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Victoria This article is more than 8 years oldCai Xia Liao jailed over garden shears murder of ex-lover's wife and grandsonThis article is more than 8 years oldJudge hands down life sentence, describing woman’s actions in murdering man’s family members in their home as ‘horrific, horrendous and unbelievable’ A vengeful Chinese woman has been jailed for life for the “horrific, horrendous and almost unbelievable” killing of a four-year-old boy and his grandmother in Melbourne with a pair of garden shears.

The morning post arrives with two heavy books for you from an online store. One is damaged on its corner. What do you do?     Let it lie - the books were discounted anyway and the return post would cost a fortune   Visit the post office and lodge a complaint against your local postperson   Phone their customer service hotline and say you would like to return the books for a refund   You order a taxi at 8.

Holy infographics: the bible visualised Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 'God is in the detail' - the expression may have been overshadowed by the newer 'the devil is in the detail' but for some people the original idiom still holds true. Scholars have been visualising the holy texts for years but recently, they've taken a turn towards data.

Lady Gaga This article is more than 12 years oldLady Gaga wins injunction against Lady Goo GooThis article is more than 12 years oldPaparazzi singer succeeds in banning animated character from performing songs on YouTubeLady Gaga may call her fans "little monsters" but it appears she has no love for Moshi Monsters, after taking legal action in an effort to stop the children's social network using an animated character, singer Lady Goo Goo.

Lyon This article is more than 4 months oldLyon sack head coach Laurent Blanc with troubled club bottom of Ligue 1This article is more than 4 months oldFormer France manager departs after 11 months at clubGennaro Gattuso reportedly in frame to succeed BlancLyon have dismissed their head coach, Laurent Blanc, after a dismal start to the season with the team sitting bottom of the Ligue 1 table. “Olympique Lyonnais and Laurent Blanc have mutually agreed to end their collaboration with effect from today,” Lyon said in a statement on Monday, adding that his assistants are also leaving the club.

Science book clubPeople in science This article is more than 12 years oldReviewThis article is more than 12 years oldHalf a century on, his predictions have proved uncannily accurate. With more imagination and investment, maybe we could make more of Arthur C Clarke's dreams come true Next month's book club choice is the newly reissued classic The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski. Discussion commences on Friday 15 April Arthur C Clarke saw the future coming and in a series of magazine essays 50 years ago helped us get ready for it.

The ObserverMusicInterviewSean Paul: ‘A new generation are making dancehall their own’Ammar KaliaThe rapper’s 00s megahits took the sound of Kingston clubs global. He talks about the genre’s influence, its new female stars, and the debate over the monarchy in his native Jamaica Sean Paul is a party-starter. Few artists have a back catalogue better primed for the dancefloor than the multimillion-selling Jamaican artist. This year marks 20 years since his breakout second album, Dutty Rock, took the syncopated, bass-driven genre of dancehall global with hits Get Busy, Like Glue and Gimme the Light.

'The Lost Metropolis': 1930s Tokyo street life – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Kineo Kuwabara captured these rich images of everyday life the city during the buildup to the second world war. The series is on display 18-19 May at the Special Edition of The London Photograph Fair Main image: Street life in Tokyo during the 1930s Fri 17 May 2019 13.

Pacific projectPapua New GuineaBodies left to decay outside overcrowded Papua New Guinea morgue, footage showsUncollected dead stored in shed with no air conditioning despite tropical heat will have to be buried in mass grave Footage of nearly a dozen bodies left to decay outside one of Papua New Guinea’s major hospitals has highlighted the pressures on the country’s health system and prompted calls for urgent reform. The three-minute video shows 11 bodies on bunk beds and gurneys inside what appears to be a shed being used as a temporary mortuary.