Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Canberra Times

National

Lanie Tindale

Gungahlin restaurant fire causes evacuations

ESA

A Gungahlin restaurant fire led to road closures in Canberra's north on Thursday night.

ACT Fire & Rescue, along with automatic sprinklers, have extinguished a kitchen fire at Fortune Box on Hibberson Street in Gungahlin, ACT Emergency Services said.

Shops nearby include ALDI, My GP Gungahlin and Priceline Pharmacy Gungahlin and Gungahlin Medical Centre.

"Smoke from the fire has caused several automatic fire alarms in the area resulting in evacuations," the ESA said on Thursday night.

By 7.35pm emergency services had left the scene.

Ernest Cavanagh Street and Gungahlin Place have reopened.

Fortune Box in Gungahlin. Picture from Google Maps

Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.

Already a member? Sign in here

Top News

Testimony About Snapchat Messages Not Precluded by "Best Evidence" Rule

From Turner v. State, decided Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court (in an opinion by Justice Shawn Womack): The evidence… The post Testimony About Snapchat Messages Not Precluded by "Best Evidence" Rule appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Texas woman dies after receiving inadequate treatment for a miscarriage

Porsha Ngumezi, 35, is the fifth woman pregnant ProPublica reports to have died in connection to the fall of Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

20-year Term Sought In French Mass Rape Trial For Husband Who Drugged Wife

French prosecutors on Monday demanded a maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, in a trial that has shocked France.

International Business Times

One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites

Already a member? Sign in here

Mom pulls gun on Lyft car in McDonald’s parking lot - but ends up accidentally shooting daughter

Melissa Valbrum, 32, allegedly threatened to “shoot and kill” three people who were trying to get into the rideshare after a misunderstanding

The Independent UK

New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

The Independent UK

Top News

Testimony About Snapchat Messages Not Precluded by "Best Evidence" Rule

Reason

Texas woman dies after receiving inadequate treatment for a miscarriage

Porsha Ngumezi, 35, is the fifth woman pregnant ProPublica reports to have died in connection to the fall of Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

20-year Term Sought In French Mass Rape Trial For Husband Who Drugged Wife

French prosecutors on Monday demanded a maximum 20-year jail term for the man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, in a trial that has shocked France.

International Business Times

One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites

Already a member? Sign in here

Mom pulls gun on Lyft car in McDonald’s parking lot - but ends up accidentally shooting daughter

Melissa Valbrum, 32, allegedly threatened to “shoot and kill” three people who were trying to get into the rideshare after a misunderstanding

The Independent UK

New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

The Independent UK

Our Picks

Cher Reveals She Didn't Know Her Real Name Until She Was in Her Thirties

The pop legend was "shocked" when she found out the truth.

Marie Claire

Voices: Kate Nash selling pictures of her backside to OnlyFans? Why not?

COMMENT: Personally, after a lot of agonising, I think the singer is a total legend for launching her Butts4TourBuses OnlyFans account, writes Katie Edwards. The question is: do you?

The Independent UK

Wolfs director cancels Apple TV Plus movie sequel, despite being the most-watched feature film on the streaming service

Wolfs won't be getting a sequel at Apple TV Plus after the director revealed why he's decided not to continue.

TechRadar

Image of Thanksgiving Menu From 1899 Goes Viral: 'Most Expensive Item on Menu is $2'

An image of the Thanksgiving menu from New York City's Plaza Hotel in 1899 is going viral as social media users note the difference 125 years can make.

Latin Times

Spider-Man director canceled the sequel to his Brad Pitt and George Clooney movie because he "no longer trusted" Apple

Jon Watts will not be making another Wolfs movie

Total Film

What really happened at the 1st Thanksgiving?

The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.

LiveScience

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.