JONATHAN McEVOY IN MELBOURNE: There was a sense of deflation among British fans in Melbourne that Lewis Hamilton's title defence was skewered in the first half of the first race.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN SAKHIR: What if it had been Lewis Hamilton charging down on Sebastian Vettel in those tense last few minutes of the Bahrain Grand Prix? Or Max Verstappen?

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Back at my digs in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, close to where David Niven lived, those who had been on yachts to watch the Grand Prix were mulling over the day’s events.

JONATHAN MCEVOY - F1 COLUMN: It may be that Sebastian Vettel will rediscover his poise and confidence. Or perhaps he is so wounded that we have already seen the last of his best days.

JONATHAN MCEVOY’S F1 COLUMN: Valtteri Bottas has given Mercedes a headache after his victory in Baku on Sunday? I don't think so. He has made life perfect for them.

Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Sea set sail for the first time since its $80million makeover for a 14-day journey and arrived in Sydney on Monday.

71-year-old Frenchman Bernard Arnault is the chairman and CEO of the prestigious luxury empire LVMH Moët Hennessy and the third-richest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes.

The NSW government said the Streets as Shared Spaces program would help councils provide more space for people to walk, cycle and exercise safely. 

A man being transported to hospital after being involved in a motorcycle crash was propelled out the back of an emergency vehicle in Bangkok, Thailand but luckily avoided extra injuries.

Extensive searches have so far failed to uncover the bodies of Allan Cook, 59 and Anthony Vanharen, 42 who were both reported missing off separate waterways in the past fortnight.

Former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman opened up on his unlikely friendship with the Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un ever since he visited the country in 2013.

President Donald Trump opened up about his mother on Friday, saying she believed he could do no wrong, adding 'which is maybe why I ended up the way I ended up.'

Dame Joan Collins, 86, cut an elegant figure as she lead the nation in the 3pm toast for the heroes of the Second World War from the balcony of her London home today.

'Tinnie terrorists' Paul Dacre, Antonino Granata and Kadir Kaya were released from a Victorian prison on Friday after serving four years behind bars.

Margaret Hallford, who lives in Derbyshire, enjoyed a double celebration after recovering from coronavirus in time to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Video footage shows a 10-year-old bear named Takoda at the Oregon Zoo when he was caught splashing around and playing with a wooden block inside a 300-gallon tub of cool water.

Fred McQueen, of South Shields, was in South Tyneside Hospital, Tyne and Wear for weeks after first contracting a chest infection and later testing positive for Covid-19.

Trump and the first lady laid a wreath at the national memorial to the fallen of the war in the National Mall, Washington D.C. Eight veterans, the youngest 96, had traveled to be there.

This week Bel advises a reader who doesn't know whether to walk away from her lazy, toxic brother.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL I can disclose that the couple's local postie was plunged into a sinkhole while doing his rounds in a van on the Bagshot Park estate where they live in Surrey.:

The former heavyweight was famously close friends with Presley before the latter's death in 1977, and invited the legendary performer to watch him in action in secret.

A woman who allegedly had her labia burnt off as part of a genital modification procedure in NSW told a court she can no longer have sex or wear tampons. 

On the evening of May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill could have been forgiven a little merry-making.

Legendary magician Roy Horn has died. He was 75. Horn,one half of the longtime Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy, had tested positive for COVID-19.

At a press conference Friday, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Vic Reynolds said William 'Roddie' Bryan may also face arrest over the murder of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, 25.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal was told the teacher slept in a swag next to the student at a school camp in 2007 when he began to flirt with her.

Former President Barack Obama (seen left with then-President-elect Donald Trump at the White House in 2017) on Friday blasted the decision to drop the case against ex-NSA Michael Flynn (right).

New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would be in no rush to lift coronavirus restrictions, and no major changes would be made for several weeks.

Brian Campbell has been driven to keep his chocolate and patisserie restaurant Miann in Auckland, New Zealand, closed because of the coronavirus.

The Australian mum revealed that she makes a huge amount of meals using 10 kilograms of chicken breast for only $79.

Two workers and two close contacts are among the new cases bringing the total from the Brooklyn facility in Melbourne's west to 75.

Australians itching to getaway can finally start planning their dream holiday after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced interstate travel could resume as early as July.

An Australian 'organisational queen' has revealed her best tips for keeping your kitchen cupboards, bathroom vanity and toy room clean with the help of IKEA and Kmart tubs.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Reminding us of the central message of VE Day itself, the Queen declared: 'Never give up, never despair.'

Barack Obama (right), the former president, said on Friday that President Trump's (left) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is one reason he will work hard to help Joe Biden defeat him in November.

The body of Britney Watson was discovered in a wheelie bin just four weeks after she gave birth, with a 17-year-old boy accused of killing her and dumping her body.

Queensland's Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has stood down as a probe is launched into the appointment of a Brisbane principal.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, made a video call to residents of an East Sussex care home on Wednesday. They giggled as the WWII veterans shared their VE Day memories.

Vice President Mike Pence's spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, tested positive for the coronavirus.. 

With some elements of the lockdown expected to ease from Monday, now is a good time to start to reflect on the past seven weeks and consider the 'positives' we might take from the experience.

My Kitchen Rules' Pete Evans recently came to a 'mutual' and 'amicable' decision to leave Network Seven after a decade.

Francesca Packer-Barham has sold her luxurious apartment in Sydney's Elizabeth Bay for $2.6million, just four years after purchasing the pad.

A stunning picture of a hare standing in a field at dusk has won the German Society for Nature Photography's 2020 Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

The letter travelled 416km from Perth to Albany in Western Australia and contained an Easter gift for a woman's two grandchildren.

So-called challenge trials are common in vaccine development, but only for viruses which have treatments. It comes as scientists around the world race to find a Covid cure - including two in the UK.

Bella Howard, seven, from Newcacstle in NSW was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG), a highly aggressive brain tumour found at the base of her brain on April 30.

The 43-year-old woman was cycling down Chapel St in St Kilda, Melbourne about 5.20am on March 17.

Video footage shared to Facebook showed the woman speaking with police officers near Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney's CBD at about 3.50pm on Saturday.

The Australian Olympic Committee remains confident in south-east Queensland's bid to host in 2032.

Shoppers at Westfield Burwood in Sydney packed into the centre, ignoring social-distancing rules as they did non-essential shoppig.