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Father who shot himself after murdering his teenage children was turned away from shooting

John Edwards (main), 68, attempted to join the Ku-ring-gai Pistol Club at Hornsby, north Sydney in December 2016, but was refused membership due to the group's 'serious concerns' about him. 'We turned him away,' said a club representative. 'There were too many things about him we didn't feel comfortable with.' Mr Edwards registered two firearms earlier this year and used them to shoot dead his 15-year-old son Jack and 13-year-old daughter Jennifer (their mother is pictured left) at the home (top and bottom right) they shared with their mother in West Pennant Hills, Sydney on Thursday.

Three MILLION people from across the world are left astonished by Sydney's trains

People from across the globe are losing their minds over video footage taken inside Sydney trains. One video of an empty train was shared 17,000 times, liked 48,000 times, and attracted more than 10,000 comments. 'I'm sorry, but this is amazing!' While some were impressed, Sydney residents were left scratching their heads asking 'what's so crazy about them?'

Etiquette expert Myka Meier shares 20 of the most important etiquette lessons children should be taught, from how to hold cutlery to the way to properly introduce themselves.

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London-born musician Elvis Costello, 63, has revealed he is battling a very aggressive form of cancer and has cancelled his the remaining six dates of his European tour.

In a new thread on the secret sharing app Whisper, women around the world have revealed the extreme guilt they suffer from by not living up to the expectations of the role.

To sort how you can read a menu and order food in a restaurant that's healthy, FEMAIL spoke with dietitian, Lyndi Cohen. She revealed the two words on a menu that are code for unhealthy.

Body of Navy SEAL diver who died taking supplies to trapped Thai soccer team is repatriated with honours - as video emerges of him vowing: 'We'll bring the kids home' 

Saman Kunan (left) died after running out of oxygen in the cramped, waterlogged passageways of the Tham Luang caves in northern Thailand. The 38-year-old was trying to reach a cavern set up as a command centre 1.2miles inside the cave system when he ran out of air at 2am local time. Kunan was returning to the centre after placing oxygen tanks through the cave's underground network. A diving partner desperately tried to revive Kunan but was unsuccessful. Today, his body is being flown to his hometown in Roi Et for a royally-sponsored funeral, the Thai king announced. Pictures show military officials transporting his flag-draped coffin (main and bottom right). It comes as officials warned the window of opportunity to free the 12 trapped footballers (top right) and their coach is now 'limited'.

The tech billionaire is sending his top employees to rescue 12 schoolboys and their coach from a flooded Thai cave. They plant to insert a nylon tube and inflate it 'like a bouncy castle' to create a tunnel.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he hoped the 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their coach would be rescued in time to be able to fly to Moscow as FIFA's guests and watch the final on July 15.

The 12 Thai cave boys: Brave young footballers  stuck in cave

The 12 boys aged 11 to 16 who have been trapped in a cave in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand for two weeks are all players in the same football team. From top left clockwise are: Sompong Jaiwong, 13, Mongkol Boonpiam, 14, Peerapat Sompiangjai, 16, Duangpetch Promthep, 13, Panumas Saengdee, 13, Adul Sam-on, 14, Nattawut Takamsai, 14, Prajak Sutham, 14, Chanin Wiboonrungrueng, 11, Ekkarat Wongsookchan, 14, Pipat Bodhi, 15, and Pornchai Kamluang, 16. Many of them have dreams of playing for Thailand's national football league, while some are also - according to their families - dedicated students.

NSW residents are being targeted in a crackdown over an obscure road rule that is costing fuming offenders $108 every time they're slugged.

A man has revealed that his 'naughty little secret' is following a swinger lifestyle. He also explained what it really entails as well as why he thinks relationships are stronger for it.

Home movie theatre heated pool five luxury living areas why this stunning home viewed

The tiny suburb of Carss Park overlooking picturesque Kogarah Bay in southern Sydney is home to just 1,300 residents. Nestled beside the Georges River, the area is a hotbed of prime real estate and with just five houses currently on the market in the entire suburb, demand is high. One luxury dwelling on hat Avenue is particularly popular - so popular in fact, it has taken the title of the most-viewed house in New South Wales.

