More than half of the cases presenting to the St Vincent’s emergency department in Sydney had self-reported speeds of more than 25km/h
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“You don’t understand the power of an ebike until you get on one,” Dr Tony Grabs warns.
Grabs, the director of trauma at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, cites a patient who jumped on a rental ebike after a night of drinking with friends – the first time she’d ever been on one.
Continue reading...Nine people killed by shooter who was later found dead at Tumbler Ridge secondary school in British Columbia, Canada, with more than 25 people injured
Police in Canada say 10 people are dead, including the suspect, in a mass shooting that appeared to target a high school in northern British Columbia.
More than two dozen victims have been hospitalised in what the premier, David Eby, called an “unimaginable tragedy” that ranks among the deadliest events of its kind in Canadian history.
Nine people have been killed at Tumbler Ridge secondary school and a nearby residence in a mass shooting in the community of less than 2,500. Police also found the suspect, who appears to had died from a self-inflicted wound.
More than 25 people were injured in the shooting on Tuesday, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Six people were found dead inside the school, and one person died on the way to the hospital. Two more people were found dead inside a residence police believe was linked to the shooting. The body of the shooter was also found at the school.
Canadian police first received a report of an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge secondary school at about 1.20pm. Police arrived at the scene in north-west Canada in 2 minutes, according to the British Columbia premier, David Eby.
The identities of the shooter and the victims have not yet been disclosed by authorities. Canadian police said “we believe we’ve been able to identify the shooter” but withheld details as the investigation continues.
All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated from the school.
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said he was “devastated” by the shooting and said he “stands with all British Columbians as they confront this horrible tragedy”.
Carney has suspended plans to travel on Wednesday to the Munich security conference in Germany in the wake of the shooting.
Continue reading...Vast flocks of birds return to Somerset and a rare grebe turns an ordinary walk into something special
After weeks of heavy rain, Cheddar reservoir in Somerset is finally full again – of water, and of birds. Thousands of coots, hundreds of gulls and ducks, and dozens of great crested grebes crowd the surface, some already moulting into their smart breeding plumage, crests and all.
They feed almost constantly, building up energy reserves for the breeding season. Among the throng are some less familiar visitors: a flock of scaup, the males bulkier than the nearby tufted ducks, with pale grey backs that catch the light. Flocks of goosanders dive frequently for food, the colourful males looking like a cormorant in extravagant drag.
Continue reading...The party’s MPs know their leader is failing but with no obvious replacement, getting rid of him now would cause more hurt than healing
Westminster time is counted in scandals, resignations, rebellions, U-turns and leadership crises. All the things that aren’t good government age a regime. Keir Starmer has presided over a lot of woes in 18 months, making a young government look old.
The premature decrepitude is more advanced, and more disturbing to Labour MPs, because it feels like continuity from the turbulent Tory regime that came before. The policies and personnel are different, but to the casual passing voter the sound of screaming and breaking crockery around Downing Street is familiar as a sign of a political problem family in residence.
Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist
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Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal
Once the frozen fields outside Bucharest have thawed, workers will assemble the largest solar farm in Europe: one million photovoltaic panels backed by batteries to power homes after sunset. But the 760MW project in southern Romania will not hold the title for long. In the north-west, authorities have approved a bigger plant that will boast a capacity of 1GW.
The sun-lit plots of silicone and glass will join a slew of projects that have rendered the Romanian economy unrecognisable from its polluted state when communism ended. They include an onshore windfarm near the Black Sea that for several years was Europe’s biggest, a nuclear power plant by the Danube whose lifetime is being extended by 30 years, and a fast-spreading patchwork of solar panels topping homes and shops across the country.
Continue reading...In Cardinham, which has had 366mm of rain this year, there’s little need to check the weather forecast: more rain
“I’m thinking of building an ark,” said Sarah Cowen, an artist and cafe owner. “It’s been horrendous. We’ve never known anything like it. The mud, the silt, the endless rain.” Cowen is one of a hardy, if soggy, bunch who live or work in and around the parish of Cardinham, on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, which has endured 41 consecutive days of rain – and counting.
“This is definitely global warming. You get either baking sun or continuous rain,” Cowen said. The locals don’t have to look at the weather forecast here at the moment. “You know it’s going to be rain,” Cowen said.
Continue reading...Whether it’s Zendaya in tennis-inspired shoes, Cynthia Erivo dressed in green, Margot Robbie as Barbie or Jenna Ortega in shredded black leather, today’s movie stars rarely disappoint on the promo circuit
‘Have you ever heard of a female actor that was method?” Kristen Stewart said last year, the implication being that method acting is the exclusive preserve of a particular type of man, unburdened by caring responsibilities or needing to be agreeable. But what is available to all actors (without getting their teeth pulled, taking magic mushrooms or demanding to be spoon-fed on set) is method dressing: that is, promoting a film in an outfit inspired by their character.
Everyone seems to be doing it, particularly in the past few months as Wicked: For Good and now Wuthering Heights have hit the red carpet. Why? It’s a low-stakes way to offer an extra endorsement for the film the actor is promoting (they liked it so much they’re willing to stay in character) and to drum up column inches and excitable TikTok commentary. It can also be a knowing wink – a gift, even – to fans. Some actors (or their stylists) include subtler sartorial semiotics and Easter egg accessories in their outfits that only the hardcore fandom and fashion nerds can appreciate. Either way, there’s a lot of it about. But who are the Daniel Day-Lewises and Robert De Niros of promo tour dressing?
Continue reading...AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Bierbrouwer Heineken schrapt de komende twee jaar 5000 tot 6000 banen om de kosten verder te verlagen. Dat meldt het bedrijf bij de publicatie van zijn kwartaal- en jaarcijfers. Het banenverlies komt bovenop eerdere reorganisaties in de afgelopen jaren waarbij al miljarden werden bezuinigd.
In oktober maakte Heineken bekend al de komende jaren nog eens 2 miljard euro aan kosten te willen besparen. Door de reorganisatie vervallen ook honderden arbeidsplaatsen op het hoofdkantoor in Amsterdam.
