Ban on junk food adverts has cut advertising spend and prompted a debate over the policy’s impact The UK will have its first Easter without the traditional barrage of TV ads for chocolate eggs and hot cross buns as the ban on junk food advertising makes the sweetest tradition of the year a sugar-free viewing experience. New regulations, which came into force at the beginning of the year, prohibit products high in fat, sugar and salt from appearing in TV ads before 9pm, as part of efforts to tack
Roofs torn off buildings in Exmouth, power lost and homes flooded Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Authorities were still working on Sunday to restore power to communities hit hard by Cyclone Narelle as a popular tourist town remained effectively cut off. After lashing coastal communities with 250km/h winds and dumping a year’s worth of rain in a day, the now-subtropical low again headed offshore after ripping through parts of Western Australia. Continue reading...
Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationship An undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard. Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-part
Party members to determine MP’s political future after Dinesh Gourisetty also nominated for upper house seat Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Moira Deeming’s political future in the Victorian Liberals is about to be decided behind closed doors in the final preselection battle for the party’s upper house seats on Sunday. Liberal members were due to gather at party headquarters for the western metropolitan region convention, where Deeming faces a serious challenge from
Zelenskyy describes Russian intelligence sharing with Iran
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Nigel Farage has called Tate an ‘important voice’ for young men and held back from criticising his misogynistic views Reform insiders are becoming increasingly irritated by the party’s association with Andrew Tate and other extreme online celebrities whose views are too toxic for the mainstream voters Nigel Farage needs to win over. Insiders have revealed that as Reform prepare for power they are trying to end their association with more controversial figures on the right such as Tate, whose ext
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Islamabad is attempting high-wire diplomacy between US and Iran, but Israel could spoil any chance of success Intensifying Israeli bombing of civilian targets in Iran and an expanding US military force in the Gulf are casting a dark shadow over Pakistan’s hopes of hosting peace talks between Iran and the US. Pakistan is attempting high-wire diplomacy , using its relative neutrality as a country with good relations with Iran and the US, to provide a venue for negotiations. It is not a player in t
NBC News · Oct 8
The sign of Department of Homeland Security is seen outside its headquarters in Washington, on Feb. 13, 2026.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residents A South African town is divided over changing its name from the colonial-era Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe, after the anti-apartheid activist, in a debate that has inflamed racial tensions. Petitions have been signed, rival marches held and a formal letter of complaint sent to the sports, arts and culture minister, Gayton McKenzie, who approved the name change on 6 February. Continue
