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Kenneth Toll, a 62-year-old diabetic, was found dead in a private NSW hospital’s bathroom three days after his operationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCraig Rose recalls catching up with his best friend of 35 years, Kenneth Toll, in a pub, when they saw two old men sitting and laughing together at another table. Toll gave Rose a nudge and said: “That’ll be us one day”.Toll was wrong. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/28/family-of-albury-man-who-died-after-routine-knee-surgery-await-results-of-coronial-inquest-ntwnfb Author : Melissa Davey Medical editor, in Albury Publish date : 2024-09-28 00:00:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police say the 46-year-old woman was found with significant injuries at Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley on Friday afternoonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman in NSW’s Hunter Valley.Emergency services were called to a property in Pokolbin, about an hour’s drive west of Newcastle, over reports of welfare concerns just after 6pm on Friday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/28/man-47-charged-with-after-woman-found-dead-at-nsw-property Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-27 22:48:43 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Former prime minister admits in extract from forthcoming book that he discussed possible military operation at height of pandemicBoris Johnson considered an “aquatic raid” on a Dutch warehouse to seize Covid vaccines during the height of the pandemic, he has revealed in his memoirs.The former prime minister discussed plans with senior military officials in March 2021, according to an extract from his forthcoming book, Unleashed, published in the Daily Mail. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/boris-johnson-considered-raid-dutch-warehouse-seize-covid-vaccine Author : Tom Ambrose and agency Publish date : 2024-09-27 22:53:31 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Two arrested in connection with vandalism in abandoned home owned by the son of Philadelphia Phillies co-ownerTwo people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with vandalism in an abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion owned by the son of a Philadelphia Phillies co-owner.John Powers Middleton, a film producer, owns a property that has long been left vacant and become a popular target for graffiti artists and squatters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/hollywood-hills-mansion-graffiti-vandalism-arrest Author : Coral Murphy Marcos Publish date : 2024-09-27 21:56:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Six confirmed dead and 91 hurt but other reports claim hundreds killed as sources close to Hezbollah say Hassan Nasrallah is aliveMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIsrael has launched its heaviest air attack on Beirut in almost a year of conflict with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, levelling a number of buildings in a southern suburb in an apparent attempt to kill Hezbollah’s leader and a key Iran ally, Hassan Nasrallah.Six loud explosions were heard across the Lebanese capital late on Friday afternoon, and vast plumes of smoke were visible from as far as Batroun, a city an hour’s

Two men, believed to be in their 20s, and an older man and woman, were killed in the incident near DubboGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour people have died in a two-vehicle crash on the Newell Highway at Tomingley in western New South Wales.Four people – two men, believed to be aged in their 20s, and an older man and woman – died at the scene of the crash that happened at around 9.20pm on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/27/four-dead-in-two-vehicle-crash-in-western-new-south-wales Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-27 21:24:48 Copyright for syndicated

The Grammy-nominated singer took the plunge with Jeremy Dufrene in waterside outdoor venueIn what some might see as an unlikely union, the Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey has married a swamp tour guide from Louisiana.The Daily Mail obtained exclusive video and photos of the 39-year-old Del Rey’s wedding on Thursday to Jeremy Dufrene, 49, in Des Allemands, Louisiana, about a 45-minute drive south-west of New Orleans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/27/lana-del-rey-married-jeremy-dufrene Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2024-09-27 20:20:31 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Beleaguered mayor in court as prosecutors allege Adams, 64, ‘sought and accepted improper valuable benefits’US politics live – latest updatesEric Adams, the embattled Democratic mayor of New York City, who was indicted on federal criminal charges in an unprecedented scene for a sitting mayor of the city, pleaded not guilty in court in Manhattan early on Friday afternoon.The mayor arrived at court on Friday morning hours ahead of a scheduled arraignment, accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions and free overseas trips from foreign actors seeking influence. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/nyc-mayor-eric-adams Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date

