A savvy Coles customer has sent social media into a spin by revealing a little-known hack for silencing the self-serve checkout voice on registers. Sharing on Reddit, the eagle-eyed shopper explained that anyone can mute the “condescending” voice by simply tapping one button. The Reddit user shared the tip during a broad discussion on anti-theft […]
Unions to meet Keir Starmer amid concerns about workers’ rights policy | Workers’ rights
Trade unions leaders will meet Keir Starmer next Tuesday after several expressed public reservations about changes to the party’s workers’ rights policy – and warned there should be no watering down of what has been pledged. It comes as party sources admitted that only draft legislation would be published within 100 days of taking power […]
Samsung releases urgent update for ‘critical security vulnerability’
Samsung has released an urgent update for “critical security vulnerability” fixes that should be installed by users as soon as possible, according to the tech giant. Samsung has released information for its May security patch for its flagship Galaxy smartphones and tablets, with some labelled as “critical”. “Along with Google patches, Samsung Mobile provides 25 […]
‘If they see a Syrian, they beat them up’: the refugees living in fear in Lebanon | Global development
Mustafa* was walking home from work last month when he was attacked. He had lived in the neighbourhood – an attractive, predominantly Christian town a few miles from Beirut – since 2010. In an apparently unprovoked assault, a gang of more than a dozen men beat him up, broke one of his ribs, and left […]
Teenage pedestrian hit by car at Melbourne intersection dies in hospital
A teenager has died in hospital, four days after he was hit by a car in Melbourne about 7.15pm last Thursday. The 18-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck at the intersection of Southgateway and Frankston Cranbourne Rd at Langwarrin. A 60-year-old man driving a Toyota Aurion allegedly hit the boy. The 60-year-old was not injured in […]
TV tonight: it’s the last ever series of hit black comedy Inside No 9 | Television
Inside No 9 10pm, BBC TwoSome starry guests join Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton to kick off the ninth and final series of their treacle-black comedy anthology. Mark Bonnar, Siobhan Finneran, Susan Wokoma and Charlie Cooper play a motley crew of passengers who are forced to take sides when their train breaks down and a […]
Is it legal to drive a vehicle that’s blowing smoke?
There are plenty of reasons that your vehicle might be blowing smoke, be it excess oil burn, a failing or faulty turbocharger, a diesel particulate filter failing, valve failure, a transmission fluid leak… or it could just be that you’ve been too hard on the brakes and your rotors or pads are on fire. Australia […]
Kim Ki-nam, North Korean propaganda chief who shaped dynasty’s personality cult, dies aged 94 | North Korea
Kim Ki-nam, the propaganda chief who served all three generations of North Korean leaders and cemented their political legitimacy, has died, official media have said. Kim Ki-nam died on Tuesday aged 94 from multiple organ failure, official KCNA news agency reported. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, visited the funeral hall on Wednesday to pay tribute […]
Terminally ill Port Adelaide football fan granted final wish to enjoy beer and pie with mates at Adelaide Oval
After a shock cancer diagnosis, terminally ill Simon Baraniec’s dying wish was simple. The Port Adelaide Football Club fan wanted to return to Adelaide Oval, a place close to his heart, to have a beer and pie with his friends and family. Baraniec, 55, was diagnosed with spinal cancer in November 2023 and is the […]
Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics | Rafael Behr
Amid the cacophony of post-election analysis over the weekend, one item struck me as especially bleak for Rishi Sunak. It wasn’t the byelection defeat or the seismic swing away from the Tories. It wasn’t even in a news programme. It was an advert. “Britain hasn’t been so great of late,” says a pastiche scientist. “Economical, […]