Composer Steve Reich, at 90, Returns With ‘In All Your Ways’ 13. October 2026 (11:00) Reich, whose music will be featured in birthday celebrations this month, said his latest work was “one of the best things I’ve done in a long time.”(New York Times)
Inside Health 13. October 2026 (11:00) Full body scans, nutritious stockpiles and why strokes are rising in black communities.(BBC News)
What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country 13. October 2026 (11:00) WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.(Wired)
Farage denies Reform would let troops shoot small boats after Jenrick’s ‘lethal force’ claim 13. October 2026 (10:56) Party leader says Jenrick’s comments ‘misconstrued’, after MP said Royal Marines would be allowed to fire at those on boatsUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has denied that a Reform UK government would authorise lethal force against migrant crossings in the Channel, hours after one of his MPs said the Royal Marines should be permitted to fire on the boats.Robert Jenrick, a Reform UK MP who defected from the Conservatives, had told TalkTV that the party would deploy the Royal Marines to take boats back to France. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Child safety staff determined to send Elizabeth Struhs home with parents despite doctors’ concerns, inquest hears 13. October 2026 (10:53) Queensland coronial inquest into death of eight-year-old girl continues after 14 members of religious sect were convicted of her manslaughterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was impossible to change the mind of child safety staff after they had decided to send Elizabeth Struhs home with her parents despite some of her doctors’ concerns, a police officer has told a coronial inquest into the young girl’s death.Child safety staff decided in 2019 that it would be “more detrimental” to not return Elizabeth, aged six at the time, to her Toowoomba home upon her discharge from hospital after suffering a coma due to diabetic ketoacidosis, a Queensland coroner heard. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Taxpayers footing £1bn a year cost of 120,000 teenagers getting benefits for autism, ADHD and depression
Japanese tourist drowns at popular Aussie tourist spot Millaa Millaa Falls