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Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Aussie dad's horror incident while cooking for daughter: 'So shocked'
Doting dad Matthew Bright was going about his daily routine with his four-year-old daughter when their lives suddenly changed following a horror cooking incident. The Newcastle teacher was making dinner for his little girl Bella, when the frying pan he was cooking with suddenly caught fire. Matthew was wearing a highly flammable hoodie while he cooked, which burst into flames, leaving him with significant burns to 40 per cent of his body. A neighbour who spotted the blaze and called Triple-Zero before he was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital, and underwent surgery on his 32nd birthday to treat the devastating burns. Hugh Bright, Matthew's devastated dad, told Yahoo News the family are in complete shock. "If I focus on what happened last week, I cry," Hugh said. "If I think into the future about what might be, I cry... all of us are so shocked." 😲 Aussie dad's fight against invasive threat spreading 'everywhere' in our waterways 🪨 Dad's incredibly rare $46,000 discovery inside stone 🔓 Aussie's startling 26kg find while locking up home It's understood that four-year-old Bella was the only one home with her dad at the time of the incident. When emergency services arrived, it's understood the little girl led the crews to her dad in the kitchen. "We don't really know what happened," Hugh admitted. It's unclear whether Bella saw what happened in the kitchen, with only one small scorch mark on the kitchen cupboard suggesting the fire didn't spread; however, the family are keeping a close eye on the four-year-old. Matthew has remained in the intensive care unit since last week and is due to undergo another surgery on Monday to treat his burns. His close-knit family has rallied around Bella and his partner Claire, who now face financial uncertainty with mounting medical costs. A GoFundMe page has been launched to alleviate some of the money concerns the family now faces. Matthew has been described as "quiet and passionate" — a teacher who adores looking after his students and spending time with his own daughter. "He really is a great father... they are constantly doing things together, he just adores Bella," Hugh said. "We're just taking one day at a time." Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
Daily Mail
30-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
MasterChef star Amina Elshafei reveals devastating health diagnosis
MasterChef Australia star Amina Elshafei is battling a devastating autoimmune disease. The beloved reality TV star shared the news on Instagram on Sunday evening, alongside a gallery of images, hoping to bring awareness to the crippling condition. 'For the last 18 months, I've been treated with a newly diagnosed condition called myasthenia gravis,' she wrote alongside the carousel, adding that June was Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month. Amina went on to thank her healthcare providers. 'Thank you to my amazing specialists, especially my neurologist, the beautiful nurses at the dialysis and day infusion units at Royal North Shore Hospital.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She continued: 'And to all the blood donors who humbly share the gift of their blood to help others like myself get treatments dependent on blood products and to provide blood products in emergencies.' Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that disrupts communication between nerves and muscles, leading to muscle weakness, fatigue, and difficulty with everyday tasks like speaking, swallowing, and walking. There's no cure, according to the Mayo Clinic. It wasn't long before the post was showered in well wishes. 'Stay strong and get well soon. Thank you for the awareness about this disease,' wrote TV star Barry Du Bois. 'Ohhhh my love!!!! So much love and power to you!!! ❤️❤️❤️,' added MasterChef star Sarah Tiong. 'Thank you for sharing this with us, sending you so many positive vibes and wishing you the best with your health,' commented a fan. 'Sorry to hear this news sis. Sending healing vibes and love your way ❤️,' added one more. 'Sending strength! ❤️ love and health!' wrote another. Amina rose to fame on season four of MasterChef Australia in 2012. She returned to the kitchen to compete in the 2020 season, Back to Win. Amina is a mother to two young children, and works as a paediatric nurse. Born in Saudi Arabia to a South Korean mother and Egyptian father, Amina and her family immigrated to Australia in 1989 to start a new life.
