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Former West Coast player remanded over images found on phone
Former West Coast footballer Laurie Bellotti has been remanded in prison after police said they found four images depicting child nudity on his phone when they arrested him over a burglary in Innaloo. The allegations add to a series of legal proceedings involving Bellotti, who pleaded guilty to the burglary and a restraining order breach…
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There’s an SNA crisis in schools, so why have I been sidelined? Sophie Brady is a dedicated and conscientious assistant, who wants to be the adult in children’s lives that she never had but she has been pushed aside with no explanation
Sophie Brady, a 27-year-old special needs assistant from Meath, Ireland, has been left without a job following the summer break, despite two years of dedicated service at a secondary school. Her dismissal without explanation or an opportunity to say goodbye to the children she supported highlights the precarious employment situation facing SNAs in Ireland, where…
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‘Nobody Wants This’ star accuses Israel of ‘genocide’
Actor Adam Brody said he believes Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and supports a free Palestine, adding that he hopes a future US administration will change policies contributing to the situation. His comments, made in an interview about his political activism, add him to a group of progressive public figures speaking out on the…
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Philadelphia woman hailed a hero after using a bike helmet to stop man sexually assaulting elderly woman in broad daylight
A Philadelphia cyclist named Mary Martin intervened in a sexual assault occurring in broad daylight on 21 September, striking the alleged attacker with her bike helmet and driving him to flee. The incident highlights a case of someone overcoming the “bystander effect” to assist a victim in distress in public. The 63-year-old victim was approached…
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Prince William will not take part in a documentary to mark 30th anniversary of Diana’s death ‘to avoid any more conflict with Harry’
Prince William has declined to participate in any television documentary marking the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death, despite receiving multiple offers and meeting with BBC leadership. The heir to the throne’s decision is motivated by a desire to avoid putting himself and his estranged brother Prince Harry “pitted against each other” in a film,…
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Manchester City chief maintains club’s innocence as rivals push for verdict to be published
Manchester City’s chief executive Ferran Soriano has told other European clubs that the team will fight to overturn a guilty verdict from an independent commission on the majority of the Premier League’s 115 financial rule-breaking charges against them. Despite the verdict emerging on Friday, it remains unconfirmed publicly by either City or the Premier League,…
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Father-of-two dies four days after Central Park cycling collision
Rich O’Brien, a 41-year-old father-of-two, died following a collision with a cyclist in New York’s Central Park. Struck whilst walking to work early Wednesday morning near West 84th Street, O’Brien suffered severe head trauma and was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he passed away peacefully four days later with his wife by his…
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Tennessee woman spends over $16,000 to keep ex-husband GPS-monitored
A Tennessee woman, Gina Ehsani, has paid over $16,000 of her own money to maintain GPS monitoring of her ex-husband Pejhman after he repeatedly violated a court-ordered protection order against him. When the court initially required him to wear an electronic tag, he later declared himself indigent and unable to pay; rather than have the…
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Biden administration FAILED to vet thousands of Afghan refugees seeking US visas after fleeing the Taliban…with possible terrorism links missed, bombshell report finds
A Department of Homeland Security review has found that the Biden administration failed to properly vet thousands of Afghan refugees seeking asylum after the 2021 US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The audit of 678 randomly selected applications discovered that 40 per cent contained errors, with particularly concerning gaps in security screening that may have allowed…