With 77 per cent of Australians believing they need to spend more on healthy food alternatives to keep up with latest trends, Coles and Woolworths are cashing in.

On Thursday it was announced that Australian cosmetics giant Mecca would be giving away free $28 lipsticks to customers 'no strings attached'. But this is not the case.

PICTURED: Anthony LaPaglia's Hawaiian wedding to Alexandra Henkel

They married in April after three years together, hosting a stunning ceremony at the Haiku Mill on Maui's north shore in Hawaii. And Daily Mail Australia can now offer an exclusive a look into the private wedding of Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia, 59, and his younger bride Alexandra Henkel, 29. In images from their big day, Anthony can be seen seeing his bride for the first time as she walked down the aisle, before the pair share their first kiss as husband and wife and even their first dance.

Lucy Letby, 28, who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six other infants, has been bailed pending further inquiries, Cheshire Police said.

As Australian make up bags overflow with gimmicky products, FEMAIL reveal what items you don't really need. With potential savings of more than $700, your bank balance will thank you!

Russian peasants sell human heads during 1920s famine

During the civil war that broke out after the revolution, Russia was gripped by a famine that began in spring 1921 and lasted all of 1922. The famine was caused by the policies of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, who instructed food to be seized from the poor. They believed peasants were actively trying to undermine the war effort and by taking their food away it reduced their strength. Lenin declared 'let the peasants starve', the result of which was to force them to resort to trading human flesh, including heads, on the black market (left). The effects of starvation can been seen in the emaciated bodies of these children in Samara (right). Aid workers from Europe and the United States eventually arrived and one said 'the famine is so acute' one woman 'was found eating the corpse of her daughter'.

A man who previously filmed himself eating his own faeces and sent it to women online is in custody after admitting he licked a woman's number plate and stalked her outside her home.

In order to ensure max effectiveness Australian model Jesinta Franklin rubs a $55 magnet over her sheet masks to amplify the function of the product's active ingredients.

Organic cosmetic companies dream of being stocked at Gwyneth Paltrow's elite lifestyle site GOOP, and for one Australian brand this recently became a reality.

The distraught mother, 36, was treated for shock after learning her son, 15 and daughter, 13, had been shot dead on Thursday. The children's father was found dead in a nearby home on Friday morning.

How custody battle between financial planner and lawyer wife led to father shooting

A financial planner who shot dead his teenage children in their bedrooms was in a custody battle with his estranged lawyer wife (inset left) when he bought two handguns. John Ian Edwards (inset right), 68, registered the firearms earlier this year, before using them to murder his son, 15, and daughter, 13, at their home in the north-west Sydney suburb of West Pennant Hills at about 5.20pm on Thursday afternoon. The 'reclusive' father, who owned a number of firearms, then turned one of the guns on himself at his own neglected home (left, right) in Normanhurst, where his body was discovered early on Friday morning. The teenagers' mother, Olga Edwards, 36, a solicitor with North Shore law firm Brown and Partners, was treated for shock after arriving at the harrowing scene at the home where she lived with the couple's children.

A Sydney University student has been labelled a 'trash monkey' for leaving a desk filled with empty drink bottles, chip packets, and shredded tissues on the desk, floor and wall.

Being a member of the Royal family is no easy feat. Meghan Markle's currently learning the many rules she'll have to adhere to, dictating what she wears, how she acts and even what she eats.

Can you tell the authentic $5,000 Chanel from the $170 fake?

With so many realistic counterfeit bags for sale, it can be a challenge to know whether your latest designer 'bargain' buy is the real deal. The team at Luxe It Fwd - an Australian business that sells authentic second-hand designer handbags - know this all too well and send all their bags to experienced specialist authenticators to ensure they are not fakes. Here, the company's founder Miranda Gillespie shares the seven key signs that a bag is a fake and lists the key differences between an authentic Chanel Grand Shopping Tote bag which retails for $5,000 and a $170 copy that was bought on Gumtree. So can you tell the difference?