Former This Morning presenter says he was ‘so, so close’ to taking his own life after scandal that saw him quit ITVPhillip Schofield has said he will be “forever sorry” in his first television appearance in more than a year since his shock downfall.Schofield, now 62, quit ITV and admitted to having lied about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning last May. His agent parted ways with him and he has stayed out of the spotlight since. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/27/phillip-schofield-says-he-will-be-forever-sorry-on-primetime-tv-return Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2024-09-27 19:08:29

Defence secretary to meet family of woman allegedly killed by soldier, as ITV airs documentary alleging fresh abusesThe army is to launch an inquiry into the behaviour of British troops posted to a military base in Kenya, after multiple allegations of serious abuses committed by soldiers, including rape and murder.The inquiry is to examine the conduct of military personnel posted to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). It is where the soldier alleged to have murdered a Kenyan woman, Agnes Wanjiru, was posted at the time of her death in 2012. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/27/mod-investigate-british-troops-kenya-itv-documentary Author :

US rapper says her visit to indoor market led to her spending two days ‘sweating out’ an illnessThe US rapper Azealia Banks has accused Birmingham’s fish market of making her ill, comparing it to a “Wuhan wet market”.In an unlikely intervention, the American star posted on X that city officials needed to “do something” about the stalls before comparing the market to the site in China identified as the place where the Covid pandemic most likely began. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/27/azealia-banks-says-bull-rings-wuhan-wet-market-fish-stalls-made-her-ill Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-09-27 17:56:01 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Exclusive: Move signals change of policy that was causing health groups to withdraw from conferences and disquiet within media brandThe division of the Economist’s parent group that has come under fire over its commercial ties with the world’s three biggest tobacco companies is to stop doing any “new work” with tobacco companies.The decision follows a Guardian investigation which revealed that Economist Impact, a division separate to the newspaper that runs events and includes paid-for and sponsored content on its website, was forced to cancel a high-profile cancer conference due to a backlash from speakers and organisations over its ties with

S&P 500 index of major US companies registers near 100% gain on year ago amid expectation of interest rate cutsA fall in US inflation expected to pave the way for further cuts in interest rates pushed stock markets to record highs on Friday.Ending a week of gains that began when the Chinese authorities approved a huge economic stimulus package, the S&P 500 index of major US companies soared above 5,750 to register a near 100% gain on a year ago. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/27/stock-markets-hit-record-highs-after-news-of-a-fall-in-us-inflation Author : Phillip InmanJulia Kollewe Publish date : 2024-09-27 17:06:20 Copyright for syndicated content

Advisers to prime ministers are often targets of sniping but being in news is not sustainable for Starmer’s chief of staffFor someone who was not even in Liverpool for the Labour conference, Sue Gray was the subject of a remarkable amount of conversation.So what does the future hold for Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – and how much is she just a victim of circumstance? Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/27/sue-gray-struggles-reflect-how-no-10-works-but-she-must-not-be-story Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-27 16:22:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Pair meet amid feud between Zelenskyy and Republicans that Ukraine fears could paralyse military aid if Trump winsDonald Trump has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York in a high-stakes meeting at which the Ukrainian leader hoped to repair ties with the former US president.The two men met at Trump Tower on Friday amid a growing feud between Zelenskyy and Republicans that Ukraine fears could sabotage further US military aid if Trump wins in November. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/trump-zelenskyy-meet-high-stakes-ukraine-talks-new-york Author : Andrew Roth Publish date : 2024-09-27 15:39:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Storm made landfall in Florida Thursday and has caused deaths, damage and about 4m power outages in multiple statesHurricane Helene – live updatesHelene has reportedly killed at least 10 people and inflicted more than 4m power outages across the south-eastern US after crashing ashore in north-western Florida late on Thursday as a potent category 4 hurricane, according to officials.The storm – which registered maximum sustained winds of 140mph – had weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia early on Friday, when residents whose communities experienced Helene’s peak effects more directly were only just beginning to fathom the recovery process ahead.

