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WA police allege girl was victim of online grooming, sextortion and other online offencesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man in India has been arrested and charged after allegedly sexually abusing and intimidating a girl in Western Australia over Instagram and WhatsApp for years.On Friday WA police announced the man had been charged by Indian authorities this week after allegedly abusing the girl, starting when she was 11 years old in 2020. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/26/indian-man-charged-sexual-abuse-western-australia-girl-ntwnfb Author : Cait Kelly Publish date :

Former work and pensions secretary announces candidacy, saying Tories have ‘lost the trust of the British people’The former work and pensions secretary Mel Stride has announced his candidacy to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative party leader.The MP for Central Devon told BBC Breakfast: “I’m fully nominated. I was nominated yesterday morning and my candidacy has gone forward.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/26/mel-stride-to-stand-in-conservative-leadership-contest Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-07-26 06:03:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Keir Starmer under pressure to allow vote as private member’s bill to be introduced in upper chamberKeir Starmer is under pressure to fulfil a promise to allow a parliamentary vote on legalising assisted dying as a bill is to be introduced into the House of Lords on Friday.Lord Falconer, who was lord chancellor in Tony Blair’s government, will propose a private member’s bill to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults after coming second in a ballot of peers last week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/26/assisted-dying-bill-to-be-introduced-into-house-of-lords Author : Harriet Sherwood Publish date : 2024-07-26 05:00:42 Copyright for syndicated content

Study predicts overall economic cost of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke will rise by 61%The cost of England’s four biggest killer diseases could rise to £86bn a year by 2050, prompting calls for a crackdown on alcohol, junk food and smoking.The ageing population means the annual cost of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke combined will go from the £51.9bn recorded in 2018 to £85.6bn in 2050 – a rise of 61%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/25/cost-of-englands-four-biggest-killer-diseases-could-hit-86bn-by-2050 Author : Denis Campbell Health policy editor Publish date : 2024-07-25 22:30:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.