Sydney attacker who killed six people named as Joel Cauchi by police

[ The man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before he was shot dead by a police officer has been named. Joel Cauchi, 40, launched the knife attack at the busy Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon armed with a long blade. Five women and a man were killed, … Read more

How to propagate plants through layering

[ Where plant shoots lie on the soil, they often spontaneously take root. Sprawling shrubs and toppled trees often show this in the wild. Gardeners can make use of this handy property by “layering” their plants. At its simplest, a stem is laid on the ground, covered in soil and left to root. Not every … Read more

Greece offers ‘free’ holidays for tourists hit by Rhodes wildfires – how to claim

[ Nine months after the incident that reduced 15 per cent of Greece’s largest Dodecanese Island to cinders, and engendered Greece’s largest ever evacuation due to wildfires, holidaymakers who were caught up in the chaos are eligible for “free” holidays in Rhodes under a new voucher scheme. Launched after a pledge made by Greek Prime … Read more