£800,000 spent on scrapped sports dome project pred 11 urami in 37 minutami Ulster University has also revealed the multi-million pound dome would have cost a further £1m to run each year.(BBC News)
Gone to the dogs: racing fans mourn closure of ‘Wenty’, Sydney’s historic greyhound track pred 11 urami in 37 minutami Thousands pack Wentworth Park for the final time before the stadium is demolished and returned to parklandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe end of an era has fallen upon an Australian sporting landmark as the greyhound races at an inner-city track kicked off for the very last time.Thousands packed into Wentworth Park in central Sydney on Friday night, where greyhound races have been held since 1932, for the last race meeting before the track’s planned demolition. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mortgage repayments are now cheaper than rent in some Australian suburbs. Is yours among them? pred 11 urami in 37 minutami As house prices plateau, the gap between the cost of buying and renting is narrowing in dozens of suburbsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHigh rents and falling property prices have opened a rare window for Australian tenants to become homeowners, with mortgage repayments cheaper than rent in dozens of suburbs.
Guardian Australia’s analysis of Cotality data shows that median rents in inner-city Melbourne, suburban Canberra and Darwin are now nearly matching weekly home loan repayments.In one in 10 suburbs and towns across the country, repayments are less than $200 a week higher than rent, for the typical property. In some suburbs, they are actually cheaper. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Swinney insists 'stars are aligning' for Scottish independence pred 11 urami in 37 minutami The first minister will tell delegates at the SNP conference in Aberdeen that 2026 has been a turning point in Scotland's "journey to nationhood".(BBC News)
Trump in Georgia falsely claims election of Jon Ossoff was illegitimate pred 11 urami in 37 minutami President appears at rally for struggling Mike Collins, dismisses critics and touts ‘most successful’ two-year runAt a rally in north Georgia, Donald Trump again claimed that the 2020 election in Georgia was fraudulent, alleging that the election of US senator Jon Ossoff was illegitimate.Ossoff, who faces US congressman Mike Collins in November, does not represent Georgia’s values, Trump said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reform councillor resigns after being filmed making racist remarks pred 12 urami in 6 minutami Alan Feeney, who sat on Solihull and Birmingham councils, said there was ‘no excuse’ for his comments Alan Feeney has resigned as a Reform councillor for Solihull and Birmingham after backlash over racist comments that were captured in an undercover investigation.In a Facebook post on Friday, Feeney wrote: “There is no excuse for my comments. With responsibility comes accountability, and it is for that reason that I have resigned every post I hold on both Solihull borough council and Birmingham city council.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Another big poll boost for Kemi: Tories overturn huge Reform lead to be main opposition party again
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Tourist files $800k lawsuit against Salem's famous 'Witch House' over claims she fell down 'uneven' 17th Century wooden steps and broke her arm
Serial killer Rose West, 72, is 'on her last legs and can barely move' as she is 'prepared to die in jail cell'