A motel manager said there were ‘no hassles’.

Sophia was last seen about 9.30pm on Saturday.

A search for a British TV doctor who vanished in the Greek Islands will now focus on a maze of tunnels known as 'The Abyss'.

Dr Michael Mosley was last seen on Wednesday after he left friends to go on a coastal walk along Saint Nicholas Beach on the Greek Island of Symi.

At least 100 rescuers and volunteers, including a helicopter, have been scouring the area between Agios Nikolaos and the island's main town in search of the 67-year-old.

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Firefighters are now probing an area dubbed The Abyss, a water-filled cave tunnel system believed to be kilometres long.

Greek authorities believe that Mosley may have been on a walk at the time, with the local Mayor commenting that it was an unusual route to have taken.

In a statement yesterday, Mosley's wife Clare said the days in which her husband went missing were "the longest and most unbearable".

"The search is ongoing and our family are so incredibly grateful to the people of Symi, the Greek authorities and the British Consulate who are working tirelessly to help find Michael," she said.

The couple's four children are on their way to the island to aid in the search. 

Mosley is well-known in Britain for his regular appearances on television and radio and for his column in the Daily Mail newspaper.

He is known outside the UK for his 2013 book The Fast Diet, which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer.

The "5:2 diet" set out how people can lose weight fast by minimising their calorie intake for two days a week while eating healthily on the other five.

He has subsequently introduced the Fast 800 diet, a rapid weight loss program, and has made a number of films about diet and exercise.

Mosley has often pushed his body to extreme lengths to see the effects of his diets and also lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the BBC documentary Infested! Living With Parasites.

A Melbourne grandmother has had two surgeries this week after being left with a shattered foot in a Marketplace sale gone wrong.

The Shepparton woman is now demanding Facebook increase security of it's online trading site, claiming a man used a fake account to organise an opportunity to steal the car she was selling on there.

Rebekah Streader won't be able to walk for months after her foot was crushed by the car she was trying to sell on Facebook Marketplace.

She didn't want to sell her Holden ClubSport.

But the single mum, who works at Coles, says she desperately needed cash to keep a roof over her family's head.

Streader posted an ad on Facebook Marketplace and, through there, a man looking to buy the car, organised a time for a test drive.

Streader's Ring door bell captured the moment he turned up at her home but it didn't record what happened next.

When the man asked for a test drive, Streader handed him the keys but before she could jump in the passenger seat, he locked the car doors.

The grandmother says she pleaded for him to stop but instead – in full view of her 15 year-old son – the man ran over her foot before speeding off.

"I was banging on the window asking him to stop because this car is something I had bought years ago and I thought 'I can't lose it. I can't afford to lose it', Streader told 9News wiping away tears.

"Facebook needs a big change. It's too easy for people to be scammed or ripped off."

Streader has tried to track the man down on Facebook but believes he messaged her from a fake profile.

She has described him as about 170 centimetres tall, with a medium build and a goatee.

Police have been notified and are investigating.

Meanwhile, friends are raising money on GoFundMe to help the grandmother get back on her feet.

A young woman who was allegedly raped in the back of an Uber has told a court she is traumatised and terrified.

Mohamad Yahiya, the 44-year-old Pakenham man was denied bail in Melbourne's Magistrate's court on Friday evening.

The man allegedly raped the 19-year-old in the back seat of his car on Batman Street in West Melbourne, a court was told.

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Police say the 19-year-old woman had just left a Flinders Street nightclub when Yahiya pulled over and allegedly offered her a ride home.

The court heard that within minutes of entering the car, the teenager sent her friend a message by phone reading "help…plz".

The court heard that the 44-year-old allegedly showed his young passenger condoms, and told her: "It won't take long, I'll finish really fast."

It is alleged he then raped the teenager in the back seat of his car, then left her on the side of the road.

Yahiya was charged with rape and false imprisonment on Thursday.

The Burmese refugee is married with a daughter, both of whom live in the Philippines.

