Manfred Rudhart, chief executive of British Northern Rail's owner Arriva, saw his pay boosted from £1.08million to £1.34million last year.
A young 'wannabe' gangster found himself behind bars after calling police when his Melbourne home was raided by a gang of thugs hell bent on ripping off his drug stash.
A Melbourne hero has described the incredibly moment he thwarted a would-be robber with an MMA inspired take down.
The footy fan jumped over the fence at Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta, in Sydney's west, with only minutes left in the NRL clash between Wests Tigers and Parramatta.
The four-year-old dog named Rock was bleeding from his mouth and his pupils were heavily dilated when he returned to his home in Matamata, in New Zealand, last Tuesday.
Ryan William Victor Grafton, 26, is accused of running off with almost $500 in merchandise from an Oxenford sex shop, stealing cars, and also pinching a mobile phone on the Gold Coast.
A new law to give the government more discretionary powers to deport convicted rapists, killers, pedophiles and violent thugs out of Australia may now be backed by Labor.
The company, founded by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas, will set up a branch at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park in the city's east.
Zeinobiyah Soetekouw had spent most of her life aboard a 33-year-old 13m yacht 'Sumbawa', travelling Australia with her parents Beccie and Steve and 10 siblings.
The unravelling of a multi-million dollar drug ring run by Codie Peter Cowan (pictured) has revealed the thirst for drugs over public holiday weekends in some of Sydney's most affluent suburbs.
Median house values in the country's capital cites are set to increase during 2020, according to property research firm BIS Oxford Economics in a report released Monday.
Brisbane motorists have been brought to a standstill again after climate change activists held up CBD traffic on Monday morning.
One of the cars was dragged 150 metres and became caught underneath as the train ploughed through Melbourne en route to Pakenham.
Novak Djokovic went straight from his thrilling men's singles victory to the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner and a dance with ladies' winner Simona Halep, who said she was 'stressed' by the thought.
Matthew D. Ellery, 29, of Middlesex, New Jersey on Friday pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and driving while intoxicated after another officer found him overdosing on heroin in his squad car on April 7.
The earthquake - the strongest to ever hit the state - struck at 3.39pm on Sunday off the coast of Broome in the Indian Ocean, according to GeoScience Australia.
The online giant will drop the gifts to the 10 Starlight Express Rooms in children's hospitals across Australia from Monday - and donate $5 from every toys bought to the charity.
Flaming socks are being lobbed over prison fences to burn holes in security netting, and allow drones to fly in and drop off packages. The bizarre method is believed to have been first used in Leeds.
The decision to ban climbing of the landmark from October 26 has seen thousands of tourists make the pilgrimage to central Australia over the winter school holidays, causing traffic chaos (pictured).
Anthony Kenneth Murrell was renting the granny flat in Palmerston North, New Zealand, when owner Ravindra Pal Singh put the property on the market.
Martin Bray, a councillor with the Onkaparinga local government area south of Adelaide, estimates residents are paying more than $42,000 for sewage maintenance for just 32 hours of work a year.
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe called out President Donald Trump for spewing a message that 'excludes' people who look like her.
Yakutsk, built on permafrost in eastern Russia and with winter temperatures nudging minus -76F, was also hotter than Yemen on the Arabian peninsula.
RICHARD KAY: So much about Harry is reminiscent of Diana. The palpable way he connects with people is uncannily like that of his mother.
RICHARD KAY Eton headmaster Sir Eric Anderson, who has passed away at the age of 83, taught three British Prime Ministers.
RICHARD KAY: The hardest part must be accepting the sympathy while having to acknowledge that the exterior he has always presented has been breached.
RICHARD KAY: Like a precious hothouse flower, the 7th Marquess of Bath spent his 87 years sheltering from the chill winds of modern life behind an exquisite Elizabethan facade.
RICHARD KAY: All her life she has been surrounded by people, from the moment she awakes till last thing at night. But the Queen's two weeks of virtual self-isolation haven't been straightforward.
RICHARD KAY: Boris Johnson remained stoically upright as he joined in the mass applause for the NHS and if the usual ebullience was missing there was at least a flicker of determination.
The photo of the Queen at Windsor Castle on the phone to Boris Johnson does not just assuage fears for the health of our 93-year-old monarch, it resolutely declares it is business as usual.
To the very end, when he was 84 years old, battling cancer and in possession of a fortune worth upwards of £500million, South African hotel boss, Sol Kerzner was still making deals.
RICHARD KAY: Alan Davidson of the Daily Mail spent half a century - yes, 50 years! - riding shotgun on London's nightlife, lowlife, political life and celebrity just about everywhere.
RICHARD KAY: French chef Michel Roux never did things in haste. Just as he took time in the kitchen over his signature cheese soufflé, so he conducted his life with equal precision.
RICHARD KAY: Harry was the victim of Russian pranksters who in the course of an hour charmed but ultimately invited him to speak out about things a wiser Harry would never have been drawn on.
RICHARD KAY: Just over a year ago Prince Harry was at a Royal Marines base in the Dartmoor National Park presenting recruits with their coveted green berets (pictured, with Diana in 1986).
RICHARD KAY: Fifteen years ago, Sir Martin Sorrell paid a then record divorce settlement of more than £29 million to his first wife, Sandra Finestone, after 33 years of marriage.
RICHARD KAY: For both parties it looked like a marriage made in heaven - a classic case of opposites attracting.
RICHARD KAY: Above all Harry's speech demonstrated how raw and how unpredictable the drama over his and Meghan's split from the royals really is.
RICHARD KAY: In loss and sorrow, father and son forged deep bonds, a closeness that has endured in the face of frequent outbreaks of domestic adversity.
RICHARD KAY: Prince Charles is 'drained' from the amount he spends on his sons. Bills he has splashed out on include the Sussex's home Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
RICHARD KAY: For almost a week, Harry and Meghan have been dominating headlines in every corner of the world. Their astonishing decision to stand down from their duties and to leave...
RICHARD KAY Not even 20 months have passed since that magical day when they stood on the steps of St George's Chapel at Windsor and, with a kiss, enchanted a global audience of millions.
RICHARD KAY: Exactly 20 years ago, Prince Charles was refining plans for Poundbury, his experimental new town in Dorset.
Comedian Louis C.K, whose real name is Louis Szekely, donated $2,800 to Joe Biden's campaign on March 4. It has since been refunded to Szekely, accused of sexual assaulting five women.
Joe Biden celebrated his crushing victory over Bernie Sanders in Michigan - and in Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho too - by thanking him for running and hinting it was time for him to quit.
Both Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are canceling their planned campaign events tonight in Cleveland due to coronavirus concerns. And CNN canceled audience for Sunday debate.
With six new states voting this Tuesday, Bernie Sanders needs some good news out of one of them to grab some of the momentum back from Joe Biden.
During her appearance on SNL's cold open, Elizabetjh Warren took questions from a parodied version of Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who is played by Kate McKinnon.
Joe Biden holds a 13-point lead over Bernie in new Reuters / Ipsos national poll, as the two candidates take their presidential nomination fight to two key midwest battlegrounds.
Laura Dern was spotted on the streets of Santa Monica enjoying some on-on-one bonding time with her son Ellery, 18, at a restaurant in Santa Monica on Wednesday afternoon.