AN extraordinary mudslinging match broke out today after Rishi Sunak abandoned plans to scrap all EU red tape by the end of the year. Former Brexit Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg accused the PM of "behaving like a Borgia" and suggested the move will keep prices and inflation high. The Borgia's were a rich dynasty in […]
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Ground stop on British Airways flights departing JFK Airport
Ground stop ‘halts British Airways flights departing JFK Airport’, as frustrated passengers are told airline has been hit by IT issue British Airways flights have stopped departing New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, with frustrated passengers stuck on planes being told there’s an IT issue. Multiple passengers have taken to Twitter to vent their frustration […]
Officers who punched and kicked boy, 14, during arrest are dismissed
Two Met Police officers who punched and kicked a 14-year-old boy during his arrest and lied about thinking the child would spit at one of them a second time are dismissed from the force PC Alexei Zalesskiy and PC Conor Ryan were found to have used excessive force They were called to reports of fight […]
WA’s latest budget surplus shows GST rethink urgently required
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With Western Australia gleefully landing yet another multibillion-dollar budget surplus on Thursday, Victoria has every right to complain about a national GST distribution that has patently become less fair with every passing year. When, in 2018, the federal […]
Angel Lynn's parents say she's continuing to show signs of improvement
‘We know she’s in there, you can see it in her eyes’: Angel Lynn’s parents say she is continuing to show signs of improvement as they prepare home for her to move in – more than two years after she was left brain damaged in kidnapping by her ex-boyfriend Angel Lynn , 21, suffered catastrophic […]
Massive change to train service as government steps in over railway's 'continuous cancellations' | The Sun
TRANSPENNINE Express will not have its contract renewed at the end of this month. Ministers at the Department of Transport today announced they will take the rail line in the North of England and Scotland into government control. It comes after months of TransPennine Express consistently cancelling services or running extremely late, causing mass and […]
King Charles will face the first ordeal of his reign: Royal Ascot
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Unlike his late mother, King Charles has little enthusiasm for horseracing… but he will be expected to attend Ascot READ MORE: The Princess of Wales is choosing her own path Six weeks after the Coronation, King Charles will face the first ordeal of his reign: Royal Ascot. Unlike his late mother, he has […]
Six passengers killed from being stung by killer bees in Nicaragua
Six passengers, aged eight to 84, killed from being stung by killer African bees after bus crashed on a Nicaraguan road and fell into a beehive Six people, including an eight-year-old girl and her mother, died after they were stung by African killer bees in Nicaragua The victims were among 60 passengers traveling on a […]
From the Archives, 1997: Susie Maroney’s epic Cuba to Florida swim
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. First published in The Age on May 14, 1997 Tired but happy, swimmer gets an itch for Mexico Key West, Florida. Eight hours after completing her historic crossing of the Straits of Florida, swimmer Susie Maroney was already […]
Trump calls E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse claims 'hanky panky'
Trump tells Kaitlan Collins the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse claims were ‘hanky panky’ and tears into judge for refusing to let jury hear she ‘called her husband an ape’ and ‘had a cat named vagina’: Ex-President comes out swinging in CNN town hall Trump’s first public appearance since jury found he sexually abused Carroll […]