The woman told police she had been drinking at the nightclub but was not drunk.

The court heard that she is traumatised and was terrified at the prospect of her alleged attacker being released into the community.

"The predatory nature of the offending is such I do consider him a risk to other women in the community," Magistrate Gregory Robinson said.

The alleged offender's Uber account was suspended.

If found guilty Mohamad Yahiya could face a hefty prison sentence.

He will return to court later this year.

Readers seeking support can contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or the National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service on 1800 211 028.

In an emergency, call triple zero (000).

Chaos unfolded at Sydney's annual light show Vivid Sydney overnight as thousands of people crammed onto the harbour foreshore to catch a glimpse of the drone show.

Scores of people packed Circular Quay to view the Love is in the Air drone show about 9.10pm.

The show features 700 drones creating "stunning symbols of love including a love heart, cupid's arrow, flowers" over the harbour, according to Vivid organisers.

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Spectators have criticised the festival's lack of crowd control after people became trapped, forcing police to remove surrounding barriers.

The crowd level was reportedly on par with New Year's Eve celebrations as additional people turned out over the long weekend.

The police mounted unit was called in and an ambulance was spotted at the scene while crowds attempted to walk from the overseas passenger terminal to Wynyard Station.

Spectators who turned out to last night's event told 9News they were swarmed by massive crowds.

"Yeah, we just came down from Argyle Street and there was just a massive crowd of people and we were like, oh my God, I've never seen this many people in the rocks," one woman said.

"Heaps of people like pushing through and people with prams and trolleys."

"It's packed. Yeah, there's I couldn't put a number on it. There'd be, you know, thousands upon thousands of people," another said.

Earlier on Saturday Vivid posted to X, formerly Twitter, advising people to instead view the show via livestream.

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"We are experiencing very large crowds for Vivid Sydney drone show this evening," organisers wrote.

"Please avoid Circular Quay."

In a statement, police told 9news.com.au officers assisted "a large crowd in leaving Circular Quay".

"Larger than expected attendees resulted in pedestrian traffic congestion, particularly in and around the transport hubs; however, the crowds dispersed after a short period and there were no injuries or incidents reported."

"NSW Police continue to conduct a highly visible and coordinated policing response to this year's Vivid event."

A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a four-year-old child in north-west Tasmania.

Hospital staff notified police after the child died in a Smithton hospital about 10.15pm on Friday, May 31.

Police have been investigating the child's death since.

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"Last night a 35-year-old-man from North West Tasmania who was well known to the child was charged with manslaughter in relation to the matter," police said in a statement today.

"A 30-year-old woman from North West Tasmania who was well known to the child is also facing charges.

"She has been charged with ill-treating a child and has been bailed to appear in court at a later date."

The man has been held in custody to appear in an out-of-hours court session at the Burnie Magistrates Court this morning.

A motorcyclist was stabbed in the back during an alleged road rage altercation in inner Adelaide last night.

Emergency services were called to Main North Road at the Gepps Cross intersection in Blair Athol about 9pm after witnesses reported a "violent altercation" at the traffic lights between two occupants of a black VW Golf and the rider of a black Suzuki motorbike.

Police and paramedics arrived to find the rider of the motorbike, a 21-year-old Pooraka man, with a stab wound to his lower back.

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He was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The two occupants of the VW Golf fled the scene and the car was last seen travelling north on Port Wakefield Road.

Police have since spoken to the registered owner of the VW and have seized the vehicle for forensic examination.

The investigation is ongoing.

Police have labelled the fight as a road rage incident.

Anyone who witnessed the incident who has not yet spoken to police, or anyone with dash-cam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at www.crimestoppers.com.au or phone 1800 333 000.

Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200.

But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot on Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.

Their respective ages — he's 100, she's a youngster of just 96 — made their nuptials an almost double-century celebration.

