One thousand workers in the UK will get extra time off with no loss of pay in the first official pilot by the four-day week campaign under the Labour government. The British Society for Immunology and Crate Brewery in Hackney, east London, are among the businesses to have joined the latest trial, which is being…
The brother of a rapper gunned down outside a Melbourne nightclub has hit out at the “false narrative” surrounding the shooting and the way some community leaders have handled the attack. The man aged in his 20s was found with gunshot wounds on Langford Street in North Melbourne about 3.15am on Saturday. He died at…
A police theory that William Tyrrell’s foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died will be examined as an inquest into the toddler’s disappearance reopens. The three-year-old went missing while playing at his foster grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the mid north coast of New South…
Billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison will leave Mineral Resources as part of an “orderly transition” within 18 months after the company’s board found the chief executive had at times used company resources for his personal benefit. MinRes said in a statement it had also fined Ellison $8.8m to reflect the “significance of corporate governance and…
The lead singer of the British rock band Coldplay has fallen into a hole in the stage while performing in Melbourne. Chris Martin was talking to the crowd at the fourth and final Melbourne show at Marvel Stadium as part of the Music of the Spheres tour when he walked backwards into a large open…
A search is resuming for an 11-year-old boy swept out to sea by a strong current on the New South Wales Central Coast on Sunday evening. Bystanders noticed the boy had been swept into the ocean while trying to cross The Entrance channel about 5.15pm on Sunday and alerted emergency services. NSW police were told…
A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a man was hospitalised and left in a life-threatening condition after being hit by a car. The crash occurred in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, at about 11pm on Friday, with the victim – a 42-year-old man – being hit while crossing the road. Greater…
Her car was among the scores that were swept up in Spain’s deadly floods, tossed about by the mud-coloured waters that surged on to streets. But after 72 hours spent trapped in an underpass, the woman was hailed as one of the lucky ones. “After three days, we found someone alive in their car,” Martín…
Police have asked the public to stop sharing “distressing” images and videos after a man died in Edinburgh on Saturday evening. The 74-year-old man was struck by a single-decker bus in the Cowgate area of the city, when the streets were busy with weekend revellers. The incident led to feverish speculation on social media and…
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Iran to “immediately and unconditionally” release a female student who was arrested after stripping to her underwear in what the organisation described as a public protest against harassment relating to the country’s strict dress code. The incident took place after the woman, who has not been identified, reportedly…
