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Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their trapsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAfter 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last.Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/25/valerie-the-dachshund-is-found-safe-and-well-after-529-days-on-the-run-on-south-australian-island Author : Martin Farrer and Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-04-25 23:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The London-based company, the second largest food deliver app in the UK, said no ‘firm offer’ had been made yetDoorDash is offering to buy its UK-based rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn (£2.7bn), Deliveroo said on Friday.Deliveroo said that its board was in talks with DoorDash over the offer and that a firm offer had not been made, according to statement sent to the Guardian. Should a firm offer of £1.80 ($2.40) a share be made, Deliveroo said, “it would be minded to recommend such an offer to Deliveroo shareholders. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/26/doordash-buy-deliveroo Author : Lauren Aratani Publish date

Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelledShould benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think soKeir Starmer is facing a rebellion over his plan to use direct deductions from people’s bank accounts and the cancellation of driving licences as part of a government crackdown on welfare fraud and over-claiming.In an attempt to claw back the annual £9.7bn in benefit overpayments made by the Department for Work and Pensions due to fraud or error, the government has adopted Conservative plans for debt

Paul Butler stabbed Claire Chick 23 times after she repeatedly reported to police he was stalking and harassing herA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years for stabbing his estranged wife to death in Devon after she had made repeated allegations to police that he had been stalking and harassing her.Paul Butler, 53, stabbed Claire Chick 23 times outside her apartment block in Plymouth on 23 January. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/25/man-jailed-life-murdering-estranged-wife-plymouth Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-04-25 15:41:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.