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Terens called it ″the best day of my life.″

On her way into the nuptials, the bubbly bride-to-be said: "It's not just for young people, love, you know? We get butterflies. And we get a little action, also.″

The location was the elegant stone-worked town hall of Carentan, a key initial D-Day objective that saw ferocious fighting after the June 6, 1944, Allied landings that helped rid Europe of Adolf Hitler's tyranny.

Like other towns and villages across the Normandy coast where nearly 160,000 Allied troops came ashore under fire on five code-named beaches, it's an effervescent hub of remembrance and celebration on the 80th anniversary of the deeds and sacrifices of young men and women that day, festooned with flags and bunting and with veterans feted like rockstars.

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As the swing of Glenn Miller and other period tunes rang out on the streets, well-wishers — some in WWII-period clothes — were already lined up a good hour before the wedding, behind barriers outside the town hall, with a rousing pipe and drum band also on hand to serenade the happy couple.

After both declaring "oui" to vows read by Carentan's mayor in English, the couple exchanged rings.

"With this ring, I thee wed," Terens said.

She giggled and gasped, "Really?"

With Champagne flutes in hand, they waved through an open window to the adoring crowds outside.

"To everybody's good health. And to peace in the world and the preservation of democracy all over the world and the end of the war in Ukraine and Gaza," Terens said as he and his bride then clinked glasses and drank.

The crowd yelled "la mariée!" – the bride! — to Swerlin, who wore a long flowing dress of vibrant pink.

Terens looked dapper in a light blue suit and matching pink kerchief in his breast pocket.

And they enjoyed a very special wedding-night party: They were invited to the state dinner at the Elysee Palace on Saturday night with President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden.

"Congratulations to the newlyweds," Macron said, prompting cheers and a standing ovation from other guests during the toast praising French-American friendship. "(The town of) Carentan was happy to host your wedding, and us, your wedding dinner," he told the couple.

The wedding was symbolic, not binding in law.

Mayor Jean-Pierre Lhonneur's office said he wasn't empowered to wed foreigners who aren't residents of Carentan, and that the couple, who are both American, hadn't requested legally binding vows.

However, they could always complete those formalities back in Florida if they wished.

Lhonneur likes to say that Normandy is practically the 51st state of the USA, given its reverence and gratitude for Allied soldiers and the sacrifices of tens of thousands who never made it home from the Battle of Normandy.

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"Love is eternal, yes, maybe," the mayor said, referring to the newlyweds, although his comments also fittingly describe the feelings of many Normans for veterans.

"I hope for them the best happiness together."

Dressed in a 1940s dress that belonged to her mother, Louise, and a red beret, 73-year-old Jane Ollier was among spectators who waited for a glimpse of the lovebirds. The couple, both widowed, grew up in New York City: she in Brooklyn, he in the Bronx.

"It's so touching to get married at that age,'' Ollier said. "If it can bring them happiness in the last years of their lives, that's fantastic."

The WWII veteran first visited France as a 20-year-old US Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day.

Terens enlisted in 1942 and, after shipping to Britain, was attached to a four-pilot P-47 Thunderbolt fighter unit as their radio repair technician.

On D-Day, Terens helped repair planes returning from France so they could rejoin the battle. He said half his company's pilots died that day.

Terens himself went to France 12 days later, helping transport freshly captured Germans and just-freed American POWs to England. Following the Nazi surrender in May 1945, Terens again helped transport freed Allied prisoners to England before he shipped back to the US a month later.

Swerlin made it abundantly clear that her new centenarian husband doesn't lack for rizz.

"He's the greatest kisser ever, you know?" she proudly declared before they embraced enthusiastically for TV cameras.

"All right ! That's it for now !" Terens said as he came up for air.

To which she quickly quipped: "You mean there's more later?"

Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military's heavy air and ground assault.

At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health official said.

Israelis were jubilant as the army said it freed Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 41, in a daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat, raiding two locations at once while under fire.

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All were well, the military said. They were taken by helicopter for medical checks and tearful reunions with loved ones after 246 days held.

Argamani had been one of the most widely recognised hostages after being taken, like the three others, from a music festival.

