Day: May 16, 2025

In Melbourne, 14C was the forecast maximum for Saturday, with a high chance of showers, the BoM says

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Winter is coming for south-eastern Australia this weekend, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting rain, hail and even snow for some parts of the country.

In New South Wales, wet and windy conditions could see a “really rough end to the weekend”, Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the bureau, said.

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It will be a day of mixed emotions for family of late, great Jack Leslie when ceremony is held in Plymouth

It will be a day of mixed emotions for the family of the late, great Jack Leslie.

There is pride at the unveiling of a plaque on the Devon house in which he lived while becoming the first black player to captain an English football league team. But sadness too, because it takes place 100 years after his call-up for England was rescinded because of his colour.

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