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Exclusive: Homes demolished along east coast after being deemed too vulnerable to live in, figures reveal Seaside communities along the east coast of England have lost at least 183 homes to coastal erosion and landslides over the past 16 years, figures obtained by the Guardian reveal. After councils judged properties across the Yorkshire and East Anglian coasts too vulnerable to remain safely occupied, the homes were proactively demolished. Continue reading...

Case of couple who wed legally in Austria exposes clash between EU court ruling and national restrictions A same-sex couple are suing authorities in Slovakia for refusing to register their Austrian marriage, testing whether a landmark EU court ruling can turn recognition abroad into legal security at home. Their fight exposes a clash between European obligations and national restrictions – and what that means for LGBTQ+ people living under Robert Fico’s populist-nationalist government. Continue

‘Round-up’ pricing in items such as coffee suggests increases are exceeding the typical 1.5% surcharge fee Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Businesses are using the recent ban on credit card surcharges as “cover” to pass along much larger price increases to customers, experts say, as cafes and restaurants struggle to cope with climbing costs and rising interest rates. Credit card surcharges, typically worth abo

Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board Qantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft on its way from Perth. The parasitic insects were found in the front of the economy section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it made its way from Perth to Rome for the QF5 flight on 9 October, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and r

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army A new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army. ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based su

Over 10m people have tuned in for episodes of new season of BBC hit as mass TV audiences become increasingly rare For the celebrities chosen as traitors in the BBC’s juggernaut reality show, the task is simple – kill off fellow contestants without getting caught. Yet with the new series of Celebrity Traitors once again attracting huge audiences, its UK producers are delighting in one of the show’s more wholesome qualities – its popularity is staving off the death of television’s ability to unite

High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks The threat of an AI share price crash rippling out across global markets is putting world financial stability at risk, the International Monetary fund has warned. In its twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF highlighted the sky-high valuations for AI companies along with their increasing debt pile as one reason that risks in the system are “elevated”. Continue reading.

Media adviser who married federal One Nation MP in 2023 confirms she has started working part-time for the party’s state executive Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Vikki Campion, the News Corp columnist and wife of the federal One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, has begun working as an adviser for the party in New South Wales in the lead-up to the March state election. Campion, who helped the NSW One Nation leader and candidate for Cessnock, Mike Newman, with a press conferen

Defence also cross-examines witness over postmortem examinations of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A bullet hole left in a bedroom door and DNA found in the barrel of the firearm have been scrutinised in court as Beau Lamarre-Condon’s double murder trial continues in Sydney. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home in on 19 February 2024.

Whear was last seen on CCTV in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah. Last week, police said a partially submerged body believed to be a woman was disc

Six Flags Over Georgia ‘deeply saddened’ by tragedy, reportedly occurring on Goliath coaster with 175ft drop One person has died and several others were injured in an incident involving a Six Flags rollercoaster on Monday afternoon in Georgia, according to police. The incident took place a Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (25km) north-west of Atlanta, according to the Cobb county police department. Continue reading...

Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of support Councils are warning of potentially “catastrophic” debts, which are forecast to reach a record £10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools. Although the government recently cleared more than £5bn in historic council Send debts, a surge in requests has led to authorities predicting they will

Inmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centre Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Queensland ombudsman has backed away from calls to close a youth prison so “unsuitable” for children that some are self-harming in an attempt to get transferred, amid concerns that the Crisafulli government’s hardline bail laws could create a new crowding crisis in police watch houses. The ombudsman, Anthony Reilly, published an inspection report

Leftist former leader accused of involvement in shooting of three Europeans in Santa Cruz and torture of two others Bolivia’s attorney general has announced an investigation into leftist former president Evo Morales, alleging his involvement in the murder and torture of European citizens in 2009. Seventeen years ago, police raided a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz, shooting dead Eduardo Rózsa Flores, a Bolivian-Croatian, Michael Dwyer, an Irishman, and Árpád Magyarosi, a Hungarian-Romanian. Cont

Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representation The Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte has died aged 34, his representatives confirmed on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,” Mitte’s representatives said in a statement provided to Variety and Deadline. Continue reading...