Cane toads snake a ride on python to escape storm in northern Australia .

A huge storm in Australia’s north flushed out a sight which either fascinated or horrified those who saw it 10 cane toads riding the back of a 3.5m python. Paul and Anne Mock were at home with their daughters in the remote West Australian town of Kununurra, when a large storm dumped almost 70mm of rain into their dam.

Migrants found hidden inside bed mattresses! by Spanish border guards.

Spanish border guards have discovered two migrants hidden inside mattresses strapped to the roof of a car at a checkpoint on the frontier with Morocco, video footage shows. The footage, published on social media by a senator in the Spanish parliament, is reported to have been filmed in Melilla, an enclave of Spain on the north African coast.

WhatsApp warning: Messaging app blocked on these phones from today.

Owners of some phones will discover that they won't be able to use WhatsApp from today. The devices which run the Series 40 operating system will no longer be supported in 2019. Perhaps worrying is that some of the phones that ran the S40 OS were enormously expensive.

Floyd Mayweather earned $9 million in 2minutes by taking down Japanese Tenshin Nasakuwa.

Floyd Mayweather defeated Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasakuwa in the first round of their exhibition on New Year’s Eve. The fight was the conclusion of a bizarre build-up that featured Mayweather repeatedly claiming it was off, and then back on again.

Happy new year all.