She's always been shy about her love life. And on Wednesday, Kendall Jenner was spotted cuddling her rumored love interest, basketball player Ben Simmons, while attending a bash.

Mother-of-two reveals the question her eight-year-old son asked on the way to school

Melbourne mother-of-two Kelly McLeod (pictured with her eldest child Max) opened up about her Max's morning query on the way to class - and why it made her 'heart sink'. She explained that her 'very intelligent and fun' son Max had been having a lot of friendship problems at school and has been learning how to accept that being 'a bit weird is cool.' 'I showed him a video of Ed Sheeran talking about being weird and how to accept it,' she explained.

A standard single-use plastic bag has been advertised as a 'vintage retro carrier' on eBay. The plastic bag is on sale for no less than $7,500 plus postage and handling.

The suspicious disappearance of William Tyrrell in NSW has baffled detectives for nearly four years but a renewed search has provided police with vital new information.

Queen dons robes and white plumed hat at Order of the Thistle service

The Queen, 92, (far left) looked resplendent in her robes and white-plumed hat as she took part in the ceremony at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. Both the Duke of Cambridge, 35, (centre) and the Princess Royal, 67, (far rogjt_ also wore their ceremonial robes as they attended the service. The Thistle Service takes part once every two years to install any new members of the Order of the Thistle.

Sam Thaiday, 33, of rugby league's Brisbane Broncos announced his retirement wearing a wig and a face of makeup at retirement village on Friday.

Fiona Hunter, a registered British nutritionist, said you can reheat rice 'but you need to be careful to make sure it is stored properly before you reheat it'.

Coles will let parents buy EIGHT tins of baby formula instead of two after outrage over Chinese shoppers clearing out shelves and flogging it overseas for $80 a pack

Coles has relaxed its strict two tin per customer policy by lifting the limit to eight (left). The move has angered customers who worry Australian mothers will again be left with very little supply due to high demand from Chinese daigous (inset). 'You have caved in to the foreign profiteers taking baby formula from Australia and reselling it in China at inflated prices? The two tin limit was reasonable to ensure supply and no one needs eight tins at a time unless to export it,' one person said.

The finding was made by Robert Theaton, a software engineer from San Francisco, who discovered the software has been recording browser history since January 2017.

A Chinese couple from south-west Sydney has been arrested after the police uncovered a clandestine drug lab (pictured) in a Beverly Hills home on Tuesday, July 3.

Women reveals bizarre reason her Tinder profile attracts messages

Hana Michels (right), 30, who is based in the US, included a funny bathroom selfie (seen left) on her profile on the dating app, and revealed it attracted dozens of messages from men - but not for the reasons she might have expected. She tweeted to explain how no less than 23 men contacted her about the photo - but not to ask her out on a date.

The shocking place Love Island Australia's Erin and Eden had sex

Love Island winners Tayla Damir and Grant Crapp have revealed some of the X-rated antics on the show and the shocking place that Erin Barnett and Eden Dally had sex. The smitten couple told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday that Erin and Eden - who were runners up on the finale last night - enjoyed steamy shower sex in the shared bathroom.  The pair said that they would often walk in on the pair having sex, saying: 'If you walked up there at the wrong time!'

Can you spot the venomous snake hiding in the grass?

There's a venomous snake somewhere in this photo, can you spot it? Uploaded to Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 on Wednesday, professional snake catcher Lockie Gilding challenged his followers to spot the serpent lurking in the tall grass. An eagle-eyed observer just might be able to pick out the wild red-bellied black snake, captured on camera near a popular Sunshine Coast walking track. 

A teenage boy in north China has had a phone cable removed from his penis after inserted it into himself out of curiosity. Doctors had to make an opening in the boy's urethra.

