Rishi’s petrol bombshell: Tory leadership hopeful wanted a green tax on fuel as Chancellor (but No10 blocked it) Sunak said midterm review of BBC Charter should look at alternatives to licence Whitehall letter warned Boris Johnson the fee would be rendered worthless  Nadine Dorries says Treasury was banning consideration of alternative models A review into scrapping […]

Rochdale grooming gang ringleader who blamed his crimes on Western society for allowing young girls to ‘parade on the streets’ gets prison ‘equality’ role Shabir Ahmed was a ringleader of notorious Rochdale child sex grooming gang Former taxi driver, 69, is now appointed as ‘equalities representative’ in prison Chief crown prosecutor branded Ahmed’s prison appointment […]

‘Is Boris Johnson an honest man?’ Awkward moment Tory MPs squirm over question on PM – as Tom Tugendhat is the only candidate to give a straight response Remaining candidates have appeared in a live debate on Channel 4 this evening Debate’s opening questions were dominated by shadow of Boris Johnson  Kemi Badenoch was the […]

A state Liberal MP was banned from entering parliament after several allegations he behaved inappropriately towards Victorian parliament staff, denying his local community of a representative to vote on legislation. Hastings MP Neale Burgess is under investigation by the parliament over accusations about inappropriate behaviour towards staff employed at parliament in a handful of incidents […]

I have worked in the forests of Victoria since July 1983. Today I’m the most highly cited forest ecologist globally and have written 48 books on the subject. One of the most difficult times in my career in that 40 years was after the 2009 Black Saturday fires, when friends died and my family’s farm […]

What can we do as individuals to combat the winter COVID-19 wave? In the third instalment of a special series, The Age’s health team asks experts for the best advice on testing. RATs, PCRs … the once-unknown abbreviations that are now part of our common parlance will continue to play an important role as new […]

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In 1995, less than two months after actor Dave Coulier’s hit show Full House aired its final episode, the actor was stunned to hear a song from ex Alanis Morissette. It was “You Oughta Know,” the first hit from Morisette’s blockbuster album Jagged Little Pill, released in July of that year. “I’m driving in Detroit […]

Man parades his wife’s severed HEAD around village in India after ‘decapitating her because he thought she had an affair’ Nakapodi Majhi allegedly chopped of the victim’s head before going for a stroll  The motive is not yet known but it’s believed he suspected his wife was unfaithful Locals in the village of Odisha’s Dhenkanal […]

Sacked Asian professor who won racism case against NHS after being accused of ‘playing the race card’ tells how he sold his family home to pay legal bills so ‘justice could be done’ Prof Tanweer Ahmed sacked after disciplinary claim was ‘forgone conclusion’ He told MailOnline he was ‘forced’ to sell his family home to […]