Beaches remain open in Western Australia as police praise the public for respecting coronavirus physical distancing rules
Police have praised West Australian beachgoers for respecting physical distancing rules as Perth sweltered through its hottest April day on record.
Perth’s temperature reached 39.5C on Saturday, eclipsing the previous April record set in 1910.
Continue reading...Cardinal writes in the Australian that ‘God-fearers’ are better able to deal with evil and suffering than atheists
Cardinal George Pell has used an Easter opinion piece to argue “God-fearers” are better able to deal with evil and suffering than atheists, pointing to his own experience of “13 months in jail for a crime I didn’t commit”.
Pell was released from prison on Tuesday after Australia’s high court quashed five convictions for child sexual abuse, over allegations he assaulted two choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.
Continue reading...Social media posts have shown lines stretching hundreds of meters as Coles, Woolworths and IGA enforce physical distancing
Long lines have formed outside supermarkets after Coles, Woolworths and IGA began limiting the number of customers inside stores in a bid to allow physical distancing and keep flattening the curve of Covid-19 infections during the Easter rush.
The Thursday before Easter is traditionally one of the busiest days for supermarkets, as people stock up for the weekend.
Continue reading...25.5C recorded, with 27C expected on Monday, which would make UK warmer than Morocco
Britons experienced the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday, and the hottest Easter bank holiday weekend for 70 years, as the temperature hit 25.5C (77.9F) in Gosport in Hampshire.
The temperature is expected to rise even further on Monday to 27C, making the sunniest spots in the UK warmer than most of Europe, Algeria and Morocco.
Continue reading...Revellers celebrate Ash Monday by participating in a colourful flour war, a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece
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