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Oct 30, 2026 - World

Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save money.“People are worried there’s going to be dog shit everywhere,” said Daniel O’Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents’ Association. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

Paul Nowak says ‘hundreds, if not thousands’ of employers could sign access agreements as ‘transformative’ rules come into forceThe TUC general secretary, Paul Nowak, is predicting a wave of union recognition deals in the private sector over the next year as “transformative” rules on accessing workplaces come into force.From Friday, as part of Labour’s Employment Rights Act, unions will have the right to enter workplaces or communicate with staff electronically. From January, employers will be obliged to inform workers of their right to join a union. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

Ryan Dinnage – who accompanied Reform UK leader on walkabouts before local elections – was later jailed, raising questions about vetting failureOne of Nigel Farage’s security team who accompanied him on the local election campaign trail this year was facing a rape charge and was later jailed for eight years, raising questions about a failure of vetting.Ryan Dinnage spent time protecting Farage in April and May, but in June was convicted of having raped a woman while she slept in a caravan at the Royal Windsor horse show. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

Victorian court of appeal rules Patterson should be jailed for life with no parole over deadly beef wellington lunch that killed three peopleErin Patterson mushroom murders appeal – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson has lost her bid to overturn her convictions and been resentenced to life behind bars with no chance of release, as Victoria’s highest court handed down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case.The court of appeal ruled on the two appeals on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August. Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

NSW police say charges include child rape and relate to 23 alleged victims aged between one and five at a Sydney childcare centreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles is facing hundreds more child abuse charges, including for the alleged rape of children as young as one.Days after being extradited from Queensland to New South Wales, Ashley Paul Griffith was hit with 202 charges dating from between 2014 and 2017, with police labelling the allegations “deeply disturbing”. Continue reading...