news, national A royal commissioner has slammed delays in achieving a clear and nationally consistent bushfire warning system, saying it needs to be in place before the next fire season to address confusion in the community. Annabelle Bennett says work to fix the national warnings system has been underway since …
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Coronavirus has left a devastating impact on economies across the world as well as on the physical health of millions. Businesses have been forced to close, adapt or otherwise weather the disruption while increasing numbers of cases have caused stock markets to plummet. Lockdown – introduced 100 days ago in …
Read More »FakeSpy Android malware targets Royal Mail app users
An updated and upgraded version of the FakeSpy Android malware family – which dates back to 2017 – is actively targeting users of various postal and delivery service apps around the world, including Royal Mail, according to Ofir Almkias of Cybereason’s Nocturnus threat research team. The new version of FakeSpy …
Read More »Royal commission slams warnings delay | Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
A royal commissioner has slammed delays in achieving a clear and nationally consistent bushfire warning system, saying it needs to be in place before the next fire season to address confusion in the community. Annabelle Bennett says work to fix the national warnings system has been underway since 2016 but …
Read More »R2-KT: Artists Month artist of the day: Malcolm Tween
Our friends over at R2-KT have spent the month of June celebrating the artists of the galaxy, shining a light on their work during these tough times which has seen conventions cancelled and postponed and their main revenue streams cut off as other matters take precedence. Every day through out June, …
Read More »Czech stamp of approval provides Royal Mail boost | Business
Rumours that a Czech billionaire may be weighing up a bid for Royal Mail once again swirled around the City yesterday. Shares in the postal giant jumped 10p, or 5.8 per cent, to 182¼p after it was confirmed that Daniel Kretinsky, through his Vesa Equity investment vehicle, had upped his …
Read More »Princess Beatrice and fiance are ‘considering move to Italy’
Princess Beatrice and Edo Mapelli Mozzi are ‘considering a move to Italy’ because ‘the furore over Prince Andrew’s scandal’ has left the royal wanting ‘to start a new life’, a royal author has claimed. The Queen’s granddaughter, 31, is currently spending lockdown with Edo and future mother-in-law Nikki Shale at her …
Read More »Prince William and Kate Middleton face difficult school decisions
Prince William and Kate Middleton face difficult decision over sending ‘shy’ Prince George to boarding school and will not make a choice until their children’s personalities develop further, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke, 38, and the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, have been home-schooling Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, …
Read More »Am-dram actor is left with fractured eye socket when he was punched by a member of the audience
An actor in a village amateur dramatic society was left with a fractured eye socket when he was punched during a back-stage bust-up by a member of the audience in a row about heckling at a Christmas show. Howard Osborne, 66, is said to have ‘lost it’ and repeatedly punched …
Read More »Thurrock Labour councillors thank key workers across the borough
THURROCK’S LABOUR COUNCILLORS THANK THURROCK’S KEY WORKERS IN response to reporting of a well-managed Covid-19 response by Thurrock’s local health and social care services at a recent meeting of the Health and Wellbeing overview and scrutiny Councillor Victoria Holloway, Labour’s Portfolio Holder for Health said “I want to say a …
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