Why Meghan Markle and Melania Trump wear 'passenger seat pink'

According to fashion experts, wearing pale pink is more than just a fashion choice that's currently popular - it's a way for high profile women married to powerful men to subtly make their partners feel in charge. Left to right: Melania and Donald Trump at the White House last week; Meghan on her first official engagement as the Duchess of Sussex and Queen Rania of Jordan in Washington D.C. earlier this month with her husband King Abdullah.

Kandy Escotto says she secretly recorded her son Aaron's kindergarten teacher calling him a 'loser' and bullying him in front of the class because he didn't know how to bubble in a test.

Aboriginal Australians march through Melbourne for NAIDOC Week

Indigenous Australians have hit the streets of Melbourne to celebrate the culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for the start of NAIDOC Week. Thousands of people marched in the peaceful protest through Melbourne's CBD on Friday, starting from the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service at Fitzroy heading for Federation Square. People carried signs which read 'always was, always will be Aboriginal land' and 'proud and deadly'.

Esmeralda Garza, 29, of Corpus Christi was arrested Friday and charged with the sale or purchase of a child. She sold her son, seven, and planned to sell her two young girls.

Primary school bans football because of Neymar-inspired diving

The Brazilian striker is one of a number of players accused of simulating fouls and going down too easily in the World Cup. Richard Potter (inset), the beleaguered headteacher of Home Farm School in Colchester, Essex, says a rash of youngsters copying him has led to a need for a school to go back to the rules of the game. He says during the week’s ban the pupils will be sitting with the teachers and will write their own rules for a fair match.

Keelan Hall and Kerry Warren (pictured today) will arrive at their reception at Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham just in time for kick off before settling down with their guests to watch the game.

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People share the bizarre angles they've got into taking pictures of their friends

When one girl posted a picture of the position she'd contorted herself into to perfectly frame her friend's photo on Twitter , it inspired other dedicated friends to share their own snaps of times they too had stepped up to act as photographer for a day. Pictured clockwise from top left: A woman lies on the street for her friend, another sits down on the ground for the perfect graduation shot, a dedicated friend improves the lighting with the help of some tin foil, a woman lies on the ground to capture her friend's big day, a man sits in the gutter to get the right angle and a loyal boyfriend gets down on the ground for a memorable holiday snap.

These pictures show women accused of being prostitutes and a man being publicly caned in the Indonesian state of Aceh despite moves earlier this year to move the punishments to prisons.

Woman is body-shamed after posting her bikini pictures

Talia Gargan, from Lancaster, was body-shamed by a Snapchat follower when she shared a picture of herself in a bikini. The man told her: 'Bit of a belly on ya aren't you'. When shocked Talia shared the exchange on Twitter it went viral, and she was inundated with messages of support online.

Dr Nico Clark, medical director of the facility at the North Richmond Community Health centre in Melbourne, says people need more time to become 'familiar with' the idea of a supervised injection site.

Embarrassing moment Nick Kyrgios is put in his place by an umpire as he's taught a foot-fault rule after clashing with the official during his Wimbledon match

The 23-year-old Australian tennis bad boy was reprimanded for dragging his back foot across the centre mark during a clash with his Dutch opponent Robin Haase in London. The umpire James Keothavong was so exasperated with Nick Kygrios he stepped down from his chair to illustrate the law of the game.

Perth police have posted a humorous take on am object they found while arresting a 53-year-old man. While they made sure to mention that crime was no joke they clearly couldn't help themselves.

The Beckhams' body language decoded amid divorce rumours

EXCLUSIVE: The Beckhams put on an extraordinarily loved-up display in London this week ahead of their 19th wedding anniversary. But according to leading behavioural experts, there is more to the loved-up pictures than meets the eye - with the couple's body language hinting at tension, confusion, hurt and 'conflict'. Clockwise from top left: Victoria's raised jaw betrays 'tension'; David is leaning away from his wife's PDAs; he gives no response as Victoria leans towards him; and the ex-Spice Girl gazes lovingly as her husband looks on.

