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Report into actions of Yaser Jabbar from 2017 to 2022 says 36 of the patients suffered severe harm under his careNearly 100 children suffered harm at the hands of a Great Ormond Street orthopaedic surgeon, a report has concluded.Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh) published a review on Thursday into the actions of Yaser Jabbar, who treated hundreds of children from 2017 to 2022. Thirty-six children suffered severe harm while under […]

Paul Patterson, who represented the firm at the public inquiry, will become non-executive chair in MarchThe European boss of Fujitsu, the company behind the Horizon software at the heart of the Post Office IT scandal, is to step down from his role in March.Paul Patterson, who is the chief executive of the European division of the company, will become non-executive chair of Fujitsu’s UK business, where he will “continue managing […]

Eleven guthega skinks could soon become 13 thanks to a captive breeding program in the Alpine national parkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEleven endangered skinks released into a gated community in Victoria’s Alpine national park could soon become 13, with a female known as Omeo due to give birth in March.One of Australia’s only alpine lizards, guthega skinks live on “sky islands” above 1,600 metres […]

Workers and union say outsourcing will mean loss of knowledge and experience needed to help ‘very vulnerable people’ waiting for government paymentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA group of call centre staff kept on short-term contracts at the government department responsible for workplace standards will be replaced by a third-party contractor, with their union warning “vulnerable people” contacting the government could be affected.Due to laws […]

Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US involvement with ICEGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government’s main immigration detention contractor is playing a key role in Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown and has attracted a string of complaints over its treatment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees.In recent years, the Albanese government has awarded lucrative immigration […]

Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record lowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia spends billions of dollars more on tax breaks for property investors than on social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined, according to research by the Australian Council of Social Service (Acoss).The analysis comes as new data […]

Border czar Tom Homan sent to take reins on Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota‘Nothing has changed’: Minneapolis on edge despite Trump’s de-escalation vowIn Minneapolis, Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan is set to address reporters shortly.A reminder that Homan took over the federal immigration surge in the North Star state this week, after top border patrol official, Gregory Bovino, was reassigned in the days following the fatal shooting of Alex […]

Killings involving knives or sharp implements dropped by 23% year on year, ONS figures showThe total number of homicides in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since records began after a dramatic drop in killings involving a knife or sharp implement.Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 499 homicides were recorded by police in the 12 months to September 2025, a drop of 7% […]

Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liarsUK politics live – latest updatesWestminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of Commons.After a week of political antagonism over the Labour party’s national executive committee’s decision to block Burnham from standing in […]