RSPB reports record-breaking chough numbers pred 2 urama in 46 minutami RSPB England says 161 Choughs have been counted - 32 more than the 129 recorded last year.(BBC News)
'Social supermarket' to take over vacant shop pred 2 urama in 54 minutami SE Kitchen will open a third shop, adding to the social enterprise's units in Ashford and Ramsgate.(BBC News)
Teenage girl allegedly raped in ‘heinous’ attack at Queensland residential care home pred 2 urama in 55 minutami State’s child safety minister Amanda Camm confirms police are investigating alleged attack west of BrisbaneA Queensland teenager has allegedly been raped in a state-funded residential care home in what has been described as a “heinous” act.A staff member is accused of assaulting the girl, who is understood to be intellectually impaired, at the home west of Brisbane. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two years in limbo: the residents still paying mortgages on flats destroyed in east London fire pred 2 urama in 58 minutami Spectrum Building leaseholders awaiting payouts after freeholder, Arinium, went bankrupt shortly after 2024 blazeSarah Williams vividly remembers the night in 2016 when she camped overnight in a car park to put down a deposit on a flat in the newly completed Spectrum Building in Dagenham, east London.“People started queuing for those flats 24 hours before they went on sale,” she said. “It was basically the only flat I could afford in London. This was a year before Grenfell, and the flats market in London was completely crazy.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Iran seeks to criminalise all contact with foreign media in latest ‘chilling’ crackdown pred 2 urama in 58 minutami As photojournalist sentenced to 15 years, rights groups warn law would turn civic engagement into security crimeIran has taken the first step towards criminalising contact with foreign media, in a move human rights groups have said attempts to “sever the entire Iranian society from the rest of the world”.For journalists, researchers and even ordinary citizens, the proposed law being discussed by Iranian lawmakers this month could make speaking to international audiences and groups a potential criminal act and restrict coverage of events such as January’s mass anti-regime protests. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Teenage girl dies after she is found unresponsive at a home in ritzy Sydney suburb - as cops launch urgent investigation