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29 March 2024

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Dewani in suicide bid...

Undated handout photo of Shrien Dewani and Anni Dewani (right) made available by the Bristol Evening Post. (AP)

BRISTOL: Murder suspect Shrien Dewani had lost TWO STONE in the weeks before his suicide bid, it was claimed last night. The care home tycoon was rushed to hospital after taking an overdose of pills.

Distraught relatives were at his bedside yesterday.
 
Last night it emerged that family members had become concerned about his health.
 
And it was revealed he had not been sleeping as the pressure of the case took its toll.
 
A source at the Bristol hospital treating him said: "He was brought in after he tried to kill himself. It isn't known what he took, but it was very serious.
 
"His family were very concerned, but he's getting round-the-clock care now."
 
Dewani, 31, is suspected over the alleged contract killing of 28-year-old Anni - his bride of just two weeks - in Cape Town, South Africa, last November.
 
Concern had been raised in recent days over whether he would receive a fair trial after a top prosecutor in South Africa branded him a "murderer".
 
 
 
Queen’s photos are discovered in attic
Queen Elizabeth II (right) with her mother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (centre), and her sister Princess Margaret while celebrating the Queen Mother's 93rd birthday Photo. (AP)
 
BRITAIN: The Queen stirs tea in a plastic picnic cup, Prince Philip gazes wistfully over fields and a carefree Fergie grins beside Diana and ex Andrew at a Windsor Castle bash.
 
These candid images are among a unique treasure trove of informal royal snaps found in an attic by an astonished person, reports The Sun.
 
Over 40 photos to the grateful Queen by The Sun team and in return she gave the daily the permission to publish the seven never before seen images.
 
Many of the intimate pictures, which date back over a 40-year period, capture family members relaxing at Balmoral and Windsor.
 
Others in the collection show Philip with youngest son Edward, a glamorous, pink-clad Princess Margaret - also shown attending a banquet with the Queen Mother - and Fergie with an infant Prince William on a pony at Windsor stables.
 
 
Nine-year-old lures in 27.6kg barra record
 
Riley Vallance, who is the toast of the Far Northern fishing community after landing this 27.6kg barramundi at Lake Tinaroo at the weekend. (AGENCIES)
 
CAIRNS: Nine-year-old angler Riley Vallance took on a barramundi that was bigger and heavier than himself and still managed to reel in a world record catch. 
“I battled the fish for 20 minutes, it was a big struggle for me,” the Year 4 Yungaburra State School student told The Cairns Post.
 
“My arms are still sore three days later.”
 
Riley, who weighs in at 25kg and measures 131cm, managed to master a massive 27.6kg barramundi that measured 132cm after playing the fish into submission during a weekend competition at Lake Tinaroo.
 
Now the Mission Beach Game Fishing Club, which ran the event, is applying to have Riley’s catch listed as a small fry (eight to 11 years) world record.
 
 
Elderly man survives brush with train
 
 
(AGENCIES)
 
NEW YORK: An elderly man in New York with Alzheimer's wandered on to the subway tracks surviving a brush with train.
 
An 84-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's survived a close encounter with a speeding No. 4 subway train after he wandered on to the tracks - walker and all.
 
Anatoliy Zilberman lost several toes off his left foot and suffered severe bruising, when the train nearly collided with him on the express tracks just north of Union Square in Manhattan, police said.
 
Police are unsure how Zilberman, who lives in an assisted living facility on East 23rd Street, ended up on the tracks.
 
Zilberman was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was in the operating room Sunday evening local time, hospital staff said.
 
The incident snarled subway services for several hours. 
 
 
Facebook stalkers on the rise
 
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AUSTRALIA: Young people are taking out restraining orders against stalkers on Facebook, claiming they are victims of intimidation. 
 
Lawyers say there has been a rise in apprehended violence orders taken out for cyber bullying in the past two years.
 
Australian Criminal Law Specialists' principal solicitor Nick Boyden said this sort of behaviour could happen through a combination of mediums such as Facebook or Twitter and phone texting.
 
William Vahl of North Shore Criminal Law said he had seen an increase in clients asking for AVOs against cyber bullies.
 
"It's opened up a whole new area and manner in which people are stalked and harassed," Mr Vahl said.
 
Victims were often intimidated through threats written on their sites or by text while others had their sites hacked and information stolen which was then used against them.
 
 
THE Queen stirs tea in a plastic picnic cup, Prince Philip gazes wistfully over fields - and a carefree Fergie grins beside Diana and ex Andrew at a Windsor Castle bash. 
These candid images are among a unique treasure trove of informal royal snaps found in an ATTIC by an astonished Sun reader.
 
We handed over his 40 photos to the grateful Queen - and in return she gave us permission to publish these seven never-before-seen images.
 
Many of the intimate pictures, which date back over a 40-year period, capture family members relaxing at Balmoral and Windsor.
 
Others in the collection show Philip with youngest son Edward, a glamorous, pink-clad Princess Margaret - also shown attending a banquet with the Queen Mother - and Fergie with an infant Prince William on a pony at Windsor stables.