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Richard Dick' Caine, now aged in his late 70s, found to have committed 39 acts, including rape and indecent assault, on female members of his squad

Anthony Albanese says it is a Pacific-led initiative' that reflects the desire of neighbours to stand with each other'

Government decided not to add questions out of concern for social cohesion, Richard Marles insists, after move prompts upset in LGBTQ+ community

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, essential goods sectors like supermarkets, energy and banking have reported strong results - and a lack of competition is at the root

UN-backed institutions in west of Libya show no sign of backing down over dismissal of bank's governor of 20 yearsA crisis in the Libyan economy sparked by an escalating and sometimes violent contest over the control of the country's central bank can only be cured through diplomacy, the US embassy in Libya has said, as it backed efforts by the UN to convene an emergency meeting of the groups involved.The embassy, led by the ambassador Richard Norland, pleaded with all sides to heed a UN call to hold talks, saying the contest over the administration of the bank undermines confidence in Libya's economic and financial stability in the eyes of Libyan citizens and the international community, and increases the likelihood of harmful confrontation". Continue reading...

The Golden Pince-Nez features Eille Norwood as the detective and has been restored by the BFI national archiveA silent Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Conan Doyle's favourite impersonator of the famous sleuth, Eille Norwood, is to be screened for the first time since its release in 1922, following its extensive restoration by the BFI national archive.Titled The Golden Pince-Nez, it is a classic case of Holmes detection, based on a Conan Doyle short story that was first published in the Strand magazine in 1904. Continue reading...

The mercury climbs beyond 28 degrees in the harbour city, while fire danger ratings were high' in Sydney and the Illawarra

More than 150 councillors join 15,000 members of the public calling for urban areas to be free of the chemicalsThe UK should copy Paris and ban pesticides in urban areas, campaigners and local councils have said.Drawing attention to how the capital city of France still looked pristine while hosting the Olympics, the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has said the same can be true of UK towns and cities. Continue reading...

Madrid study finds people from below-average income groups more likely to die in heatwavesScorching temperatures across Europe have killed tens of thousands of people in recent years. But as fatalities rise, researchers are finding that one group is disproportionately bearing the brunt of extreme heat: those living in poverty.It's common sense," said Julio Diaz Jimenez, an investigative professor at Madrid's Carlos III health institute. A heatwave is not the same when you're in a shared room with three other people and no air conditioning, as when you're in a villa with access to a pool and air conditioning." Continue reading...

Exclusive: Keith Fraser warns against quick decisions after boys as young as 11 were involved in recent disorderChildren who took part in the recent riots should only be prosecuted as a last resort", the head of the body that oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales has said, warning against a rush to punish those involved.Keith Fraser, the chair of the Youth Justice Board, said it was a real, real worry" that boys as young as 11 were involved in the disorder but he cautioned against making snap decisions to haul them before the courts. Continue reading...

Victorian government launches investigation over very concerning' incident at Maroondah hospital

Max Chandler-Mather says he does not agree with offensive signs' but says Labor had supported the biggest anti-union attack in decades'

Food Foundation's study notes that some processed alternative protein' products have high levels of saltPlant-based alternatives to meat are better for the planet and mostly healthier than products such as burgers and sausages made from animals, new research has found.Environmentally the production of meat substitutes involves far fewer greenhouse gas emissions and much less water than that of meat dishes, according to the Food Foundation. Fake meat products also perform well nutritionally in comparison with the real thing. They contain fewer calories, less saturated fat and more fibre, the charity's study found. Continue reading...

Special access granted to DfE resources to train AI models to generate workbooks and lesson plansTech companies are being urged to create better AI tools for reducing teachers' workloads, as ministers announced they would give AI models special access to the Department for Education's (DfE) bank of resources.The education minister Stephen Morgan said the move was a huge step forward for AI in the classroom", with the government spending 3m to create a content bank" of official assessments, curriculum guidance and teaching materials. Continue reading...

