The Guardian

Minns government set to bring in sweeping reforms after premier vowed to learn from the death of 28-year-old mother Molly Ticehurst’s ‘preventable’ deathGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW government will modernise the definition of “stalking” to cover smart technology facilitated tracking increasingly being weaponised by domestic abusers as part of a suite of reforms that aim to strengthen protections for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.They will also increase the penalties for repeated and serious breaches of apprehended domestic violence orders (ADVOs), introduce serious domestic abuse prevention orders, and make it easier and safer

Police said the children, under four and thought to be boys, were related to the man at house in Staines-Upon-ThamesFloral tributes have been laid after a man and three young children were found dead in a house in Surrey.Police discovered their bodies in a property in Bremer Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, at about 1.15pm on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/01/surrey-man-and-three-young-children-found-dead-staines-upon-thames-house Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-01 14:05:41 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Helen Scarsbrook says company, which is appealing against the ruling, hasn’t recognised value of female shop floor staffDuring an average shift on the shop floor at Next, Helen Scarsbrook has to remain polite and keep smiling while she makes split-second judgments about which customers need help and which need to be tactfully discouraged from shoplifting and ushered out of the store.She and her mostly female colleagues are on their feet for long stretches and regularly do heavy lifting as new stock arrives at the back of the shop. She is confident that her work in one of Next’s 466 UK

Tinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were commonThe lack of investment in arts schemes aimed at working-class children will create a cultural landscape that is whiter and posher, according to one of the UK’s leading black British theatre directors.Tinuke Craig, who has worked on productions including the Donmar Warehouse’s Trouble in Butetown, said the current crop of black British theatre talent was developed in the 1990s when free schemes aimed at improving access to the arts for working-class communities were common. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/sep/01/lack-of-arts-schemes-for-working-class-will-make-uk-theatre-whiter-and-posher-director-says Author : Lanre Bakare

Lack of funding, resources and rehabilitation leads to ‘bored and angry’ prisoners, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben says The prison system is “broken”, with inmates returning to the community “bored and angry” and “set up to fail”, according to Scotland’s outgoing chief inspector.Wendy Sinclair-Gieben highlighted a succession of failings in a service she described as “the underdog of the criminal justice system”, as she stands down as HM chief inspector of prisons for Scotland at the end of August. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/01/broken-prison-system-sets-inmates-up-to-fail-top-scottish-inspector-says Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-01 11:00:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Stella Creasy says she wants to put school and hospital debts and impact of trade deals ‘on nation’s books’A senior Labour backbencher is seeking to have liabilities from schools and hospitals built under private finance initiative (PFI) deals scrutinised under a new budget responsibility bill.Stella Creasy, who has tabled two amendments to the bill, said this would help highlight the scale of debt incurred. She also wants trade deals such as the post-Brexit arrangement with the EU to fall under its remit, arguing these can have an even greater fiscal impact. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/01/labour-mp-pushes-for-watchdog-to-assess-pfi-costs-under-budgets-bill Author : Peter

Maria Sibylla Merian’s beautiful and disturbing illustrations, which shaped how we look at the natural world, will be on show at Amsterdam’s RijksmuseumMore than three centuries after she made a perilous transatlantic voyage to study butterflies, a rare copy of the hand-coloured masterwork by the great naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian is returning to Amsterdam.The Rijksmuseum, which holds more than half-a-million books on art and history, last week announced it had acquired a rare first-edition copy of Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname (Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium), described as a high point of 18th-century book production when the Dutch Republic

Covid’s world of masks and remote health visits has created a generation at risk of social and emotional difficultiesBabies born in 2020 started life in the strange world of lockdown in a small bubble of people with faces hidden behind masks. Social ­experiences, such as seeing extended family, trips to the playground or mother and baby groups, could not happen. And struggling public ­services meant infants were likely to miss out on face-to-face appointments with a health visitor who might have been able to spot developmental difficulties early.Those babies are now four years old, and arriving at school for the

