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Lynne Smith's parents Frederick Henry Arthur Mortley and Elwyn Betty Mortley wrote love letters to each other during WWII. They have only recently been discovered in a home at Balgowlah Heights. They will be reunited with Lynn Smith who now lives in Queensland.

Daughter finds parents’ love notes

Lynne didn’t know anything about her parents’ younger lives, their first date or how they fell in love – until last week a hidden box of letters found under their former home changed everything

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WARWICK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Georgia Baker of Team Australia celebrates as they cross the line to win Gold in the Women's Road Race on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at  on August 07, 2022 on the Warwick, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Comm Games cuts more sports

With the Glasgow Commonwealth Games slashed to just 10 sports after being abandoned by the Victorian Government last year, some of Australia’s strongest sports have been given the axe

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FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 20: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump works the drive-through line as he visits a McDonald's restaurant on October 20, 2024 in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. Trump is campaigning the entire day in the state of Pennsylvania. Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris continue to campaign in battleground swing states ahead of the November 5th election.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump serves fries at McDonald’s

Donald Trump worked the drive-through and salted fries during his McDonald’s shift in a stunt aimed at working class voters after disputing Kamala Harris ever worked at Macca’s as a student

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British boy band One Direction, from left, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles attend the premiere of "One Direction: This Is Us" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Picture: Ap

One Direction stars honour Liam

As millions of fans worldwide mourn the loss of Liam Payne, his One Direction former bandmates’ touching tribute to their beloved ‘brother’ expresses their deep condolences to family and friends

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The Europa Clipper will embark on a journey of 2.8 billion km to reach Europa, a mysterious moon orbiting Jupiter. 

NASA blasts off to Jupiter’s moon

NASA has embarked on a 2.8 billion km journey to Europa to see if life could be sustained on the mysterious icy moon, which has twice the amount of water as Earth’s ocean under its icy shell

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Heamasi Makasini on the run. Picture: Michael Gorton. NSWRL Junior Reps, Harold Matthews Cup round three, Newcastle Knights vs Western Suburbs Magpies at St Johns Oval, 17 February 2024

Meet Australia’s million dollar kid

The nation’s richest schoolkid is rising NRL star Heamasi Makasini, who plays rugby union for his high school but has just signed a massive $1 million-plus deal with league’s Wests Tigers

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 17: Olivia Rodrigo performs at The O2 Arena on May 17, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Nicky J Sims/Getty Images for Live Nation)

Olivia Rodrigo falls through stage

Touring US singer Olivia Rodrigo scarcely skipped a beat after the star tumbled down an open hatch while performing onstage during her final Melbourne show WATCH THE VIDEO

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KIDS NEWS2024: Olympic skateboarder Chloe Covell, pictured in Coogee at an August fan event for Red Bull after returning from Paris. First use reserved for Kids News, Monday14 October 2024. Picture: Anna Kucera  Red Bull

How Chloe Covell keeps her cool

Kids News was stoked to meet one of our Team Australia heroes, skateboarder Chloe Covell, the youngest of our Paris Olympians, who reveals a surprising new trick in our exclusive Q&A

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VIDEOGRABS >>Princess Catherine is set to return to official public duties after revealing she has finished chemotherapy and is now “cancer free” after nine months of treatment. The Princess of Wales announced she has defeated the mystery illness in a heartfelt video message in Norfolk revealing how “incredibly tough” the cancer diagnosis has been on her family. Joined by Prince William and their children George, Charlotte, and Louis., Credit @KensingtonRoyal on X

What do the royal kids fight over?

Prince George is third in line to the British throne, with siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis right behind, but like millions of kids worldwide, the young royals still argue about this one item

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Dubbed “On the Trail of the Golden Owl,” the search captivated ten of thousands in France — on a quest to find a buried statue of an owl.

Treasure found after 30 year hunt

The world’s longest scavenger hunt has ended with the discovery of an elusive, extremely valuable golden owl, finally found three decades after the statue was first stashed in a top secret location

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Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight  with his 2024 AFL Premiership Posters of the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions. Picture: Ian Currie

Footy fever in Knight’s AFL posters

Herald Sun cartoonist and Kids News favourite Mark Knight has unveiled his AFL premierships posters for 2024 ahead of Saturday’s blockbuster match between the Lions and the Swans

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Birtles and the Bean, a reenactment of the journey from London to Melbourne originally undertaken in 1927 by Australian Adventurer, Francis Birtles.

Pictured: Daily Telegraph cartoonist Warren Brown and Editor-at-large Matthew Benns with their Bean car outside Australia House, Strand, London as they start their three month journey to Australia.

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Time-travelling adventurers set off

Daily Telegraph cartoonist Warren Brown and editor-at-large Matthew Benns have set out on an epic 24,000 km journey to recreate Francis Birtles’s 1927 drive from London to Melbourne

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10-year-old Jillian Strong at her Bellbowrie home, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

New Spelling Bee champs crowned

After over 70,000 student registrations, three riveting rounds and every state and territory in Australia joining the hive, it’s time to meet the national champions of the 2024 PM’s Spelling Bee

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A crowd watches as the full moon is seen between the clouds from Balg Hill south of Sydney, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The Supermoon, at perigee is the closest it has been to Earth since January 1948. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Where to see Harvest Supermoon

The largest full moon of the year, the Harvest Supermoon will be visible in the skies over Australia tonight, Wednesday 18 September – find out why this supermoon is not to be missed