Landlords in England and Wales would be banned from charging more than a month’s rent upfront under changes MPs are due to vote on on Tuesday. Angela Rayner, the housing secretary, has amended her renters’ rights bill to limit the amount of money property owners can demand before a tenant moves in, as part of…
Fifteen bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 44 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out. On Thursday, a letter brought up to the surface claimed…
A man has been charged with driving offences after an alleged hit-and-run collision involving an eight-year-old child and a horse, which had to be put down, police have said. Christopher Rogers, 61, of Bolventor, Launceston, has been charged with driving without due care, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, failing to stop after a road…
The Australian government is “making urgent inquiries” after reports of the death of an Australian citizen captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine. Oscar Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher from Melbourne, was serving alongside Ukraine’s armed forces when he was reportedly captured by Russian soldiers last year as a prisoner of war. A video taken…
Commuters in Sydney have been warned to expect delays and slower journeys across the city’s train network from Wednesday due to industrial action by rail unions which are now considering an improved pay offer from the state. Transport for New South Wales issued the warning to passengers about the “significant delays” on Tuesday afternoon, as…
A convicted double murderer’s attempt to secure release from custody via the high court has prompted several state governments to intervene to protect “no body, no parole” laws. Rodney Michael Cherry, 62, was found guilty in 2002 of killing his 35-year-old wife, Annette Cherry, and 18-year-old stepdaughter, Kira Guise at Roma, in rural Queensland and…
The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, has said his government intends to make “many more” changes to the state’s hardline youth justice laws, after the arrest of a 13-year-old accused of stabbing a supermarket worker. Police alleged the boy attacked the woman with a knife at the Yamanto shopping centre in Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, on…
Nine of Sydney’s northern beaches have been closed after ball-shaped debris washed ashore. The Northern Beaches council on Tuesday advised beachgoers to avoid Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North and South Curl Curl, North Steyne and North Narrabeen beaches until further notice. In a post on Facebook, the council said it was working…
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing of a Coles employee. Police allege the teenager approached the 63-year-old woman while she was working at the supermarket in Ipswich’s Yamanto Shopping Centre, south-west of Brisbane, and stabbed her in the back with a knife before attempting to flee the scene….
A house on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has collapsed down a cliff in a landslide on Tuesday morning, with one person taken to hospital. The house on Penny Lane in McCrae collapsed shortly before 9am on Tuesday. Ambulance Victoria said paramedics had responded about 8.45am and one person, believed to be in a stable condition, had…
