Justice Nigel Sweeney told the jury at Southwark Crown Court inLondonthat defence lawyer Sonia Woodley QC was too sick to appear in court. “Unhappily the position is she is unwell and not able to make her speech this afternoon,” Justice Sweeney said. He sent the jurors home until Monday but added that he wasn’t sure […]

The Weekly can reveal that the PM took time out of his busy tour to discuss their shared passion to find loving homes for children who need them so desperately. An Adoption Awareness spokesman tells The Weekly: “Tony Abbott told Deborra-lee about the six countries he is speaking to right now, in an attempt to […]

Mrs Clinton, whose new book, Hard Choices, is published today, writes that “many leaders choose to ignore the fact that they are dealing with a woman when they deal with me”. “But I try not to let them get away with that,” she writes, adding that it is “an unfortunate reality that women in public […]

He is a National Living Treasure and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), the third highest honour the nation has to bestow. In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal “for service to entertainment, charity and the community” and in 2008 inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. His awards in Great Britain […]

Couples who file for divorce based on incompatibility grounds will have to attend an educational program unless a court waives the requirement due to “good cause” shown. ‘Divorce school’ classes, which the parties can attend separately or together, will cover the impact divorce has on children and their well-being, potential child behaviours and emotional states, […]

The newsreader was welcomed on the set this morning and will start her new role on Monday. “Congratulations I’m really thrilled for you,” Georgie said to Sylvia. Richard Reid, Georgie Gardner, Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson and Richard Wilkins in 2010. Richard Reid, Georgie Gardner, Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson and Richard Wilkins in 2010. The Queensland-born […]

Queen Elizabeth has honoured France's war dead by laying a wreath under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Shot outdoors in Louisiana, Arizona and Colorado many of Magnusson’s female subjects stand in angelic white gowns while their fathers cling tight to them dressed in their Sunday best. Fathers pledge to help their daughters keep their virginity until marriage @davidmagnusson http://t.co/J72uetOWNg pic.twitter.com/4ZySgTYZau Each girl in the project has attended a purity ball – where […]

NSW Premier Mike Baird announced this morning that General Hurley would take over from Professor Bashir on October 1 when she retires. General Hurley, who was born in Wollongong and has served in the armed forces for more than 40 yearssaid it was a great honour. General David Hurley and Linda Hurley meet the royal […]

In an interview with People magazine, the former first lady and Secretary of State also declines to comment on reports that she called Lewinsky “a narcissistic loony tune”. “I’m not going to comment on what did and didn’t happen. I think everybody needs to look to the future,” she tells People in their new issue […]