A collection of first editions of all six of Jane Austen’s novels, some of which would almost certainly have been handled by the writer herself, are going on display together for the first time at the house where she wrote them. The collection being exhibited at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, includes her brother…
The transport secretary is considering extending the HS2 line to Euston, her cabinet colleague Lisa Nandy has indicated, after Louise Haigh claimed it would make “absolutely no sense” to have the high-speed route terminate outside central London. Haigh also hinted at a cut-price “HS2-lite”, which would involve constructing a new section between Birmingham and Crewe…
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, celebrating ‘100 Years of Wonder.’ Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Price hikes are coming to Disneyland. While the California-based park’s entry-level ticket will remain at $104, the same price it’s been for six years, other ticket tiers, which are based on demand, will jump between $7 and $12,…
Popular US-based brand Crumbl Cookies has announced it will fast-track plans to open in Australia, after a rogue pop-up stand in Sydney created huge hype for the company’s kilojoule-filled products. The announcement comes after unaffiliated fans of the American company flew in hundreds of cookies to sell at a temporary store near Sydney’s Bondi Beach,…
A man shot by police in Wentworthville in Sydney last week after an alleged car theft has died, NSW police said. Two men were shot by police after officers were called to the scene at about 12.10pm on Friday, responding to a report of a stolen car in a Wentworthville car park in Sydney’s west.…
The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Google’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market. The Department of Justice has filed court papers that say it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” that would prevent Google from using some of its products such…
Rio Tinto is to buy the US company Arcadium Lithium for $6.7bn (£5.1bn), in a huge bet on the energy transition despite global headwinds in the electric car market. The Anglo-Australian metals and mining company said it would pay $5.85 a share for the US-based lithium miner. That represents an almost 90% premium to Arcadium’s…
The head of the Department of Parliamentary Services has announced a sudden “period of leave”, leaving a former anti-corruption commissioner in charge of the department. The secretary, Rob Stefanic, announced to staff in an email on Wednesday morning he had made a decision to “take a period of leave”. Jaala Hinchcliffe, the department’s deputy secretary…
Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as they currently declare, underscoring the need to introduce independent reporting of the potent greenhouse gas, an energy thinktank has warned. The Superpower Institute’s Open Methane tool used satellites and ground-based verification to identify 20 “sites of concern” – all involving coal and gas…
Two students have been arrested at Western Sydney University (WSU) after a pro-Palestine protest on campus. About 50 people attended the protest, NSW police estimated. Police said about 11.20am on Wednesday, the two protesters, aged 24 and 21, were arrested after allegedly assaulting campus security. They alleged that as police were arresting the pair, one…
