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Alaskan Aleutian tern among birds threatened by Manning River plans, birdwatchers say ThuThursday 11 Aleutian terns were spotted at Old Bar in 2017 — the first Australian sighting. ( Print text only Cancel The Alaskan Aleutian tern, which is rarely spotted in the Southern Hemisphere, and other endangered bird species could lose their habitat on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, according to local birdwatchers. Key points: Bird watchers are worried planned construction could wipe out endangered birds The community has been pushing to permanently open the Manning River to the ocean for de...

Other cases at magistrates court included A driving offence has cost a Brierley Hill man £339. Damian John Groves, aged 23, of High Street, admitted driving his Saab at Bells Lane without insurance and was fined £200 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and £34 into the victim service fund. A Halesowen man who has ‘turned his life around’ has avoided being sent to jail. Jonathon Peter West, aged 34, of Codham Road, Halesowen, admitted stealing alcohol worth £72 from the Co-op, and was given a conditional discharge for a year and ordered to pay £72 compensation. The theft...

A Stourbridge woman who drove while over the limit has been banned for 16 months and ordered to pay £369. Kayleigh Rose John, aged 23, of Dell Road, Bromley, admitted being over the limit while driving on Dudley Road. She had 65 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35. She was fined £200 and ordered to pay £169 costs. Other cases at magistrates court included A Halesowen man who has ‘turned his life around’ has avoided being sent to jail. Jonathon Peter West, aged 34, of Codham Road, Halesowen, admitted stealing alcohol worth £72 from the Co-op, an...

A Halesowen man who has ‘turned his life around’ has avoided being sent to jail. Jonathon Peter West, aged 34, of Codham Road, Halesowen, admitted stealing alcohol worth £72 from the Co-op, and was given a conditional discharge for a year and ordered to pay £72 compensation. The theft meant he had breached a 27-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months imposed in April. But magistrates decided that sending him to prison would have been disproportionate given the changes he had made to his life and instead extended the sentence by three months. Other cases at magistrates court inc...

Home support workers employed by the Auckland-based provider, Lifewise, took to the picket line this week to strike for fairer hours, more sick leave, and improved terms of their collective agreement. Lifewise employees and E tū members striking in Auckland for fair hours and more sick & bereavement leave. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Sela Jane Hopgood Before the Covid-19 lockdown, Lifewise is said to have agreed to terms and conditions for a collective agreement, including more bereavement leave, but workers claim the company went back on it, despite receiving full government funding during the sh...