An Australian iconic venue is under fire once again after a US porn star launched a scathing attack on Sydney's famous Opera Bar. James Deen wrote a critical review on Saturday after a visit to the popular venue. The 28-year-old, who's the star of Sydney's Sexpo exhibition, uploaded a highly critical review of the popular locale - describing it as 'the most god awful eatery in the existence of the universe'. This is the second scathing attack on the Sydney Opera House in two weeks, after veteran actor John Malkovich labelled the acoustics of the tourist attraction as 'hideous'.

Not a day goes by when Matthew Chaina doesn't recount the terrible memories of watching his brother Nathan drown. Mr Chaina, 29, just cannot escape from the day his 15-year-old brother fell into the water while the pair were at the Glengarry school camp in NSW's Kangaroo Valley, run by prestigious Scots College on October 24, 1999, where they both went to school.

The tourist thankfully manages to run out of the way as the jet ski speeds towards her, before clipping the vehicle she was sitting on and flying into the sky then cash landing on the sand. As onlookers scream in shock, one of the two passengers from the crashes vehicle can be seen immobile on the sand.

Little Dexter Heffernan, 3, from the NSW South Coast town of Kiama Downs, has had a short but very difficult life. But at the weekend this young bub and his family finally had a stroke of luck. They have been deluged by pledges of support to help them make their home more disability friendly. It all happened after a blog post about the family's struggle went viral on social media. Mum Lenice Heffernan told the Daily Mail Australia: 'It's (been) so overwhelming and amazing'. It comes as a huge relief for the mum and dad, both who hold down jobs, are paying off a big mortgage and are constantly caring for young Dexter.

The family of California couple Don and Maxine Simpson said they knew the two would have wanted to be together at the end, and so moved them from hospital to a relative's home in beds side-by-side. Together over six decades, the pair had both deteriorated over the last two weeks, after Don fell and broke his hip and Maxine's cancer progressed. Maxine died first, holding her husband's hand, and as her body was being wheeled out the room, Don took his last breath. The pair had met at Bakersfield bowling alley around 1950.

Baby Skyah Suwyn died Friday after her mother April, 32, left her in a hot parked car for several hours on a 35-degree day in Hurricane, Utah. While neither April or her husband Micah have issued statements following their only daughter's death, family members have spoken with the media to say it was a mistake. April's sister Aimee Wright says Skyah was accidentally left in the car after April broke routine and brought her along for a morning ride to drop off her two sons at a babysitter. April then rushed back into the house to use the restroom and forgot about leaving Skyah in the car until she returned to pick up the boys several hours later.

The pictures, which were posted to social media site Weibo, appear to show a painfully thin-looking tiger lying on the bare floor of a pen at Tianjin Zoo, in Tianjin, China. Animal welfare groups have now been informed of the images, posted online by a Weibo user who wrote: 'These pictures were taken by a friend of mine. I can't help but cry when I see this.'

There were no passengers on the bus, in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of the city. Surveillance video broadcast on Israeli television showed the yellow excavator's mechanical arm tearing into the side of the bus as it lay on the pavement.

Former child actor and Young Talent Time star Debra Byrne has come forward with new claims she was abused on set as a teenager and has posted a plea for witnesses to come forward on Facebook. Byrne, 57, named two of her alleged abusers and described being assaulted in a swimming pool during the filming of 1972 film Caravan Holiday. Byrne would have been about 15 years old at the time.

Sam Everingham (right), who runs a support group for Australian families going through surrogacy, said he is appalled by the couple who left six-month-old Gammy behind with his poor Thai surrogate mother because he has Down syndrome. Everingham said he and his partner Phillip Copeland (left) travelled to India because 'same sex couples were placed at the bottom of the waiting list for adoption' in Australia. They are fathers to two girls.

The holiday of a lifetime ended in tragedy for Alex Daleo, 23, who died when he hit his head as he jumped from a yacht in Croatia. The Sydney tradie's death prompted an outpouring of grief from his friends and family - including his twin brother Lucas who was with him earlier on the his trip. 'I'd do absolutely anything I could to change what's happened. There (sic) right when they say the good die young! I am so glad that we got to travel the world together before you were taken from us,' he wrote on Facebook.

The bold women are posing for the revealing snaps inspired by Crohn's disease sufferer turned model Bethany Townsend, 23. Now hundreds have shared their pictures to raise awareness of stomach conditions Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

The group of men can be heard laughing as they film the fish on their phone with a lit cigarette stuck into its mouth. It is not known where the video was filmed. The video has now been criticised after it was posted online, with viewers calling the group 'disrespectful' and describing the act as 'animal cruelty.'

A Mexican man died after the gun he was taking a selfie with killed him last weekend. Oscar Otero Aguilar, 21, reportedly was drinking with friends in northern Mexico City. While taking a selfie with a gun, the weapon went off and killed him. Otero Aguilar's death appeared to be an accident, and his selfie was meant to go on Facebook. Friend Omar Abner Campos Vives was arrested while friend 'El Paco' disappeared.

The new generation of mob bosses originally began using internet sites such as Facebook using aliases and fake identities to carry out drug deals and demand 'pizzo' protection money, police say. But they are now increasingly using it to flaunt their power and wealth, according to an investigation. In images reminiscent of the ridiculed Rich Kids of Instagram, Sicilian boss Domenico Palazotto posted photos of himself lounging aboard gin palaces (left), cruising in a limousine and drinking champagne (right).

The latest bizarre craze sweeping Japan is a fascination with photographs of dogs' backsides (pictured), with fans of the trend claiming the pictures have relaxing and calming qualities. It was sparked by a Twitter user who posted a photo of her pet dog's backside then claimed all her worries 'melted away' once she pinned it to her wall. The craze has now become so popular there are even dog butt beauty contests being held.

Photographer Sandi Ford, of Ealing west London captures the heart-warming images of the sleeping newborns by gently placing them in the frogi pose. She lays the infants on their fronts, with their heads propped up in their hands to show off the infant's personalities, even though many are only just a few days old.

Shaped like a doughnut, the five-storey glass and steel structure at Changi Airport – codenamed Project Jewel – will connect the airports existing three terminals via all-glass walkways. Safdie, who is renowned for his eco-topic buildings, was behind Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Resort - the world’s most expensive building.