Two Gold Coast friends have Kylie Jenner to thank for turning their $20,000 teeth whitening business into a company worth $100 million within just four years.

Teacher, Evelyn Paynter, 23, started meal prepping a year ago in order to save money and stop her from buying takeaways after a long day. A year later, she has saved $4k on food. Evelyn spoke to FEMAIL.

Sydney-based personal trainer and Adidas ambassador Tanya Poppett struggles with adult acne - but she swears that three ingredients have helped her stave off the spots.

The incredible life of transgender gangster Mr Gill

Often referred to dismissively as the 'woman who prefers to be known as a man', Dante 'Tex' Gill (left and right) managed to take over a string of brothels from the mob, while undergoing gender reassignment, and raking in millions before he was finally taken down by the IRS. Born Lois Jean Gill in 1931, Gill worked as a blacksmith at a Pittsburgh stables in the late 1950s. Even then, the 20-something cut an imposing figure. Living as a man, she fell in love with Texan Cynthia Bruno and the pair had a marriage ceremony in Hawaii, decades before gay marriage became legal. They returned to live together in Pittsburgh but the relationship did not last. In the 1960s, Gill was running baby furniture shop and a frozen foods store, although had already began to dabble with prostitutes. But it was when his mother fell ill with cancer, that he turned to crime full time. His mother Agnes died in 1973.

Perfect Squat Challenge, a British fitness app, uses a phone's camera to track a person's movement while they do squats and artificial intelligence gives them feedback on their technique.

Mary, 83, wades into the age-old debate to admit she opts for both methods by applying jam first to one side, and clotted cream first to the other half. She admitted she is 'fairly neutral'.

Australia's most travelled woman Catriona Rowntree stays healthy

It can be a struggle for many people to stay in shape while travelling overseas but an Australian reporter for Getaway has revealed how she does exactly that. Catriona Rowntree (left, right and inset) isn't an avid gym goer but she makes sure to incorporate exercise into her every day life. 'It's really a decision to be active every day, this is coming from someone who is allergic to exercise...I totally hate it, but I love the little endorphin buzz after,' she said.

A copy of Anthony Bourdain's will was filed in a Manhattan court on Thursday, less than a month after the celebrity chef committed suicide aged 61 in a hotel room in France.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wedding thank you card has been revealed for the first time by a royal fan account on Instagram, and it features a candid black and white snap from their wedding day.

Panama disease is destroying Cavendish banana crops around the world. However, scientists hope salvation could come in the form of a rare banana strain found only in Madagascar.

Meet the women of Instagram who show off their lavish lifestyles

In an effort to encapsulate exactly how luxuriously some of our peers are living, an account called Rich Girls World has collected images of Australian and New Zealand-based women like Lisa Danielle, Elise Cook, Lauren Bullen (inset) and Nicola Easterby to show off their incredible trips. Their Northern Hemsiphere-based counterparts Leonie Hanne (left) and Jennifer Tuffen (right) are also featured, frolicking in the European sun.

Cameron Osterlund, 29, had planned to just grab some lunch from KFC when he ended up watching a fireman wrestle with a felon who was only wearing underwear before fleeing form police.

A search is underway for a 29-year-old woman who may have wandered into bushland and got lost. Henrietta Moore was last seen this morning, visiting a residence on the Gold Coast.

When the Secretary of State landed in Pyongyang he was welcomed by Kim Yong Chol - a former North Korean spy chief who is now Kim Jong Un's top negotiator (pictured shaking hands).

Mallory Harrigan and her boyfriend Cliff Russell were fishing four miles off mainland Labrador in William's Harbour, Canada, when they spotted what they thought was a stranded baby seal.

Barbie feet pose has been adopted by Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner

We've seen the Bambi and the migraine pose - now its the Barbie foot that's sweeping Instagram feeds around the globe. The stars are all adopting an exaggerated pointed toe to flatter the legs. It takes its name from the doll, which has arched feet to allow children to slip on her shoes. Stars including (clockwise from top left) Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Victoria Justice, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Elsa Hosk and Kourntey Kardashian have adopted the pose.

