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Your speedy update on all the day’s big stories: Monday, March 10, 2014

Steve Irwin’s final words revealed

Justin Lyons, the underwater cameraman who was the only witness to Steve Irwin’s death has opened up for the first time about the famous Australian’s final moments in 2006. As they filmed underwater on the Great Barrier Reef, Lyons and Irwin found themselves in the presence of a “massive, eight-foot-wide stingray.” Though Lyons says stingrays are usually calm, on this occasion it “started stabbing wildly with its tail.”After it swam away he realised that “Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood.” Lyons has confirmed that despite previous claims, Steve didn’t remove the barbed tail from his chest. As he lay in the inflatable boat returning to the shore, Lyons says that Irwin “just sort of calmly looked up at me and said ‘I’m dying.’ And that was the last thing he said.” Lyons proceeded to give Irwin CPR for almost an hour before paramedics pronounced him dead.

No answers in search for missing plane

There are still no answers for the families of the 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Authorities have confirmed that a plane door and other debris spotted floating in the ocean off Vietnam are not linked to the missing aircraft. With the threat of terrorism still unable to be ruled out Malaysia Airlines have issued a statement today, saying they will be providing financial assistance to the families affected, including 'travel facilities, accommodation, meals, medical and emotional support.'

Push for preschool to be free

Edward Melhuish, an international expert in early childhood education from Oxford University, suggests that Australia should offer free preschool places if it wants to operate at the standard of other developed countries . He has called on the government to follow in the footsteps of Britian and most European countries which offer free early childhood education. Mulhuish's research also indicates that preschool education impacts a child's numeracy and literacy skills between the ages of 11 and 14, more than their primary school education. However, he concludes that the education level of the child's mother is the most significant factor.

Queenslander treats deadly snake bite with beer

Teacher shows class sex tape 'by accident'

A teacher in the United States has accidentally shows her middle school students an explicit sex tape that features