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17, November, 2025. **For The Saturday Telegraph**

Teen’s iPhone film gets top nod

Between homework and her fast-food job, meet the 16-year-old Australian teen who has made Australian film awards history with a scary movie she shot entirely on her smartphone

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1920s. Batsman Bill Woodfull ducks Harold Larwood bouncer during 1920s Australia v England Bodyline Test in Brisbane, featured in 2002 TV documentary 'Bodyline : It's Just Not Cricket'.

Top controversies to hit the Ashes

From a metal bat to a stumping that ignited a global uproar, the Ashes series between Australia and England has produced some of the most memorable clashes in the history of cricket – here’s three

Kids News/UNICEF Australia WCD partnership 2025: Pat Cummins playing backyard cricket at home as a teenager with his brother in the background. This image is single use, not to be stored in News Corp library and only to be used for purpose of Pat talking about World Children's Day in his capacity as a UNICEF Australia Ambassador. Picture: supplied

Pat Cummins feeds his inner child

Aussie cricket legend, UNICEF Australia ambassador and child-at-heart Pat Cummins says play isn’t just fun – it’s fundamental. Here’s how the skipper gets his playtime on and off the pitch

KIDS NEWS. UNICEF ambassador Emma McKeon, visited John Paul College in Brisbane to celebrate World ChildrenÃ¢â¬â¢s Day. Picture: UNICEF

Get loud on World Children’s Day

November 20 is World Children’s Day and UNICEF is inviting all Aussie kids to celebrate with ‘a Minute of Loudness’ about the things that matter most to them – so what matters most to you?

Hard to fathom. Photo: X.

Viral ‘sky stadium’ not as it seems

Images of the world’s first “sky stadium” project in Saudi Arabia have gone viral across the globe but a closer look reveals they aren’t real. So what will the 350m high stadium really look like?

EMBARGO DO NOT USE WITHOUT PICTURE EDITOR PERMISSION . 20.2.2018.Minton Farm animal rescue centre is nursing a piglet who was found roaming a highway at Lameroo .The week old piglet ' Maggie May 'pictured with ' Daisy ' the duckling, also a week old at Minton Farm animal rescue centre, Cherry Gardens. Picture TAIT SCHMAAL.

Cute orphans become best mates

Orphaned piglet Maggie May and Daisy the duckling, who was also abandoned, have become best mates after both being rescued

CORRECTS CREDIT TO ADDISON DOTY - This undated photo provided by Forrest Fenn shows a chest purported to contain gold dust, hundreds of rare gold coins, gold nuggets and other artifacts. For more than a decade, the 82-year-old claims he has packed and repacked the treasure chest, before burying it in the mountains somewhere north of Santa Fe. (AP Photo/Addison Doty)

Poem hides secret to real buried treasure

A tricky poem full of secret clues has the answer to where a real treasure chest full of gold and jewels is buried. Can you solve the puzzle?

Phil Ferguson in the burger hat

Funny food hats will have you in stitches

Crochet artist Phil Ferguson creates funny food hats that will have you in stitches.

Stewy the Snake Catcher freed a tiger snake from a beer can. Supplied image

Tiger snake stuck in beer can

Watch the moment a snake catcher rescues a curious tiger snake that got its head stuck in a beer can. VIDEO

Actor Gary Pankhurst with kangaroo in scene from TV programme |Skippy|.

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo turns 50

It’s 50 years since Skippy the Bush Kangaroo hit our screens, winning the hearts of generations of children with her heroics and becoming a global TV success story.

Richie Porte maze at Rupertswood Farm at Hagley in Tasmania's north. Picture: Facebook

Amazing crop art tribute to Aussie cyclist

Tasmanian cycling star Richie Porte has been honoured with some amazing crop art by a farmer in his home state.

Boston Dynamics' door-opening SpotMini was the No. 1 video on YouTube on Tuesday.

Robot dog’s new trick — it opens doors

Meet SpotMini, the robot dog that’s been taught a new trick — it opens doors by itself.

Richard Louey from the Golden Dragon Museum Bendigo prepares Sun Loong, the longest Chinese dragon in Australia, for the upcoming exhibit at Melbourne Museum. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

This Friday marks the start of Chinese New Year — one of the world’s most colourful events with celebrations all across the globe. But why do they celebrate it?

Jason Fischer, Operations Manager and Head Mechanic at Gosford Classic Car Museum , drives the 1966 Amphicar 770, the only commercially successful vehicle in the world that went from land to water, from Rose Bay boat ramp. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Amphicar floats back into limelight

Is it a boat? Is it a car? Is it both? Onlookers were shocked to see this bright yellow vintage car driving down a boat ramp and out onto the water

Vegemite icy poles

Vegemite icypoles — a cool idea or not?

Would you try a Vegemite icypole? The company’s idea to branch out as a dessert has been greeted with mixed reaction.

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Corners or curves? It’s an optical illusion

A mind-blowing optical illusion dubbed Curvature Blindness is sweeping the internet and promises to make you question what you see.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, photograph, daredevil/limousine driver Mad Mike Hughes is shown with with his steam=powered rocket constructed out of salvage parts on a five-acre property that he leases in Apple Valley, Cal. Hughes plans to launch his homemade contraption on Saturday near the ghost town of Amboy, Cal., at a speed of roughly 500 miles-per-hour. (Waldo Stakes/HO courtesy of Mad Mike Hughes via AP)

Scientist wants to prove Earth is flat

Self-taught rocket scientist “Mad” Mike Hughes is preparing to launch himself into space in a bid to prove the Earth is flat

7 year old entrepreneur Angus Walters is taking Darwin by storm with his 'Croc Candy' lollies which will be available at the Croc Cove gift area. Picture: Justin Kennedy

Angus’ sweet eye for business

Grade two entrepreneur Angus Walters is seeing his kooky Croc Candy being snapped up around the Northern Territory

HOLD FOR HERALD SUN PIC DESK- The Guiness World Record attempt at longest scuba diver chain along the pier at Rye. On the pier from L to R Ð Jessica Fitzgerald, Luke Ryan, Madi Anderson In the water from L to R Ð Tessa Van Eekelen, Megan Beasley, Mark, Schenk. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Scuba divers’ world record attempt

Hundreds of scuba divers will form a massive human chain in an attempt to claim a Guinness World Record this weekend

21/01/2004 LIBRARY: 21/01/2004 LIBRARY: A Four 'N' Twenty Lite meat pie with map of Australia in tomato sauce. Pic. Supplied N2062034 Pic. Supplied N2062034

NBA scores with Aussie pies

Australia basketball phenomenon Ben Simmons is part of a push to convince Americans to swap hotdogs for Aussie meat pies

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