The video of her abduction showed her seated between two men on a motorcycle as she screamed, "Don't kill me!"

Her mother, Liora, has brain cancer and had released a video pleading to see her daughter.

Israel's Channel 13 said Argamani was moved to the hospital where her mother is treated.

In a message released by the government, Argamani told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu she was "very excited", saying she hadn't heard Hebrew in so long.

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Netanyahu in a statement vowed to continue the fighting until all hostages are freed. The operation was "daring in nature, planned brilliantly, and executed in an extraordinary fashion", Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said.

Israeli aircraft hummed overhead as the bodies of 109 Palestinians including 23 children and 11 women were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where spokesperson Khalil Degran told The Associated Press more than 100 wounded also arrived.

He said that overall, 210 dead had been taken there and to Al-Awda Hospital, saying he had spoken to the director there. Al-Awda's numbers couldn't immediately be confirmed.

AP reporters saw dozens of bodies brought from the Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah areas, as smoke rose in the distance and armored vehicles rolled by.

A baby was among the dead. Small children wailed, covered in blood. Bodies were placed on the ground outside, their feet bare, as more wounded were rushed in.

"My two cousins were killed, and two other cousins were seriously injured. They did not commit any sin. They were sitting at home," one relative said in the chaos.

As Palestinians explored the newly destroyed buildings, a small child sat on a collapsed metal door, overwhelmed.

Neighbouring Egypt condemned "with the strongest terms" Israel's attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp, with its foreign ministry calling it a "flagrant violation of all rules of international law". Neighbouring Jordan also condemned it.

"The bloodbath must end immediately," the European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on the social platform X, noting reports of civilian deaths.

Israel's military said it had attacked "threats to our forces in the area," adding that one commando died from his wounds.

Israel's Channel 12 said the rescue force went into the heavily populated Nuseirat camp and burst into the two apartments where the hostages were, killing the captors.

One getaway vehicle was shot and they came under heavy fire. Additional forces moved in to rescue them, and Israel used heavy fire to get them out.

A US hostage cell provided advice and support throughout the process of locating and rescuing the hostages, according to a Biden administration official, who was not authorised to comment and requested anonymity.

The hostage cells are multi-agency teams.

Hamas took some 250 hostages during the October 7 attack that killed about 1200 people.

About half were released in a weeklong cease-fire in November.

About 120 hostages remain, with 43 pronounced dead. Survivors include about 15 women, two children under 5 and two men in their 80s.

Saturday's operation brought the total number of rescued hostages to seven. Two were freed in February and one was freed in the aftermath of the October attack. Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of at least 16 others, according to the government.

The latest rescue lifted some spirits in Israel as divisions deepen over the best way to bring hostages home. Many Israelis urge Netanyahu to embrace a cease-fire deal US President Joe Biden announced last month, but far-right allies threaten to collapse his government if he does.

Netanyahu, whose support has fallen, rushed to the hospital to greet the freed hostages. But thousands of Israelis again gathered on Saturday evening for the latest anti-government demonstration and calls for a cease-fire agreement.

"It's time to pay the price of a political deal. One deal that will bring them all back without risking soldiers," said Omri Shtivi, whose brother Idan marked his 29th birthday on Saturday while in captivity.

It was unclear what effect the rescue might have on apparently stalled cease-fire efforts. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to the Middle East next week, seeking a breakthrough.

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"The hostage release and cease-fire deal that is now on the table would secure the release of all the remaining hostages together with security assurances for Israel and relief for the innocent civilians in Gaza," national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement.

International pressure is mounting on Israel to limit civilian bloodshed in its war in Gaza, which reached its eighth month on Friday with more than 36,700 Palestinians killed, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians.

Palestinians also face widespread hunger because fighting and Israeli restrictions have largely cut off the flow of aid.

Meanwhile, Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel's three-member War Cabinet who had threatened to resign from the government if it didn't adopt a new plan by Saturday for the war in Gaza, postponed an expected announcement. Netanyahu urged him not to step down.