Anger erupts over the OECD’s call to axe the pension triple lock to pay for Net Zero as the proposal is slapped down by Downing Street The OECD urged ministers in the UK to water down the pension promise made  Jeremy Hunt confirmed the policy will be honoured in full in Autumn statement  Calls to scrap the state pension triple […]

Plans to end ‘archaic’ law that jails women for having illegal abortions are put forward by MPs – after mother, 45, was convicted for a late termination and six more await trial Carla Foster was originally jailed for 28 months for an illegal abortion in June  Plans to end an ‘archaic’ law that jails women for having illegal abortions have […]

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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Three Catholic schools in Melbourne’s east look set to merge, creating a new kinder to year 12 campus for about 1500 students. The K-12 “education hub” plan includes St Timothy’s Primary School, Holy Saviour Parish Primary School and Emmaus Secondary College, all in […]

Doting father of kidnapped Emily Hand vows to make her better as he reveals his daughter spent her ninth birthday running from missile strikes in Gaza The father of a young girl who was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days has vowed to do ‘whatever it takes’ to help his daughter recover after revealing how she spent her ninth birthday […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key points Ride-share giant Uber is now listing taxis on its app in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and the Mornington Peninsula. The push into the taxi market shows Uber’s increasing dominance in Australia, after recording “collections” of $9.2 billion for the past year. Taxis […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Home owners in Melbourne’s fastest growing suburbs owe tens of millions of dollars in overdue rates as rising inflation pushes more ratepayers into mortgage stress. The total amount of rates arrears in the city’s outer growth corridors has risen more than 80 per […]

A PENSIONER claims she has been threatened by a "bully" council for feeding birds in her own garden after her neighbours complained. Anne Seago, 97, used to enjoy nothing more than sitting in her conservatory and watching sparrows and robins eat seeds on her bird table in Blackpool. But she says she is now too afraid to even look out […]

ITV presenter reveals his wife, 30, has been diagnosed with rare and incurable cancer just months after she gave birth to their first child An ITV presenter has revealed his wife has been diagnosed with a rare and incurable brain tumour just months after she gave birth to their first child.  Dan Salisbury-Jones, who hosts the ITV News Central sports bulletins, said […]

EXCLUSIVE: Buckingham Palace ‘shrugs off’ Harry and Meghan biographer’s Endgame as ‘just another book’: Insider dismisses Omid Scobie’s new book after it took aim at the Royal Family Omid Scobie’s ‘depressingly poisonous’ Endgame was today written off as just another book by those inside Buckingham Palace, MailOnline can reveal today, as it received more scathing reviews. Mr Scobie appears to […]