Survey findings are despite black men being twice as likely to develop the disease than overall populationNearly two-thirds (62%) of black people in the UK believe racial discrimination has prevented them or a male loved one from accessing a prostate cancer test, a survey has found, despite black men having twice the risk of developing the disease than the overall adult male population.A PSA test measures the level of the protein prostate-specific antigen in the blood, and may be able to detect prostate cancer in its early stages. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/26/one-in-four-black-men-in-the-uk-refused-prostate-cancer-test-by-their-gp-survey-finds Author : Tobi Thomas Health and

Section of truck on display along with images sent in by public of the tree when it was still standing“I had this in my workshop for about a week and I came in one day and one of the people I work with was just hugging it,” said the artist Charlie Whinney, speaking in front of a nearly two-metre section of the tree’s trunk.It’s a lump of wood, but it’s not any lump of wood. It’s the largest remaining section of the felled Sycamore Gap tree, and it has gone on public display in Northumberland as if, rightly, it were

Domesticated creatures feature heavily in contemporary contributions to Guardian column compared to diaries of 1920sIn the early 1920s, the British countryside was a place where blackbirds sang, rabbits scurried and the summer skies were animated by swallows and house martins. A century on, blackbirds still sing and ancient oaks stand proud but the landscape is dominated by sheep, cows and dogs – according to Guardian country diarists.A study of the most-featured species in the Country Diary column from 2021-24 and a century earlier reveals a surprising dominance of domesticated creatures in the mind’s eye of the contemporary contributors. Continue reading...

Kieran Usher, of Sunderland, pleaded guilty to charge and is given sentence of four years and four monthsA man who was the first person in the UK to be convicted of a charge of riot after widespread disorder this summer has been jailed for four years and four months.Kieran Usher, 32, from Hendon, Sunderland, was jailed at Newcastle crown court after previously pleading guilty. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/27/first-person-convicted-of-riot-over-uk-summer-disorder-is-jailed Author : Hannah Al-Othman Publish date : 2024-09-27 11:47:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zoneIn 2015, when more than 1.3 million people headed to Europe, mostly fleeing a brutal war in Syria, the response of Germany’s then chancellor, Angela Merkel, was to say “Wir schaffen das” (“We can manage this”), and open the country’s borders.Less than a decade later, and faced with a flow of irregular arrivals less than 10% of what it was at the peak of the bloc’s migration crisis, EU capitals are increasingly saying, “No, we can’t.” Or, perhaps more accurately, “We won’t.” Continue

Search prompted weeks of speculation and multiple conspiracy theories on social mediaThe partner of Nicola Bulley has described the online obsession with her disappearance as a “monster” that got out of control.Paul Ansell said his family initially welcomed the huge public interest after the mother of two vanished while walking her dog in Lancashire in January last year. However, Bulley’s disappearance quickly grabbed the attention of would-be sleuths on social media who began posting misleading theories about what had happened. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/27/nicola-bulley-online-obsession-became-monster-says-partner Author : Dan Milmo and agency Publish date : 2024-09-27 10:14:42 Copyright for syndicated

JD Vance had to cancel two events in Georgia on Thursday after the category 4 storm surged across the regionJD Vance has been forced to cancel two campaign events in Georgia due to the threat posed by Hurricane Helene, in the latest instance of Donald Trump’s presidential bid being affected by extreme weather worsened by a climate crisis that both Trump and Vance have routinely mocked.Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, scrapped plans to make a speech in Macon, Georgia, and then hold a rally in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on Thursday due to the hurricane, which has surged across the Gulf

Rail services and roads disrupted in parts of England and Wales with further downpours forecastThe Environment Agency has warned drivers their cars can be swept away in just 30cm (12in) of water as more than 60 flood warnings were issued in England after heavy rain overnight, with further downpours to come.Flooding disrupted rail services in England and Wales on Thursday morning and caused the M5 motorway to be closed in both directions in Gloucestershire. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/27/uk-weather-flood-warnings-england-heavy-rain-rail-roads-england-wales-met-office Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2024-09-27 09:38:46 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Russell Findlay, a former crime reporter, has been appointed as the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the most fractious period in the party’s historySeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editorRussell Findlay, a former crime reporter, has been appointed as the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the most fractious period in the party’s history.Russell Findlay, 2,565 votesMurdo Fraser, 1,187 votesMeghan Gallacher, 403 votes Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/sep/27/new-leader-scottish-conservatives-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-live Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-09-27 09:06:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.