As the final report on the fatal London blaze looms, many developers have not begun safety work• Rowan Moore: The Grenfell inquiry is exposing a culture of contempt that has run deep in BritainGrenfell was an avoidable tragedy, the inquiry’s counsel said on the final day of hearings. Yet with the report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives due this week, residents of other tower blocks fear that not enough has been done to prevent another catastrophe.One of them is Gemma Lindfield. The 45-year-old barrister is still waiting for flammable cladding to be removed from her eight-storey apartment block

Former UK prime minister praises Labour leader’s handling of riots and advises him not to put off the ‘hard decisions’Tony Blair has urged Keir Starmer to ignore “vicious” social media platforms during his time as prime minister, saying that poring over the inevitable criticism that will rain down on him will trigger psychological problems.“You know, you start scrolling through social media that’s written about you, it’s going to do your head in,” Blair says in an interview with the Observer’s chief political commentator, Andrew Rawnsley, about his new book, On Leadership, Lessons for the 21st century. Continue reading... Source link

IDF says the bodies were found in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza StripSee all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza warThe news of the discovery of the bodies brought calls for a mass protest from a hostage family organisation which blamed the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for failing to agree a hostage-for-peace deal with Hamas that has been under negotiation for several months. The country would “tremble” the organisation warned.There was no immediate statement from Netanyahu on Sunday morning but Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, said that nation would continue the fight Hamas while putting a

Israeli-American citizen became one of the best-known 7 October captives taken by Hamas as his parents pressed world leaders for their helpIsrael has confirmed the deaths of six more hostages taken in the 7 October attack by Hamas after the captives’ bodies were found in a Gaza tunnel during military operations there.The Israeli military (IDF) said it had located and recovered the bodies of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino on Saturday from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip and returned them to Israeli territory. Continue

The south-east of the country is taking a battering and there is more to come as a ‘very strong cold front’ moves through on SundayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanian emergency services were urging residents and businesses along the Derwent River to prepare to evacuate on Sunday, while Victorians have been warned of destructive winds as wild weather batters the south-east of the country.The Tasmanian state emergency service urged communities in Meadowbank, Glenora, Bushy Park, Gretna and Macquarie Plains to prepare for flooding, with authorities suggesting they

It’s the third explanation government ministers have given since last Sunday, while Coalition senator Andrew Bragg says questions are ‘reasonable’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe social services minister has offered up the latest explanation for why proposed questions on gender and sex variations were dumped from the next census, claiming they were too complicated.In an interview with Sky News on Sunday, Amanda Rishworth gave a new reason for why new questions had been ditched from the census planning, saying the government had been shown “questions that were

‘Out of control’ fire destroyed a van and damaged a car and lorry, at open-air yard in Canning Town, LondonA controlled explosion on a film set near the O2 arena in London sparked a fire that destroyed a van, as well as damaging a car and lorry.London fire brigade said firefighters were called to an open-air yard in Dock Road, Silvertown, shortly before 8pm on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/31/fire-crews-tackle-blaze-after-pre-planned-film-set-explosions-near-the-o2 Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-08-31 22:18:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Linda Reynolds has argued that social media posts by former staffer contained mistruths that damaged her reputation – which Brittany Higgins denies Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClosing arguments in a defamation case brought against Brittany Higgins by her former boss the Liberal senator Linda Reynolds are expected to be heard on Monday.Reynolds is suing Higgins over social media posts made after the former political staffer alleged she had been raped by her colleague Bruce Lehrmann in the then defence minister’s office in Parliament House.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source

First-in-nation trial comes to an end, as new law gives those caught with hard drugs option of charges or treatmentOregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalizing drugs will expire on Sunday as a new law taking effect will once again make it a crime to possess small amounts of hard drugs.The new recriminalization law, HB4002, will give those caught with illicit drugs – including fentanyl, heroin and meth – the choice to either be charged with possession or treatment, which includes completing a behavioral health program and participating in a “deflection program” to avoid fines. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/oregon-drug-recriminalization-law Author

