15 h. ago New apprentices officially start their careers in North Lanarkshire

Mears has taken on 36 new apprentices in North Lanarkshire, showing its ongoing commitment to training skilled workers for the future.

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16 h. ago Former Australian police officer pleads not guilty to killing his ex

A former police officer in Australia's New South Wales state has pleaded not guilty to murder in the killings of his ex-boyfriend and the man's partner

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58 h. ago Lack of skilled workers worsening London housing crisis, says deputy mayor

Lack of skilled workers worsening London housing crisis, says deputy mayor  Waltham Forest Echo

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3 d. ago ‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad?

When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astoundedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSee more Australian bird of the year contentThe southern emu-wren, one of Australia’s smallest birds, weighs just seven grams, about as much as two teaspoons of water.More tail than bird, its six upright tail feathers make up more than half its length and the males have a distinctive sky-blue patch of feathers on their upper chest and throat. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Skydivers jump out of plane moments before it crashes and kills pilot

Paul Smith, 54, died after the skydiving plane he was piloting crashed in New South Wales, Australia - eight skydivers had leapt from the aircraft just two minutes before, investigators said

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6 d. ago South Australia looking for UK workers to fill skills shortage

The state is on a recruitment drive in the UK

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7 d. ago UK workers with these jobs invited to move to Australia – they'll also double their salary

Professionals are being invited to job fair events in the UK to discuss career and lifestyle opportunities with representatives from key sectors in South Australia

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8 d. ago Robert Farquharson was jailed for drowning his three sons aged two, seven and 10 after separating from their mother. But now, SARAH RAINEY reveals the stunning twist that could prove him innocent

On a stretch of road outside a town south-west of Melbourne, Australia, three white crosses are fixed to a fence just off the highway. Sometimes, fresh flowers are laid beneath the crosses.

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8 d. ago Welsh teachers, police and builders being offered Australia relocation

South Australia is on a major recruitment drive with a roadshow in Wales looking for those in healthcare, education, construction, and public services

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8 d. ago Australia's iconic beach boxes lack the comforts of home but can cost more than a house

The iconic, brightly painted coastal sheds around Melbourne, Australia, known as beach boxes offer stunning views but lack basic amenities like bedrooms and bathrooms

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9 d. ago A drunk driver hit our car, my three friends died, and I began a fight for my life – and my ballet career

At 20, Marc Brew was the sole survivor of a terrible crash that killed his fellow dancers. Paralysed from the chest down, he had to learn to live in a new, uncharted realityMarc Brew was sitting in the back seat of a car on a motorway near Johannesburg, telling jokes and laughing with his friends, when a pickup came hurtling down the wrong side of the road towards them. “Out of nowhere, I just remember seeing this white flash,” says Brew, who was 20 at the time. The truck, which he later found out had a drunk driver at the wheel, drove straight into the car he was in. The crash killed everyone else in the vehicle.Nine months previously, Brew had moved from Australia to South Africa to join the Pact ballet company, based in Pretoria. That Saturday, he had attended his usual morning dance classes, before he and his friend Joanne, another member of the company, set off with her brother, Simon, and Simon’s fiancee’s brother, Toby, towards a game reserve where they had planned to go bush...

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1 week ago The country bucking the Trump trend – and making it easier for migrants to live there

As Donald Trump proudly cracks down on immigration and Nigel Farage stirs discontent about migrants in the UK, New Zealand has introduced a visa policy to help plug gaps in the workforce

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1 week ago New Zealand just made it easier for skilled migrants to gain residency as record number of citizens leave

New visa policy to help in plugging workforce gaps

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1 week ago Trump's $100k visa fee for skilled workers puts US at risk of recession, analysts warn

A new $100,000 fee for skilled worker visas introduced by President Donald Trump will weigh on economic growth, according to an investment bank.

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2 w. ago Murder charge in 2002 cold case after bones found buried in South Australian back yard

Detectives arrested and charged 64-year-old man over murder of Susan Goodwin, reported missing in July 2002Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have charged a man with murder, hours after bones were found during a search for the remains of a woman who vanished more than 20 years ago.The breakthrough in the cold case was made late on Wednesday after the discovery of human remains, believed to be those of Susan Goodwin, 39, buried in the back yard of a house in Port Lincoln, South Australia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hundreds of prison officers may have to leave UK after Labour’s visa rule change

Prison Officers’ Association says change in eligibility for skilled work visas is ‘disgraceful’ and ‘pandering to Reform’ Hundreds of foreign prison officers will lose their jobs and could be forced to return to their home countries at short notice because of a change in visa rules introduced by Labour, governors and a union have warned.More than 1,000 staff, mainly from African countries, have been sponsored by prisons across England and Wales allowing them to come to the UK on skilled worker visas. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘His team loved and revered him’: Harry Potter director David Yates pays tribute to production designer Stuart Craig

Craig was an artist of literally towering achievements, in films from The English Patient to Harry Potter, whose kindness won the loyalty of the huge teams he led• Stuart Craig, Oscar-winning production designer, dies aged 83Stuart Craig was a softly spoken, gentle soul – full of grace, tall, slender, willowy, polite and kind – but despite appearances he masterfully stewarded a gigantic industrial creative machine. The art department for Harry Potter was huge, and Stuart guided teams across multiple skill sets – concept artists, prop makers, construction workers, painters and decorators, plasterers and model makers – to realise the fabric and architecture of JK Rowling’s world.It wasn’t unusual to be standing with him on one of his enormous inspiring sets, the Magical Congress of the United States of America in New York or the courtyard of Hogwarts, which towered multiple storeys high, and for Stuart to suddenly be distracted and laser-focused on the texture of a tile, or the colour...

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3 w. ago Vanuatu delays $330M Australia security pact over Chinese funding concerns

Vanuatu is not ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia due to concerns about potential restrictions on securing infrastructure funding from other countries

Economics

3 w. ago Jofra Archer will be ready for ‘biggest series of our lives’ – Brendon McCullum

Archer will be key to England’s Ashes hopes and showed his quality with four for 18 against South Africa on Sunday.

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4 w. ago 'Is this the same Melbourne I migrated to?' Indians targeted by racist messaging are asking why them

Shock and concern as ‘peace-loving and law-abiding’ community subjected to ‘hateful behaviour’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA week before the March for Australia rallies, leaders from the south Asian community held an emergency meeting.“I feel this will be Cronulla 2.0,” Amar Singh texted the group on 23 August, to arrange the meeting for the following day. Continue reading...

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