Ministers plan to slash paperwork rules for small UK businesses

Hawkesbury's Helping Hands charity marks 15 years of service

Hawkesbury's Helping Hands marks 15 years serving Sydney's most disaster-prone region Single mother Linda Strickland was at home in Sydney's north-west with her eight-year-old daughter one night when she heard someone getting into the bins in her backyard. Her daughter Cassidy asked why someone was desperate enough to go through their bins to find food. "How do I explain to her that we allow, we can let people be that hungry?"

Opt-out laws for social media algorithms to be introduced to parliament

In short: Draft laws would create an opt-out system to turn off algorithms on social media platforms. The bill would also make social media companies responsible for minimising and preventing harm on their platforms. The draft laws will be introduced by the federal government this week.

Nigel Farage wants to be a global statesman. First he needs distance from Trump.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Nigel Farage has one overriding task: to convince voters he’s ready to take over as British prime minister in an election he believes may be just months away.  “When that election comes we will be ready, and when that election comes we will fight to win,” he told his party’s conference in Birmingham, central England, on Friday.  Core to his effort to portray himself as a prime minister-in-waiting was a joint appearance at the conference with the darling of the...

Scottish government told to take sewage 'crisis' seriously after record 100,000 spills