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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One person is unaccounted for and several others, including two firefighters, were injured when a fire that remains out of control engulfed a chemical factory in Melbourne’s south-east. A factory worker is yet to be located and two […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The financial hit from rising interest rates and high inflation has obliterated nine years of gains for Victorian households, taking the amount of money families have at their disposal back to 2014 levels. Families are now sharply scaling […]

Moment man dressed as a PIRATE destroys 5,000 gallons of white wine worth $600,000 in Washington cellar before disappearing into the darkness A mystery pirate-looking individual ‘broke-in’ to a family-run Washington winery on Thanksgiving Eve The intruder destroyed 5,000 gallons and $600,000 of artisan hand-crafted wine Sparkman Cellars is now scrambling to complete orders after […]

Hospital sent widow video of husband’s death. Grieving wife tells Covid Inquiry how she was banned from visiting ward – and sent memory stick of his final moments A hospital filmed the death of a coronavirus victim before sending the video to his grieving­ wife, an inquiry has heard. Jan Gillan was refused permission to […]

Residents in Highland town are shocked by a warning that a great white shark is lurking off the coast… only to discover they were mixed up with a town in New Zealand It is an area more famous for dolphin spotting. But residents in a Highland town on the Moray Firth were shocked when they […]

Ofsted halts school inspections next week to rollout new training after Ruth Perry inquest finds it had ‘likely contributed’ to headteacher’s suicide For help and support contact the Samaritans on 116 123 or go to samaritans.org  Ofsted will halt school inspections next week to rollout new training to its staff after an inquest found the […]

Football chiefs are urged to ban transgender women from playing in women’s teams by leading politicians  Football chiefs are today urged by leading politicians to ban transgender women from playing in female teams, in the name of fairness and safety. Under Football Association rules, players are currently able to register under their ‘affirmed gender’ rather […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The first Victorian to be charged with performing a Nazi salute in public says he continues to perform the banned gesture every day. Jacob Hersant, 24, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday for a mention hearing after […]

Heavy flooding drench parts of Britain: Up to three inches of rain falls in just hours on soggy Thursday leaving parts of Devon and Cornwall underwater – with more wet and windy weather on the way Heavy flooding drenched parts of Britain today after three inches of rain fell within hours. Some areas saw schools […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Wild winds, storms and scorching temperatures are lashing parts of Victoria, with the Bureau of Meteorology issuing severe weather warnings for much of the state. The wildly fluctuating weather and recent rain have made for highly challenging conditions […]