Brutal storm delivers epic light show

A SECOND overnight storm in a row in southeast Queensland has delivered more than 10,000 spectacular lightning strikes and near-deafening thunder, and there’s still more to come.

Killed backpacker ‘on holiday of lifetime’

MICHELE Segalla spent more than three hours huddled and crying beside the body of her partner Sam Beattie after he was killed by lightning yesterday. The two were on the holiday of a lifetime

Witnesses sought after pedestrian death

A PEDESTRIAN has died in hospital after being hit by a car just north of Brisbane.

Brisbane gets big new toy

BRISBANE will soon get a new toy — a theatre style venue where you can “hang” out unlike anywhere or anything else in the southern hemisphere.

$1.4 billion development stalls again

IT was slated to create more jobs and provide a new Brisbane tourism precinct alongside 3600 more residential dwellings. But this much-hyped development has hit another wall.

Buyers beaming at BMW loan cut

BMW customers are about to have their debts cleared or significantly reduced with the German company wiping $72 million off loans after being busted by ASIC.

This adds $300,000 to unit prices

HAVING the Brisbane River off the front of your apartment block adds a whopping $308,500 to the price tag for your home, latest research has found.

‘Yeah, that’s absolute rubbish’

DICK Smith didn’t hold back on The Project last night, lashing host Waleed Aly for putting forward “absolute rubbish”.

Dying fan rallies with Beau by her side

BEAU Ryan has once again proved why he is one of rugby league’s nice guys with the former NRL star rushing to the bedside of sick fan Kia Lettice.