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By Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie Michael Pezzullo (foreground) sent a Liberal powerbroker messages he wanted passed on to former prime minister Scott Morrison and spoke disparagingly of former top public servant Martin Parkinson.Credit: Illustration: Matthew Absalom-Wong Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Over the years, some of my friendships have withered and died, natural deaths caused by change and a narrowing of time, but I am thankful for those that have survived my growing old. These friendships – childhood ones […]

NHS consultant credited with saving life of Broadchurch star Sarah Parish was ‘astonished’ when chief executive claimed he was an ‘unacceptable risk’ to patients after he blew whistle over young mother’s death, tribunal hears Martyn Pitman was told by chief executive she had no evidence to back up claim The consultant said he suffered over […]

Sacre bleu, the bed bugs are coming for you: Skin-crawling videos show blood-sucking creatures crawling over seats on Paris trains and buses as France battles ‘invasion’ of the insects Videos shared online show the creatures crawling on public transport seats  Skin-crawling videos show bed bugs crawling over seats on trains and buses in Paris as […]

Council apologises for ‘crass’ art installation at spot where two children, 17 and 12, drowned after their grieving families complained it was ‘unsuitable’ due to ‘tragic circumstances’ Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned on May 31 this year   A council has today apologised for a ‘crass’ art installation at the spot where two […]

That’s not a fair way! Golf club members are furious after police let off ‘lazy dog walker’ who cut down metal fence to keep taking dangerous short cut Mystery vandal cut the fence at Sturminster Marshall Golf Club in three places  But Dorset Police declined to take further action after a suspect came forward A […]

Suspect Keefe D, 60, is arrested in connection with Tupac murder: Compton Crip gang leader confessed in his memoir about hunting down and executing rapper in 1996 drive-by Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis has been arrested in connection with the death of Tupac  The gangster admitted being in the car which shot at the hip-hop legend […]

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could have been caught sooner if first detective who suspected him had stayed in charge of the case, top judge says Judge Barrington Black says Yorkshire Ripper could have been caught sooner Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could have been caught sooner if the first detective to link the case to a […]

Druids warn that Sycamore Gap tree was a ‘link between above and below’ worlds but has now become a ‘symbol of fragility’ Susan Winter, Scribe of the Druid Order, said destroying the tree was symbolic She said it represented the battle that nature faced against climate destruction  The destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree has […]

A CHILLING letter sent by Caroline Crouch's killer husband to her grieving mum has come to light. Twisted Babis Anagnostopoulos, 35, penned a seemingly heartfelt note from prison, ranting about getting involved in a sick blackmail plot. In his letter addressed to Susan Crouch, the Greek pilot presented his version of what happened the night […]