Doctors' union urges ministers to introduce legislation to curb epidemic' of vaping in UKVapes should only be sold from behind the counter", like cigarettes, and not be on display in shops, according to the British Medical Association.In a report published on Wednesday, the doctors' union called on ministers to introduce legislation to tackle the growing epidemic" of vaping in the UK. Continue reading...

Seven given sentences ranging from 11 months to 12 years for scheme aimed at students seeking to bypass foreign currency controlsSeven people have been jailed for operating an undercover 55m money-laundering ring aimed at international university students seeking to bypass limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of China.Four people - three men and one woman - were sentenced at Snaresbrook crown court on Monday for a range of money-laundering offences. In June, three others were sentenced for similar offences. They were handed sentences ranging from 11 months to 12 years. Continue reading...

PM says trip is part of wider efforts to restore broken relationships' with EU countriesKeir Starmer has promised to turn a corner on Brexit" and rebuild productive relationships with EU member states in advance of a flying visit to Berlin for talks with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, expected to focus on defence and trade.The prime minister said the trip was part of wider efforts to restore the broken relationships" with European neighbours left by the last government. Continue reading...

Shea Ryan fell 20ft down a maintenance hole after climbing through an unsecured building site in GlasgowA senior official on a building site where a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a maintenance hole has acknowledged we should have checked" it was safe, a fatal accident inquiry heard on Tuesday.Shea Ryan died on 16 July 2020 when he climbed through an unsecured fence on a building site in Drumchapel, Glasgow, and fell 20ft down a shaft. Continue reading...

John Sainsbury hid note in 1990 inside false column he objected to, anticipating foyer would one day be remodelled to his likingBuilders knocking down a column at the National Gallery were surprised to find a long-lost note amid the rubble thanking them for demolishing the unnecessary" pillar.While removing a column in the gallery's Sainsbury Wing, demolition workers discovered a letter dating back to 1990 from its funder, John Sainsbury, the former chair of the eponymous supermarket chain, that said he was absolutely delighted" the pillar was being removed. Continue reading...

The first case of eastern equine encephalitis in the state in a decade also prompted park closures in MassachusettsA New Hampshire resident infected with the rare but potentially lethal mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said.The Hampstead resident's infection with the disease also known as EEE was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire health and human services department said Tuesday. The resident, whom the department only identified as an adult, had been hospitalized due to severe central nervous system symptoms, the department said. Continue reading...

A Boeing 757 was undergoing maintenance when a tire blew out, killing two airline workers and injuring anotherA tire blowout on a Delta Air Lines jet during maintenance at the Atlanta airport on Tuesday killed two employees and seriously injured a third, authorities in Georgia said.The two deaths occurred early in the morning in a hangar at the Hartsfield-Jackson international airport as the workers changed the tire, Delta said in a statement. Continue reading...

Magistrates told to delay jailing criminals as weekly prison population reaches highest level since 2011There are only 100 spaces left in men's prisons in England and Wales, according to reports.The system, already in the midst of an overcrowding crisis, is normally under greater pressure after a bank holiday weekend, which eases when courts reopen. While courts can sit on a bank holiday Monday, prisoners are unable to be released until Tuesday. Continue reading...

Shares rise despite a drop in carrier's revenues, which Michael O'Leary says will last until spring 2025Ryanair said it has reaped strong traffic growth after a summer when the airline's fares were down 5% and passenger numbers passed 20 million a month.Shares in Europe's biggest carrier rose on Tuesday, after the group chief executive, Michael O'Leary, revised previous gloomier predictions of a double-digit drop in peak-season fare income, although he said the dent in revenues would probably last until spring 2025. Continue reading...

Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister also claims former Tory leader feared smears over cocaine use among teamLiz Truss considered cutting cancer care on the NHS in a desperate bid to find savings to pay for the tax cuts in her botched mini budget", according to a new book about her time in office.The book, Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister by the renowned political biographer Anthony Seldon, is a 330-page long, largely excoriating account of Truss's 45 days in Downing Street.At that point, they were joined by fellow special adviser Alex Boyd, who was told that Truss and Kwarteng were thinking they could still sort out the black hole with severe cuts.We've been told that they're looking at stopping cancer treatment on the NHS,' they told him. Continue reading...

Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial worksAngela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings too slow" and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as quickly as possible.The deputy prime minister made the comments during a visit to Dagenham, east London, on Tuesday afternoon, the day after a dramatic fire tore through a block of flats that was undergoing remedial works to remove non-compliant" cladding. Continue reading...

Mohammed Shabir and Calum Sunderland to appear in court after death of mother and three childrenTwo men have been charged with murder over a fatal house fire in Bradford in which a mother and her three children died.Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children - Denisty Birtle, 9, Oscar Birtle, 5, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle - died in the early hours of last Wednesday, after a fire at their home. Continue reading...

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Calls for inquiry as video appears to show Guardia Civil boat knocking at least one person out of dinghy bound for SpainHuman rights campaigners in Morocco and Spain have called on Spanish authorities to launch an investigation after a video appeared to show a Spanish police boat briefly mounting a small dinghy carrying people towards the coast of Spain.The incident took place on Sunday as a vessel carrying four people approached the Spanish semi-exclave of Melilla. The video appeared to show the larger, more powerful Guardia Civil patrol boat veering towards the Zodiac inflatable, making several manoeuvres before skimming over the top of the boat, causing at least one person to fall out of the small vessel. Continue reading...

Digital pause' experiment at 200 secondary schools could be extended nationwide in JanuaryFrance is to trial a ban on mobile phones at school for pupils up to the age of 15, seeking to give children a digital pause" that, if judged successful, could be rolled out nationwide from January.Just under 200 secondary schools will take place in the experiment that will require youngsters to hand over phones on arrival at reception. It takes the prohibition on the devices further than a 2018 law that banned pupils at primary and secondary schools from using their phones on the premises but allowed them to keep possession of them. Continue reading...

Largest study of its kind by victims' commissioner reveals high levels of dissatisfaction in England and WalesDisabled victims of crime feel infantilised" and patronised" by a police response that fails to accommodate their needs, according to a landmark report revealing high levels of dissatisfaction.Forty-five per cent of disabled victims who reported a crime to the police were dissatisfied, compared with 40% overall, according to the largest ever report of its kind from the victims' commissioner. Continue reading...

Birmingham City University estimates tour could bring 400m in sales with brothers in line to each earn 50mSo it is definitely not a maybe. Oasis are reuniting for a UK and Ireland tour that could be one of the most lucrative ever, with tickets being hyped as the hottest of the decade".But one question people are asking is why? The most obvious motivation is money. Continue reading...

Scottish Fiscal Commission says emergency cuts are a result of under-budgeting for public sector pay awardsScotland's financial watchdog has said Scottish ministers are largely responsible for a spending crisis that is leading to deep cuts to non-essential services.The Scottish Fiscal Commission, which has a similar role to the Office for Budget Responsibility in London, said ministers in Edinburgh had spent heavily on public sector pay deals without proper planning. Continue reading...

The Port of Dover, Channel tunnel and St Pancras International will increase facilities to avoid tailbacksBritish ports will be given 10.5m in state support to prepare for increased border checks this autumn, when the EU's much-delayed entry-exit system (EES) comes into effect.The money will go to the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel's Folkestone tunnel and St Pancras International in London, where Eurostar trains depart, to supplement investment in facilities to avoid long tailbacks at the borders. Continue reading...

Israeli forces spoke of Qaid Farhan Alkadi's rescue from tunnel though some reports suggest he may have initially escaped

Christina McKelvie said group - which ranks countries by their tourists' deaths in falls on Balearic islands - was utterly vile'A Scottish politician has called for the closure of an utterly vile" Spanish website that ranks countries by the number of their tourists who have died or been injured after falls from balconies.The intervention by Christina McKelvie, the MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, comes days after the death of a Scottish law student who was born in a constituency represented by McKelvie. Continue reading...

