9 h. ago Urgent search for backpacker, 26, who disappeared in Western Australia eight days ago

Police believe she last made contact with her friends as she was travelling through the Wheatbelt region of Wialki, near Beacon, about 320km to Perth's northeast

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26 h. ago Urgent police search for missing girl, 12, who vanished in popular seaside town

Dorset Police said they are “growing concerned” about Pixie’s welfare

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6 d. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with sexual abuse offences as 1,200 children to be tested for infectious diseases

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually assaulted infants and children in his care at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian health authorities are recommending 1,200 children get tested for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and children in his care.Police on Tuesday confirmed Point Cook man Joshua Brown, 26, was charged last month with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with more than 70 offences against children in his care

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually abused eight children at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with more than 70 offences after allegedly sexually abusing eight children in his care.Victoria police issued a statement on Tuesday confirming they charged 26-year-old Point Cook man Joshua Brown last month with offences including sexual penetration of a child under 12, attempted sexual penetration of a child under 12, sexual assault of a child under 16 and producing child material for use through a carriage service. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago British and Irish Lions: Andy Farrell rues 'shocking' Tomos Williams injury loss as Ben White called up

Wales scrum-half will play no further part in Australia after hamstring issue suffered against Western Force

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8 d. ago Urgent search launched for man who vanished while paddleboarding on Scottish loch

Emergency services were called to the scene on Saturday evening to reports of a man who had been paddleboarding on Loch Ore Meadows in Lochgelly, Fife, and who had not returned to shore

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9 d. ago Expect Farrell’s frustrations to vanish: the Lions will prioritise hunger and energy | Ugo Monye

The tour starts when boots are on the ground in Australia and a line can be drawn under last week’s defeat against Argentina The British & Irish Lions’ defeat by Argentina will have been shaken out of their system even before the jet lag. It is not difficult to draw a line under it. The tour starts when boots are on the ground in Australia and listening to the noises coming out of the camp, I’d be amazed if Andy Farrell is voicing the same frustrations after Saturday’s match against Western Force.The handling errors against the Pumas stood out. I don’t mind so much those that were committed in aerial contests – though there were a lot in open play as well – but I think what really frustrated Farrell is that Argentina appeared to be playing with more urgency at the breakdown and when it came to feeding off the loose scraps. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dan Sheehan wants ‘passion’ from British and Irish Lions teammates

The Lions captain wants his team to show the same intensity as their opponents, Western Force, in Saturday’s tour opener

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1 week ago Urgent search launched to find schoolboy, 12, after going missing in school uniform

Jax has not been seen since 7.30am on Thursday (June 26)

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1 week ago Debutant Dan Sheehan will lead Lions in first tour fixture against Western Force

Irish hooker joins eight other first-timers in matchday 23Jamison Gibson-Park and James Ryan left out with injuriesEight Ireland players have been selected in the British & Irish Lions starting XV to face Western Force in the first fixture of the squad’s Australia tour on Saturday. The Leinster hooker Dan Sheehan will lead out the team on his Lions debut with eight more first-time Lions featuring in the matchday 23 and 20-year-old Henry Pollock handed a start at number eight.Sheehan will be among those making his Lions debut alongside his club-mates Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, Joe McCarthy and Josh van der Flier. The bench contains another four newcomers in the shape of England’s Ollie Chessum and Will Stuart, Scotland’s Huw Jones and Ireland’s Andrew Porter. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sheehan will lead Lions with Pollock handed start at No8 against Western Force

Irish hooker joins eight other debutants in matchday 23Northampton’s Pollock to add back-row dynamismEight Ireland players have been selected in the British & Irish Lions starting XV to face Western Force in the first fixture of the squad’s Australia tour on Saturday. The Leinster hooker Dan Sheehan will lead out the team on his Lions debut with eight more first-time Lions featuring in the matchday 23 and 20-year-old Henry Pollock handed a start at number eight.Sheehan will be among those making his Lions debut alongside his club-mates Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, Joe McCarthy and Josh van der Flier. The bench contains another four newcomers in the shape of England’s Ollie Chessum and Will Stuart, Scotland’s Huw Jones and Ireland’s Andrew Porter. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British Lions team: New captain picked with wonderkid to start first match in Australia

The British and Irish Lions will be led by captain Dan Sheehan for their first match in Australia with Henry Pollock and Finn Russell starting against the Western Force

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1 week ago Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Wallabies player release for tour matches

Ben Calveley expects competitive Force side to face LionsTour could open up to other countries such as FranceEvery big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a letdown both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in.The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect the Wallabies head coach, Joe Schmidt, to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions’ arrival in Australia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British and Irish Lions warn Wallabies they must release players for tour games

Only a handful of Australia stars are currently in line to feature for their club sides ahead of the Test series

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3 w. ago Person falls from Scots ferry as frantic rescue mission launched

A multi-agency response is attending the urgent search.

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3 w. ago Pheobe Bishop's boyfriend breaks his silence, revealing fresh details about her fateful trip to the airport

Pheobe, 17, vanished en route from her hometown of Gin Gin in central Queensland, to visit her high school sweetheart, Levi, 18, in Western Australia on May 15.

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3 w. ago Epileptic teenage girl's support dog who can tell when she is about to have a seizure is missing in the Scottish Highlands

An urgent search is now underway to reunite support dog Louie with 17-year-old Ellie Lynn, in Fort William. The two-year-old golden retriever has not been seen for a fortnight

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3 w. ago Urgent search for missing woman last seen in Edinburgh as fears grow for safety

Loved ones are desperate for answers after Toni McNelis vanished in the early hours of Thursday in Edinburgh. Police are urging the public to help trace her.

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4 w. ago Missing Scots schoolgirl who 'boarded train to England' found after urgent search

Ava Stewart, from Kilmarnock, had last been seen at around 1.35pm on Friday, June 6, at Glasgow Central Station.

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4 w. ago Urgent search for schoolgirls, 13 and 14, after they suddenly go missing in uniforms

Carla, 14, and Sofia, 13, were wearing their St Monica's High School uniforms when they vanished from the Abraham Moss library and leisure centre in Manchester

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