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Photo: Victor Wong (used under Creative Commons license) An inspection of Chilton Meadows, a care home for elderly people with dementia in Stowmarket, Suffolk, in March 2021, found a number of residents with "distressed behaviours" including one using a walking frame the wrong way round. The home also had radiator pipes carrying scalding hot water with no protective covering to protect residents who might have fallen on them. Chilton Meadows is run by Bupa (British United Provident Association)...

The owner of the Pastoral Hotel in Echuca reopened despite lockdown rules Trevor Andrews said he was making a stand because other retail remained open He had bills of more than $4000 a month and said he should be allowed to open Mr Andrews said he knew he might be fined and even lose the pubs licence Victorian businesses can be fined up to $9,913 for breaches of Covid rules 

Subscribe to the news that matters to you Subscribe now Jul 21 2021 ‘We haven’t reached the peak’: new data on rents reveals highest growth rate on record By Rosa Ritchie A rarity: Affordable residential rentals are scarce across the Goulburn Valley and Beyond Housing chief executive Celia Adams says the crisis hasnt hit its peak. 1 of 1 5370537724001 Rental prices in regional Australia recorded an annual growth rate of 11.3 per cent in June, more than double the increase...

RSN927 BETTING ON JUMPS RACING. IT’S A REAL THING NOW July 19, 2021 3:50 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor A mate texted me this morning, alerting me to some figures that are more significant than they first seem. They raced at both Sportsbet Pakenham and Warracknabeal was a flat-race program and Pakenham was exclusively jumps. The anti-jumps people have had a few key gripes including animal welfare, cost to put it on – believed to be around $4 million a year – and that “no-one bets o...

By far my favourite thing about the phones design is the lack of a camera bump. TCLs cameras are flush with the back of the phone.(Supplied) Apple, Samsung and Googles obsession with bigger lenses means barely any of their flagship phones can lie flat on their back. TCLs cameras are flush with the back of the phone, but obviously, that comes at a cost. Those three companies I just mentioned have proven how little megapixels mean in recent years. Software is critical to top quality photos on a p...

By Oliver Lees Coaches are being organised to replace V/Line trains across the state, as a major power outage in the CBD has severely limited the regional train service. V/Line has advised that it is attempting to “source as many coaches as possible” to replace train services but urged passengers not to use the V/Line service for non-essential travel. Limited train services have recommenced travel to and from Southern Cross Station about 9.30am, V/Line said in a statement. Coaches have be...

MIFF lifts the lid on its 2021 program, featuring a whopping 283 films Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Words by Talia Rinaldo Melbourne International Film Festival is bringing a huge spread of feature and short films to cinemas and screens at home with this year’s program. Celebrating its 69th edition, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has revealed its 2021 program, with an astonishing lineup of 283 international ...

RSN927 TRAINER HURT BY PACODALI AUCTION BACKLASH July 13, 2021 1:28 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor Warrnambool trainer Maddie Raymond says she has been sickened by the furore that has erupted over the Inglis online auction of her old warrior, Pacodali. The auction of the rising nine-year-old created a social media storm and led to a gofundme page which late this morning had raised almost $5,000 to re-home the popular gelding, winner of the 2019 Eclipse Stakes and over $600,000 in stakemon...

Photo: Grace Quast "Whatever you do, dont call it tequila!" says Black Snake Distillery founder Stephen Beale, who makes a spirit from wild agave plants that grow along the creek at his family farm in Narrabri, about 500 kilometres north-west of Sydney. "Agave is a weed out here. The plants grow from pups [offshoots] that washed down from a farm upstream where they were planted a hundred years ago." From those weeds, Beale and his partner Rosemary Smith make a tequila-like spirit at their solar...

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