Sydney Morning Herald
01-06-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
The downside of stocking up
More on the art of obtaining retail rewards (C8) now, with John Dawson of North Parramatta: 'In the early '60s my boss found a 2000-year supply of carbon paper in the stationery cabinet. The supplier used to give a pair of stockings with each box ordered by the stenographer.' 'Simon Dixon (C8) has enthralled us with a token multi-generation breakfast saga,' gushes Warren Finnan of West Ryde. 'We eagerly wait for the next episode in this exciting cereal!' 'Thank you to all those Good Samaritans who came to help my husband when he tripped on uneven tiling on the footpath outside 1 York Street last week,' writes Alison Stewart of Waitara, 'To the very patient lady who tried endlessly to contact triple zero but was told there was up to a two-hour wait! Then to the tattooed, dark-wavy-haired delivery cyclist who ran across the street to secure a taxi to drive hubby to Royal North Shore Hospital. Other office workers who passed by also helped. Thank you to all at RNSH, too.' Like Robert Hosking, Peter Miniutti of Ashbury is a fan of lugging park links: 'During early morning winter walks, filled dog-poo bags (C8) in the hoodie pocket is a wonderful way to keep your hand warm.' Stephen Tait of Rose Bay recalls that a pair of locals, emboldened by the success of obliterating a letterbox (C8) on the way to Woolwich Public School, 'dropped a Tom Thumb down the keyhole of a footpath trapdoor. This was a gas pipeline adjacent to the Mobil oil pipeline. The consequent explosion and fireball lifted the manhole cover several metres and singed everything in a five-metre radius. Later, Mrs Randall's fourth-class lessons were interrupted by two constables making inquiries about a bomb detonation. They only had to look for the fresh winter tan, lack of eyebrows, singed jumper and smell of smoke and gunpowder.' Andrew Cohen of Glebe also liked to lift the lid: 'Poor old Mr Smith. After two tin letterboxes had succumbed to tuppeny bungers, he installed a big, stylish, sandstone receptacle that he believed impregnable, but four tuppenies bound together lifted the massive lid, rotating skywards then smashing to pieces on his Pymble driveway in 1965.' If bungers were still around, the choko hand grenade would be a luxury, according to Stewart Martin of Mangerton: 'Saw chokos for $7.50/kg at Woolies. Pretty expensive ammo, these days.'
The Age
01-06-2025
- General
- The Age
The downside of stocking up
More on the art of obtaining retail rewards (C8) now, with John Dawson of North Parramatta: 'In the early '60s my boss found a 2000-year supply of carbon paper in the stationery cabinet. The supplier used to give a pair of stockings with each box ordered by the stenographer.' 'Simon Dixon (C8) has enthralled us with a token multi-generation breakfast saga,' gushes Warren Finnan of West Ryde. 'We eagerly wait for the next episode in this exciting cereal!' 'Thank you to all those Good Samaritans who came to help my husband when he tripped on uneven tiling on the footpath outside 1 York Street last week,' writes Alison Stewart of Waitara, 'To the very patient lady who tried endlessly to contact triple zero but was told there was up to a two-hour wait! Then to the tattooed, dark-wavy-haired delivery cyclist who ran across the street to secure a taxi to drive hubby to Royal North Shore Hospital. Other office workers who passed by also helped. Thank you to all at RNSH, too.' Like Robert Hosking, Peter Miniutti of Ashbury is a fan of lugging park links: 'During early morning winter walks, filled dog-poo bags (C8) in the hoodie pocket is a wonderful way to keep your hand warm.' Stephen Tait of Rose Bay recalls that a pair of locals, emboldened by the success of obliterating a letterbox (C8) on the way to Woolwich Public School, 'dropped a Tom Thumb down the keyhole of a footpath trapdoor. This was a gas pipeline adjacent to the Mobil oil pipeline. The consequent explosion and fireball lifted the manhole cover several metres and singed everything in a five-metre radius. Later, Mrs Randall's fourth-class lessons were interrupted by two constables making inquiries about a bomb detonation. They only had to look for the fresh winter tan, lack of eyebrows, singed jumper and smell of smoke and gunpowder.' Andrew Cohen of Glebe also liked to lift the lid: 'Poor old Mr Smith. After two tin letterboxes had succumbed to tuppeny bungers, he installed a big, stylish, sandstone receptacle that he believed impregnable, but four tuppenies bound together lifted the massive lid, rotating skywards then smashing to pieces on his Pymble driveway in 1965.' If bungers were still around, the choko hand grenade would be a luxury, according to Stewart Martin of Mangerton: 'Saw chokos for $7.50/kg at Woolies. Pretty expensive ammo, these days.'
News.com.au
19-05-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
Kitesurfer flown to hospital after being blown into powerlines at Ettalong Beach by strong winds
A kitesurfer has been flown to hospital after strong winds lifted him from a popular beach on the NSW Central Coast, blowing him into powerlines before he landed on the road. Emergency services were called to Ettalong Beach on Monday morning after a man in his 50s was lifted from the surf by the winds – which reached up to 61km/h just after 8.30am – and was thrown into powerlines before landing on the road. He was treated at the scene by paramedics and a CareFlight specialist for laceration injuries. A CareFlight helicopter landed at Lemon Grove Park just after 12pm and transported the man to Royal North Shore Hospital. He remains in a stable condition. It follows the Bureau of Meteorology issuing a severe weather warning for the Mid North Coast and parts of the Hunter Region, with heavy rainfall and damaging winds expected to persist into the week. 'Strong southeasterly winds averaging 50 to 70 km/h, with damaging wind gusts of around 90 km/h are expected over the coastal areas of the Hunter and Mid North Coast, during today and into tomorrow,' the warning reads.
