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The Victorian magistrates court is considering cutting more than a quarter of its backroom staff despite its workload likely increasing as the Allan government presses ahead with “tough on crime” policies. Leaked documents show it is proposed that 24 out of 92 staff from the courts’ corporate services department are made redundant, including those working … Read more

A 47-year-old man has been charged with 64 offences in connection with the investigation into remains found at a funeral directors in Hull, Humberside police said. Funeral director Robert Bush, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has been charged with 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and 30 counts of fraud by … Read more

Donald Trump’s “liberation day” – his plan to overturn decades of US free trade policy – was getting a mixed reaction in New York on Tuesday. With Trump planning to unleash tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, many said the price rises economists are predicting would make no difference because they were already out … Read more

Rents are growing at the slowest rate in four years thanks in part to increased supply, but are still at record highs, Domain’s March Quarterly report has revealed. It comes as Anglicare Australia launches a heat map showing rental affordability in each electorate, with Kingsford Smith, Bradfield, Sydney, and Warringah in New South Wales and … Read more

Tesla sales declined in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers. The drop of 13% is likely due to combination of factors, including its ageing lineup, competition from rivals and a backlash from Musk’s embrace of rightwing politics. It also … Read more

The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, who is on trial for allegedly defrauding Spain’s tax office of more than €1m in undeclared earnings from image rights, has told a court he believed his financial affairs were in order and “never thought a fraud could have been committed”. Prosecutors allege the 65-year-old former Chelsea and Everton … Read more

Italy’s interior ministry has written to police forces across the country to increase security at Tesla dealerships after 17 of the electric cars made by Elon Musk’s company were destroyed in a fire in Rome. Italy’s state police anti-terrorism unit, Digos, is investigating whether the fire at the Tesla dealership in Torre Angela, a suburb … Read more

Parents can now block their children from communicating with specific friends or playing certain games on Roblox, an online gaming platform popular with children. The changes form part of a suite of safety updates intended to give parents more control over their child’s experience on the platform. From Wednesday, parents and caregivers who identify themselves … Read more

Good morning. The liberal judge Susan Crawford won the race for a seat on the Wisconsin supreme court on Tuesday in a major coup for Democrats, after Elon Musk backed the conservative candidate, making it the most expensive judicial contest in US history. “Today Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy,” Crawford said … Read more

A third former South Yorkshire police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. The ex-constable, aged in his 50s, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in the town in 2004. It follows the arrests late last year of two former South Yorkshire … Read more