Top videos: Brave newsreaders, a trickster tram driver and the return of the King
This week, the King made his first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis and a trickster tram driver pranked his passengers on April Fool’s Day.
Meanwhile, Lizzo clarified that she isn’t “quitting music” and actress Hannah Waddingham shared what she got out of working on Game of Thrones.
Taiwan earthquake
Brave presenters at Taiwan’s Set News managed to deliver news while their studio shook and broke around them during a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit the island on Wednesday.
The quake is Taiwan’s strongest in 25 years, and as of publication, 10 people have died and over a thousand are injured.
The King’s Easter return
The King made his first major public appearance this week after his cancer diagnosis, attending an Easter service at Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel.
@c4news King Charles attends Easter service at Windsor castle in his first major public appearance since his cancer diagnosis was announced. #kingcharles #royalfamily #easter #c4news
Lizzo explains ‘quit’ call
After making a statement saying she “quit”, Lizzo assured fans she didn’t mean she was quitting the music industry.
In a video shared to Instagram, Lizzo said she was quitting giving “negative energy” any attention. “What I’m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music,” the singer said.
Game of Thrones torture
Before Ted Lasso, Hannah Waddingham was on Game of Thrones and she got something out of the hit series she never expected – chronic claustrophobia.
It turns out she was “actually waterboarded” for 10 hours straight on set, as she told Stephen Colbert. The Brit also managed to sneak in a few swear words on the US late night show.
@colbertlateshow Hannah Waddingham reveals how @gameofthrones gave her chronic claustrophobia. #Colbert #HannahWaddingham #gameofthronestiktok
Play School’s secrets
This week, we got some of our burning Play School questions answered and you’ll never guess who the biggest diva was on set.
It turns out Jemima gets flown to the Gold Coast on her private jet every year and Big Ted was once kidnapped.
@abc Replying to @Hat_Man Finally the TRUTH about Jemima 👀 #PlaySchool #ABCKids
Teddy Bear Hospital
Melbourne’s children had the opportunity to take their favourite teddy bears for a ‘check up’ at the University of Melbourne’s Teddy Bear Hospital.
The hospital is run by volunteers from the university’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences to help give kids a positive medical experience, and to improve students’ communication skills with youngsters.
@unimelb The cutest event of the year was back for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal. Our amazing student volunteers from our Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences run the Teddy Bear Hospital each year to give kids a fun way to learn about health and wellbeing 🧸 🏥 🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio. #UniMelb #TeddyBearHospital #GoodFridayAppeal
Trickster tram driver
A Melbourne tram driver got into the April Fool’s Day spirit this week, asking passengers to jump on the floor to help ‘unlock’ the tram’s plates after the tram had stopped.
When the tram got going again, he explained, to the surprise of those onboard, that the delay was due to two reasons: The locked plates and April Fools.
@from.jellie typical public transport issues 😪 #melbourne #melbournetram #trammelbourne #tram #ptv #myki
Big jump for a little dog
Pearl the dog was very excited to show her owner her giant fish toy, but didn’t quite stick the landing when she tried to jump on the bed.
Luckily, the second attempt was more successful and she could proudly show off her squishy friend.
Tweet from @dog_rates
Bird alarm – activated
When one person called out to a nearby peacock, they unexpectedly activated the bird’s alarm system, hearing cry after cry from the magnificent creature.
Strong language warning
@darren8316
Opossum bath
A tiny opossum was given a bath this week at the Big Country Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre but we can’t tell if they loved or hated the experience.
@bigcountrywildlife Bath time for our opossum #bigcountrywildliferescue #opossumsoftiktok #opossum #opossum
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