3 h. ago Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge describes airline as ‘the wrong kind of sorry’

Lawyer for Transport Workers Union calls record $90m penalty the ‘darkest day’ in airline’s 105-year history Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas has been fined a record $90m for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff in 2020, taking the cost of its controversial outsourcing decision to more than $200m.Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision on the penalty on Monday, nine months after Qantas and the Transport Workers’ Union agreed the airline would pay $120m in compensation to the sacked workers. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago I'm a fashion editor and these the hottest designer sites to snap up their second

When it comes to fashion, preloved clothes and accessories have become one of the most enduring trends.

Culture

6 h. ago ‘Skibidi’, ‘delulu’ and ‘tradwife’ among words added to Cambridge Dictionary

Lexicographers give nod to TikTok generation’s enduring influence on English language with latest additions“Skibidi”, “tradwife” and “delulu” are among the new words to have made this year’s Cambridge Dictionary in a selection that confirms the increasing influence of the TikTok generation on the English language.For those hoping such that such neologisms would be a passing internet craze, the compilers of the dictionary say they are here to stay. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Scorned lover who ignited county's worst wildfire in HISTORY to hide the body of woman he murdered is jailed

Victor Serriteno, 33, murdered Priscilla Castro, 22, after meeting her online, then set her body on fire on August 18, 2020.

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10 h. ago Celeb SAS' Adam Collard bursts into tears over Laura Woods' devastating miscarriage

Reality star Adam Collard was overcome with emotion as he discussed some of the hardest moments he has endured in life on Channel 4's Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins

Politics

11 h. ago Disturbing video shows lawmaker stuffing ballots in swing state that Trump only won by 80,000 votes

Abu Musa, city councilmember of Hamtramck, Michigan, was seen in the passenger seat of a car, watching another man deposit three stacks of ballots into a drop box.

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12 h. ago Two cruise passengers drowned within hours of each other on Carnival’s new private island in the Bahamas

Celebration Key, a private island run by Carnival Cruise Line for its cruise passengers, opened in July

Events

13 h. ago Two cruise passengers drown just hours apart at newly opened Caribbean resort

Two US cruise passengers in their 70s have died after they drowned at a $600 million mega-resort, the Celebration Key on the Grand Bahama Island, with an investigation underway

Events

13 h. ago Chelsea player ratings vs Crystal Palace as debutant endures 4/10 nightmare

Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge, with a number of Blues players failing to make an impact in the Premier League opener

Sport

14 h. ago Chelsea player ratings vs Crystal Palace: Josh Acheampong steps up as Joao Pedro endures quiet debut

The youngster impressed in the absence of Levi Colwill and Tosin Adarabioyo

Sport

14 h. ago Fire in the hole: the Indigenous crews blasting the Alaskan rainforest to save it

After a historic land buyback by the US Forest Service, Tlingit crew members are demolishing culverts to restore streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the Tongass national forestThe morning begins with a sense of anticipation – the calm before 1,200lbs of explosives detonate a stream culvert buried 10ft in Alaska’s Tongass national forest.Jamie Daniels, 53, and his crew of Tlingit forestry workers take cover in a glade of alders. Continue reading...

Events

14 h. ago Enzo Maresca's bizarre decision backfires as Chelsea debutants fail to shine in draw

Chelsea endured a frustrating start to the new Premier League season as the Blues were held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge

Events

15 h. ago Maria thought her first overseas trip would be to a tropical paradise

A Melbourne woman has revealed the heartbreak of taking her first international flight not to a tropical  beach holiday she once imagined - but instead to visit her mother in a foreign prison.

Politics

15 h. ago Plane crash terror as aircraft plummets onto golf course in front of shocked golfers

A Piper Cherokee crash landed on a golf course in Australia after it was carrying out a training flight. It is not known what caused the crash but officials are investigating

Events

16 h. ago Plane crash lands on golf course from 20,000 feet as witnesses tell of 'crunch'

A small plane was forced to land on a golf course during a training flight with two people on board

Events

16 h. ago German police are investigating a €0.15 water butt theft – and I fear they’re on the right side of history

I’ve often laughed at those who are voluntarily extremely frugal. But in a world of dwindling resources, aren’t the real weirdos the ones throwing yacht parties and sending Katy Perry into space? Here’s a silly season story for you: a 51-year-old woman in the German town of Spaichingen in Swabia is under criminal investigation on suspicion of filling watering cans from her neighbour’s water butt. The total estimated value of the purloined water: €0.15.It’s wonderfully daft. She allegedly hid behind a bin to evade detection and, according to reports, the police declared, with Solomonic gravity: “Once it is in the barrel, [the water] no longer belongs to the heavens.” Who knows what motivated this nano-crime: a moment of midlife madness? Some kind of grudge? But water is metered in Germany so there might a kind of extreme parsimony at work (Swabian housewives are legendarily thrifty, apparently). Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago Jet2 holidaymaker left in stitches at 'world's smallest armrest' on £200 flight

Tom Pike, 28, from Hackney, London had been on holiday in Menorca with a friend earlier this month when he came across an extremely small armrest on his Jet2 flight home

Economics

17 h. ago Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work

Union criticises move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers strandedThe Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began striking and ordered binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.Since March, Canada’s largest airline and the union representing its flight attendants have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour. Flight attendants are not paid for any work before or after the plane takes off. Continue reading...

Politics

18 h. ago Notting Hill Carnival opening ceremony sees revellers throw paint and powder

As Notting Hill Carnival is approaching swiftly, we're taking a dive into what J'ouvert is and the history behind the colourful 'dutty' event and how Sunday showcases two different versions of J'ouvert

Politics

18 h. ago St Augustine pictured as black in children's book published by Church of England as part of diversity drive

The saint, one of the most influential figures in Christian history, has been illustrated as black in a new book called Heroes of Hope.

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