Prime minister says government left with no other choice' but to make difficult decisions after discovering 22bn black hole' in public financesKeir Starmer said the riots this summer exposed the state of a deeply unhealthy society", adding that a mindless minority of thugs" thought hey could get away with criminality because of the broken justice system.He said:A mindless minority of thugs who thought that they could get away with causing chaos, smashing up communities and terrifying minorities, vandalizing and destroying people's property, even trying to set fire to a building with human beings inside it, and as if that wasn't despicable enough, people displaying swastika tattoos, shouting racist slurs on our streets...Now they're learning that crime has consequences, that I won't tolerate a breakdown in law and order under any circumstances, and I will not listen to those who exploit grieving families and disrespect local communities. But these riots, didn't happen in a vacuum. They exposed, the state of our country, revealed a deeply unhealthy society. The cracks in our foundations laid bare. Continue reading...

While saying the Guardian's report that he tried to kiss female extras was totally untrue', the director told Rolling Stone they were young women I knew'Francis Ford Coppola says that he did kiss film extras on the set of his forthcoming film Megalopolis but that they were young women I knew".In an interview with Rolling Stone, Coppola responded to a question about a report in the Guardian that said the director tried to kiss female extras during preparation for a bacchanalian nightclub scene", and that significant numbers of crew left the project during production. Continue reading...

Aid workers preparing to distribute medicine to children in effort to contain outbreak call for pause in fighting

Two-minute incursion by military surveillance aircraft comes amid regional tensions in Asia-PacificJapan has condemned an unprecedented violation of its airspace by a Chinese military aircraft as utterly unacceptable" and a threat to its security.The incursion comes after repeated maritime provocations by Chinese vessels near disputed islands in the East China Sea in an escalation of regional tensions. Continue reading...

Prime minister says he is getting the best people into the best jobs' and has followed procedure throughout

Prime minister says it will take years to clean up from Tories after finding a 22bn black hole in public finances

Former athlete sent series of tweets when her LNER train arrived at King's Cross with no one available to help herTanni Grey-Thompson, the former Paralympic athlete, has said apologies are not enough after she had to drag herself off a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train because no staff were there to help her.The multi-gold-winning Paralympian was left stranded on Monday night at London's King's Cross station on a train from Leeds as she tried to make her way to Wednesday's opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris. Continue reading...

Met says initial inquiries suggest woman, 32, who attended carnival with her child, was caught up in altercation between two groups of menThree men have been arrested over the stabbing of a 32-year-old woman who attended the Notting Hill carnival with her young child, the Metropolitan police said.A 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and violent disorder, while two other men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder. The three were detained at separate addresses in Hammersmith and Fulham on Tuesday morning and are in custody. Continue reading...

The man, who cannot be named, has pleaded not guilty to raping five women

Chain may have to foot 30m bill after tribunal hears firm paid 3,500 sales staff lower hourly wage than warehouse workersShop workers at Next have won a six-year legal fight for equal pay in a landmark case that could force the retailer to pay more than 30m in compensation and bolster similar claims lodged against the big UK supermarkets.The employment tribunal ruling will benefit 3,540 claimants, who accused Next of paying its retail sales staff - who are overwhelmingly female - lower hourly wages than its warehouse workers, the majority of which are male. Continue reading...

Joseph DeLucia Jr, 59, fatally shot three of his older siblings and a niece in crime known as family annihilationA man distraught over his mother's recent death - as well as his family's plan to sell the home where he had spent his entire life - fatally shot three of his older siblings as well as a niece before killing himself Sunday on New York's Long Island, according to investigators.The shocking violence attributed to 59-year-old Joseph DeLucia Jr seems to fit the definition of a type of crime known since the 1980s as family annihilations. The overwhelming majority of these cases involve a male killer armed with a gun who ultimately kills themself after murdering multiple close family members.In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. Continue reading...

The 29-year-old man pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity to get sexually explicit content from hundreds of victims

Theme park says Vortex experienced standard ride stoppage' caused by sensor communication fault'

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