A major warning in place for the River Derwent in Tasmania, as residents near New Norfolk have been warned by the SES to prepare to leave. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast night’s Spirit of Tasmania was cancelled due to the extreme weather.The company said in a statement adverse weather conditions meant the ship would not be sailing from Devonport to Geelong as planned Saturday night but would leave instead this morning:Passengers booked on tonight’s sailing are welcome to board the vessel as normal today and stay overnight. The vessel is

Extent of injuries and damage unknown as authorities respond to reports of Cessna plane crashing in FairviewA small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Fairview, Oregon, on Saturday morning, with reports that several people are missing and thousands of residents left without power as a result.The Federal Aviation Administration said that a twin-engine Cessna 421C came down around 10.30am local time near the Troutdale Airport, and that it did not know how many people were on board. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/small-plane-crash-oregon-thousands-without-power Author : Léonie Chao-Fong Publish date : 2024-08-31 21:18:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Siblings among those killed as police say bus left Interstate 20 near Bovina in western Mississippi and flipped overSeven people have been killed and dozens more injured in western Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20, according to the state’s highway patrol.Six passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and another died at a hospital, according to a news release. The bus was traveling west on Saturday morning when it left the highway near Bovina in Warren county and flipped over, police said. No other vehicle was involved. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/mississippi-bus-crash Author : Guardian staff

The assailant, Corey Cobb-Bey, was later killed after police stopped him and he pointed a shotgun at officersThe Dallas police chief said on Friday that a man intentionally set out to shoot police when he killed an officer sitting in his patrol car and wounded two others in a late-night ambush that set off a highway chase and ended with officers fatally shooting the attacker.The shooting on Thursday night brought fresh anguish and anger in a city where a gunman’s ambush on police in 2016 killed five officers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/dallas-police-shooting-one-dead-two-injured Author : Associated Press Publish date

Vice-president accuses Republican rival of ‘political stunt’ as Democrats call for inquiry into apparent altercationKamala Harris – the Democratic nominee for November’s White House race – has accused Donald Trump of “disrespecting sacred ground” on his recent visit to Arlington national cemetery, as the controversy over an apparent altercation between workers of his campaign and cemetery staff continued to build.The vice-president on Saturday accused the former president and Republican nominee of staging a “political stunt” after the US army accused the Trump campaign of turning a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday to mark the deaths of US soldiers in Afghanistan into

Joseph Rowntree Foundation points to ‘critical shift in expectations’ and says the public now budget for many routine servicesMost people in the UK now believe they will have to spend their own money on private healthcare for routine services such as dentistry, physiotherapy and counselling because they won’t be able to get them quickly on the NHS, pioneering new research has found.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says its findings, based on extensive focus group analysis, is evidence that Britons have undergone a “critical shift in expectations” about the health service’s capacity to meet their needs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/nhs-queues-mean-most-britons-expect-to-pay-for-healthcare-says-report

New York-born artist, 53, known for collaborating with Missy Elliott, was performing in Connecticut on FridayThe US rapper Fatman Scoop has died after he collapsed mid-performance during a free concert in Connecticut on Friday night, according to reports.The New York-born artist, whose real name is Isaac Freeman III, was headlining the so-called Green & Gold Party in Hamden, Connecticut, when he had what was described as a medical emergency. He was seen in a video posted on X to have collapsed behind the DJ booth after urging concertgoers to “make some noise”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/us-rapper-fatman-scoop-stage-collapse Author :

Labour accused of dropping pledges after it abandons cap on costs and prepares to scrap care worker training fund• Unless Labour wakes up on social care, tragedies will happenLabour has discarded its social care commitments and seems set to repeat the failure of previous governments to tackle the care crisis, the sector’s leaders have warned.Announcements by Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, that she would not cap costs for older people’s care and Stephen Kinnock, the care minister, that he would scrap a fund giving training for 37,000 care workers, have alarmed the social care sector. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/social-care-chiefs-labour-pledges-cap-costs