Five people, including two children, have been killed in a car crash on the M6 in Cumbria. The incident took place on the northbound carriageway not far from Tebay services on Tuesday afternoon, Cumbria constabulary said. Officers were called to the crash, involving a Skoda and a Toyota, at 4.o4pm. A man, woman and two…
The US law professor who told a pro-Palestine rally on 7 October that the first anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel marked “considerable celebration” for its role in elevating “global literacy” on Palestine has had his visa cancelled. An Australian government source confirmed Khaled Beydoun, an associate professor in law at Arizona State University, had…
Rachel Reeves aims to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, government sources have indicated. The chancellor told a political cabinet meeting on Tuesday that filling the £22bn funding shortfall that Labour says it inherited from the Conservatives was only enough “to keep public services standing still”. Reeves is drawing…
At a glance, last month’s sharp drop in the headline inflation figure to 1.7% tells the Bank of England all it needs to know when it considers whether to cut interest rates next month. The plunge from 2.2% in August puts the rate of prices growth well below the central bank’s 2% target and back…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivers his annual policy address at the Legislative Council on Oct. 16, 2024, in Hong Kong. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Hong Kong chief executive John Lee announced moves aimed at addressing the city’s housing affordability crisis, calling it “an issue of great…
The Nike-sponsored Melbourne Marathon festival has apologised for posting an edited image of a winning runner with the logo of a sports apparel rival obscured. The image depicted Leanne Pompeani with her arms outstretched after she won the half-marathon but the Asics logo on her running singlet was rubbed out. Images on the event’s Instagram…
The British photojournalist Paul Lowe has been fatally stabbed on a hiking trail in California and his teenage son arrested for murder, according to police. Lowe, who covered conflicts including the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, was found dead on 12 October in the San Gabriel mountains. The 61-year-old had been stabbed in…
One in five women in Australia have experienced stalking, with women most likely to be stalked by a man they know, according to new results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Two million women in the country (20% of the adult female population), and 650,000 men (6.8%), have experienced stalking since the age of 15,…
What if reducing your energy bill and cutting your home’s climate impact was as simple as using a different appliance? More than a quarter of Victorian households with both gas ducted heating and reverse-cycle air conditioners could start saving money immediately by using their split systems for heating instead of gas. The scenario – saving…
The Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano will appear at the Frankfurt book fair this week despite being snubbed by the organisers of the official Italian delegation, setting the scene for a clash between the country’s far-right government and its most prominent writers. Saviano, one of Italy’s bestselling living writers and an ardent critic of the far-right…
