In the upper reaches of the Southern Ocean, just below the Great Australian Bight, an enormous, spiralling stream of icy air churns eastward.

Before sun-up in a lounge room in suburban Wollongong, a man known as The Frog pores over satellite charts and data sets, plotting the path of this meteorological beast.

On a hunch, he can accurately predict when the monster highs will deliver the next major dump over the nation's ski fields - although not always so precisely how much snow will arrive.

Snow forecasting is at once an exact and inexact science, says Pete Taylor.

Three police officers have been reprimanded after taking part in a football pitch invasion.

The off-duty Dorset Police colleagues were caught spilling onto the pitch - among a large crowd of Bournemouth fans - after their side sealed a return to the Premier League earlier this month.

June 14 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom said on Tuesday capacity to supply gas to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was constrained to 100 million cubic meters (mcm) per day due to delayed repair works. The pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, can usually carry 167 mcm, يلا لايف بث مباشر Gazprom said in a statement on the company's Telegram channel.

A Russian radio station which is owned by one of Vladimir Putin's 'favourite oligarchs' was swiftly pulled off air after a hacker started playing Ukrainian anthems and anti-war songs.

Kommersant FM was broadcasting their lunchtime news bulletin before suddenly being cut off by the Ukrainian military anthem 'Oh the red viburnum in the meadow'.