detroit and greeted with Jack Daniels and a joint. The band showered him with champagne and caked him on stage during their show. Backstage they gave him lobster, cocaine, and his own groupie named Tammy.

The daughter of a man who was killed in a deer attack has opened up about the tragic incident - while her mum still fights for life in hospital (family pictured together)..

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The Seattle-born make-up artist told Grazia magazine: 'She makes me go on YouTube to learn about things. She'll be like, 'Oh I follow this person and they did it this way' - and I'm like, "Oh OK"'.

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Dramatic moment California homeowner confronts porch pirate stealing a package from her mailbox in broad daylight

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Lebron James joins #JusticeForLucca after white Florida cop says he slammed black boy, 15, to the ground and punched him in the head because the child looked aggressive and he feared he'd be able to take his weapon

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