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Seven Hobart hospitality venues close after Banc groups enter voluntary administration
Seven well-known hospitality venues in Hobart, Tasmania, have closed abruptly after their operating companies, the Pub Banc Group and Hotel Banc Group, entered voluntary administration under the weight of rising costs. The collapse leaves more than 80 staff facing an uncertain future and removes several long-standing fixtures from the city’s waterfront and nightlife scene, underscoring…
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Man accused of firing gunshots at wedding over meatball etiquette row
A dispute over a groomsman eating meatballs with his hands at a Wisconsin wedding reception escalated into a shooting that sent two to the hospital.
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Better ways to detect prostate cancer could save more lives
When it comes to tackling prostate cancer , nobody puts it better than Sir Chris Hoy – doing nothing is not an option.
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Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson stays quiet as homeless encampment protests grow before World Cup
CID businesses report a major decline in foot traffic during the FIFA World Cup as residents protest Mayor Katie Wilson over crime and drug dealing.
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Santa Monica reverses fast-food ban as homelessness and business decline take toll
Santa Monica reversed its fast-food chain ban in a desperate attempt to claw its once-glitzy city back to a thriving hub of shopping and tourism.
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Immigration officers detain undocumented migrants and violent offenders in holiday operation
ICE arrested illegal immigrants convicted of murder, child sex crimes and drug trafficking over the Independence Day weekend as deportation ramps up.
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Daily Wegovy weight-loss pill launches in UK pharmacies with prices listed
Pharmacies can now begin dispensing the blockbuster treatment, which is the once-daily oral version of the hugely popular Wegovy weight-loss injection.
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Mother died from cancer after ‘being exposed to deadly asbestos washing husband’s dusty work clothes 30 years ago’
Veronica Kidman was told she had mesothelioma – a terminal cancer linked to asbestos exposure – in January this year.
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James Ellis Ford Announces New Album Lost In Another World: Hear “Overtones”
The UK artist and producer James Ellis Ford recorded an entire solo album in the hospital last year, when he was in between rounds of chemotherapy. Ford, known to most of us as just plain James Ford, used to be half of Simian Mobile Disco, and he has produced hugely consequential records for people like…
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Moritz de Hadeln, Former Berlinale and Venice Film Festival Chief, Dies at 85
Moritz de Hadeln, the Switzerland-based festival director known for heading the Locarno Film Festival, the Berlinale, and the Venice Film Festival, died on Saturday at a hospital in Nyon, Switzerland, Variety has confirmed. He was 85. Born in 1940 in Exeter, England, de Hadeln hailed from an artistic family. His grandfather, Detlev Freiherr von Hadeln,…