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The Latest Breaking News from Alfred

Alfred’s arrival delayed as cyclone slows approach to Australia – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Sandbagging 'chaos' erupts as tropical cyclone looms

Sandbagging "chaos" erupted at sites in southeast Queensland as people prepared to bunker ahead of the first cyclone to hit the area in over 50 years.

AAP

Cost of cyclone hard to swallow for seaside restaurant

A restaurant in the eye of a cyclone is losing tens of thousands of dollars after being forced to close but the bill may soar depending on flood or wind damage.

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Flood-weary Murwillumbah waits and readies as Tropical Cyclone Alfred looms

Some residents are still homeless after the 2022 floods and many more are still traumatised. Alfred is coming anyway

The Guardian - AU

‘Prepare for the worst’: northern NSW warned Alfred’s impact could rival devastating 2022 floods

More than 100 schools closed and thousands without power as Tropical Cyclone Alfred generates high winds – even before it makes landfall

The Guardian - AU

Crisafulli urges residents to prepare as storm approaches – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Sandbags to iron fences: millions braces for cyclone

From iron gates to sandbags, people are using what they can to prepare for a tropical cyclone due to hit a built-up coastal area for the first time in 50 years.

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred intensifies as latest forecast predicts landfall just north of Brisbane

BoM data prediction says path of TC Alfred shows it tracking to hit Queensland coast overnight on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Shop shelves stripped as residents sandbag for cyclone

Operators of a popular boat club nervously watching water lap at its doors are among millions of people frantically preparing for the arrival of a cyclone.

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Secure the boat, pile sandbags and hunker down: Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for Cyclone Alfred

With the storm heading towards the state’s south-east coast and surging tides already gushing over parts of the low-lying island, one stoic resident says ‘I should be fine. I’ve got good neighbours’

The Guardian - AU

What we know so far about Tropical Cyclone Alfred: when and where it will hit, school closures, category now and suburbs at risk

People prepare for wild weather as BoM forecasts Alfred to hit Queensland later this week, with state’s capital in its path

The Guardian - AU

Four million Queenslanders warned they could be in ‘firing line’ when cyclone heads towards coast

Bureau of Meteorology says guidance ‘favours landfall on Thursday’ as premier David Crisafulli warns ‘large system presents big challenge’

The Guardian - AU

Tropical Cyclone yet to intensify as it lingers off Queensland coast

Weather bureau says category 2 system is about 930km north-east of Mackay

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone Anthony Changed To Alfred By BoM To Avoid PM Confusion

What a shitstorm.

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Absolute Batman #5 pays homage to an iconic scene from The Dark Knight

Absolute Batman is so on fire right now...

Guitar World

“Like Gretsch’s Duo Jet, it was surely spurred by Gibson’s success with the Les Paul”: The mysterious history of the Guild M-75 Aristocrat, the blue-blooded hollowbody played by John Lee Hooker, John Mayer, St. Vincent and Dan Auerbach

This evocative downsized archtop appeared in mid-’50s New York and would go on to delight jazz players and rootsy bluesers alike

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Absolute Batman #3 teases a new origin for the Riddler and delves into Bruce and Selina's childhoods

Absolute Batman #3 retcons the origins of Catwoman and the Riddler

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Given the sharenting, let’s hope the little Rees-Moggs inherit papa’s exhibitionism

The former MP hasn’t sacrificed all his family’s privacy in TV documentary series. Bathrooms are strictly kept off camera

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The Independent UK

The Rees-Moggs have shown us how the other half live – and I’m not remotely tempted

IN FOCUS: A new reality show promises to lift the lid on what it’s like to be one of the UK’s most controversial (ex) politicians. But it also gives a unique window into the weird quirks of the truly posh, writes Helen Coffey – from black-tie Fridays to beds without duvets

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Sir Patrick Stewart recalls 'horrifying' family abuse

Acting veteran Sir Patrick Stewart has recalled the "horrifying" abuse his mother suffered at the hands of his father admitting he would scream at his dad to stop hurting her.

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Absolute Batman #2: A revised origin story, a more brutal Batman and Bruce's massive new Batmobile

The series continues to up the scale – quite literally

The Independent UK

Metal detectorists’ bid to have sentences reduced dismissed by Court of Appeal

Roger Pilling, 76, and Craig Best, 48, were convicted of conspiring to sell 44 Anglo-Saxon coins.

Inverse

"Heroes Don't Do That!" A History of Batman’s Sex Life

Inside the never-ending battle over Batman’s love life — from Dick Grayson’s matching pajamas to going down on Catwoman.

RideApart

This Ducati-Powered Fiat 500 is Madness, Absolute Madness

Someone with no sense of respectability or decency lost their minds, snatched up a wrecked Ducati, along with a Fiat 500 and thought, "Hey, what if these two kissed and made a baby?"

The Guardian - UK

‘Secret Garden on steroids’: the Cornish cottage that comes with its own jungle and private beach

Guests staying at a new holiday cottage in the grounds of Trebah Gardens will get after-hours access to this sub-tropical wonderland and its private cove

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