A farmer was recovering in hospital last night after being charged at by a bull which threw him almost two metres into the air.

In studies done in Europe, Asia, and the United States, silver proved to be the safest vehicle colour - although everyone knows red is fastest.

A diving course came to a tragic end after two people failed to surface and a third was hospitalised.

A foot on a wrong pedal left a car hanging perilously from the bank of a property yesterday afternoon.

Relatives of a grieving mum desperately tried to save her life after she was hit in a Waikato road smash - just days after she had laid her son to rest.