An angry bull got the best of a several bullfighters at a show in Portugal, pinning one to the ground with its horns and tossing another over its back, covering the man in its own blood.

One of the teenagers who allegedly attacked a woman and left her with a broken jaw has been pictured giving a thumbs up after being charged by police in Wollongong, New South Wales.

Seinfeld premiered 29 years ago today, on July 5, 1989. Interior design company Modsy imagined what Jerry's apartment would look like today if he gave it a modern update.

Meghan Markle joins Prince Harry at a Commonwealth youth reception

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met with young leaders from across the Commonwealth at the reception hosted by The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, marking the culmination of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Leadership Workshop at Marlborough House in London.

Hilarious translation fails prove you can't trust everything you read

NEW Some of the outlets featured in a new Go Social gallery of snaps from around the world might well be drive customers away with attempts at translation that have gone wrong. Clockwise from top left: A cleaning sign warned of an execution in progress; an alarming delicacy at a Chinese hotel; not the kind of customers you want to attract; bad advice for motorists; a restaurant to avoid and an offensive packet of noodles.

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Tear-jerking footage captures the moment two elderly sisters with Alzheimer's are reunited for the first time in FIFTEEN years after drifting apart

Marguerita Wilson, 88 (far right), and Ann Patrick, 79, had lost touch after drifting apart over the years, but were reunited by Ann's granddaughter in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on May 6 (right). Despite struggling to communicate because of her condition, Ann was clearly delighted when she recognised her long-lost sibling, stroking her face as her older sister burst into tears (the pair are pictured during their childhood in Belgium, left).

Scientists at Illinois State University and Michigan University have uncovered a trend between excessive use of the devices by mums and dads and behavioural problems in youngsters.

Milly was born in Dorado, Puerto Rico, in 2011, and could fit into the head of a teaspoon. As well as being the smallest dog on the planet, she now has a title as the most cloned dog on the planet.

Laboratory releases hundreds of never-before-seen nuclear test films taken at the height of the Cold War at top-secret US testing grounds

The footage, released by the Lawrence Livermore National Library in California, shows hundreds of high-power explosions which took place from 1945 to 1962 at top secret testing grounds in the US. According to the labratory, they have spent the last five years painstakingly restoring the remarkable footage, clips from which have now been posted on YouTube. The latest declassification on Thursday is the largest batch of films so far released by the lab - with over 250 films included in the collection. Gregg Spriggs (inset) from the laboratory said the films had been decomposing to the point where they were nearly useless.

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Heroic Chinese pensioner, 60, climbs out of a third-floor window to save a toddler dangling from a metal grille by the neck

A two-year-old boy found dangling by his neck from his home's window grilles in south-west China has been saved by a heroic neighbour. Video footage of the incident in Sichuan province on Sunday shows the boy hanging mid-air with his head wedged between the metal bars outside of his flat on the third floor. Realising that the little boy could slip through any moment, a brave 60-year-old onlooker transformed into a real-life superhero and started a dramatic rescue.

Amber Venz Box, 30, from Dallas, Texas, set up her business rewardStyle with husband Baxter. She said it began as a way to help her and a few blogger friends 'start earning a living'.

A possum has had a very lucky escape after a Loganholme woman found the animal in her yard with its head stuck inside a jam jar.

The 45-year-old was walking off Boston's Orange Line train at Massachusetts Avenue around 5.30pm on Friday when she lost her footing and plunged down the gap, giving her a deep cut.

New research has revealed that Hamilton, the capital of the tiny Atlantic island of Bermuda, is the most costly in the world to live in - for the fourth year in a row.

German Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha marries Jan Stahl in quirky ceremony

Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Jan Stahl in a civil ceremony in Gotha, Germany, on Thursday. Princess Stephanie, 46, was seen posing with shovels alongside BMW engineer Jan, who turns 50 in September, as they planted a tree to celebrate their union (seen right).

   

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