Brisbane City Council’s planning committee have endorsed a 67-townhouse development for a 17,000 square metre lot in Wynnum West.

The land that has been vacant for some time and is close to Wynnum plaza was initially owned by the state government with the intention of building public housing but was sold to developers mid last year.

A collection of wartime items discovered behind the Bulimba uniting church has uncovered a love story, after local historian Harold Peacock brought his metal detector to the site.

The buried items, including brooches, a rising sun Army badge, and several buttons, are deduced to have belonged to army nurse Marjory McDonagh and her sweetheart, Alfred Harrison.

Peacock suspected that Marjory was burying the memories of Officer Harrison after he married another local, while Marjory never married.

A former National Australia Bank executive has been charged over her alleged role in a $40 million bank fraud.

Rosemary Rogers allegedly accepted $5.4 million worth of bribes in the form of paid personal expenses from contractor Helen Rosamond to maintain the contract and approve overstated invoices.

An NAB spokesperson said, police have confirmed no one at NAB is under investigation, including former CEO Andrew Thorburn, and there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by anyone at the company.

In-home aged care is under review, following a government funded report, which has highlighted issues with the system, including high fees, no access to reliable information, and undertrained and understaffed support workers.

Dr Sarah Russell, author of the report, said, "I was expecting home care packages to enable people to live well at home and was very surprised to find some people quite traumatised by the experience."

British counter-terrorist command have responded to the delivery of three improvised explosives sent to major transport hubs in London, where they defused the devices.

The small devices were posted to Heathrow Airport, Waterloo train station, and a smaller municipal airport in London, where they caught fire when opened, but all were disarmed within hours.

Mayor Sadiq Khan, thanked the division of counter-terrorist police for their “swift action to keep Londoners safe”, as transport authorities remain on the lookout for any more suspicious packages.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services is welcoming a historic intake of female recruits.

Today, the QFES Minister Craig Crawford met with 32 firefighter recruits, including 11 women, training to graduate from the ‘Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy’ this year.

Minister for Women -  Di Farmer says it has been difficult for women to break into male dominated industries in general, but this recruit course shows the tide is turning. She says seeing woman bearing down barriers, especially in employment, is cause for celebration.

Deadly copper wires were found set up at neck height across a popular dirt bike track on the Gold Coast.'

This comes after a similar incident in Gympie, in which a dirt bike rider was knocked off his bike by a high-tensile wire.

The wires were found on Sunday night in Upper Coomera by four men, who came back the next day to remove any hazards they had missed. The track is on private property, but has long been popular with dirt bikers and four-wheel drivers.