13+ min ago (1141+ words) Deal between companies and union, which includes an hourly wage and accident insurance, still requires approval from the industrial umpire, but this is what we know so far Food delivery companies in Australia have teamed up with the Transport Workers" Union to set new minimum standards for delivery drivers, including a minimum hourly wage and accident insurance for injuries sustained on the job. In a deal described as a "world first, the country"s two largest food delivery services, DoorDash and Uber Eats, have submitted a joint application with the Transport Workers" Union to the Fair Work Commission. The deal still requires approval from the industrial umpire, but here"s what we know so far. The application to the FWC comes after a wide range of workplace reforms was introduced by the Albanese government, which included empowering the industrial umpire…...

13+ min ago (340+ words) Companies made "12.6bn in 12 months to March, with 15% rise in winnings from online casino players The UK gambling sector won an extra "1bn from punters in the year to March, according to new data expected to buoy calls for the chancellor to raise betting taxes in Wednesday's budget. Betting companies made "12.6bn from services excluding lotteries in latest 12-month reporting period, the Gambling Commission revealed on Tuesday, marking a 9.3% rise on the "11.5bn the industry won during the previous year. The numbers were inflated by an almost 15% increase in winnings from online casino players, which rose to "5.0bn from "4.4bn during the prior period. The "5bn of online casino game winnings are now 55% higher than at the start of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Online casino games have been criticised for being one of the most addictive forms of gambling available in the UK, leading to calls for a…...

14+ min ago (763+ words) The Newtown eatery is counter-suing Ofir Birenbaum, who launched defamation action against the popular restaurant An Egyptian restaurant in Sydney is counter-suing a pro-Israel activist over a News Corp stunt, alleging he trespassed on the popular eatery in a bid to get a "negative reaction" from staff. Ofir Birenbaum went to Cairo Takeaway, a popular restaurant in Sydney's Newtown, in February wearing a Star of David cap and necklace alongside reporters from the Daily Telegraph. The undercover operation, later revealed to be dubbed "undercover Jew" internally by the paper, made international headlines after it backfired. In August, Birenbaum launched defamation proceedings against the restaurant's owner, Hesham El Masry, and staff member Talaat Yehia, claiming he was vilified and subject to an investigation by his employer after the restaurant allegedly implied he attempted to manufacture an "antisemitic incident". Now, Cairo Takeaway…...

25+ min ago (1195+ words) As David Cameron receives treatment and backs calls for NHS screening, we look at the disease and its treatment More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening David Cameron has become the latest high-profile figure to back growing calls for the NHS to start screening men, or at least those at highest risk, for prostate cancer after being treated for it himself. He joined Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy and prostate cancer charities in saying that recent advances in diagnosing the disease mean that testing can be introduced that is much safer than traditional methods, which can produce both false-positive and false-negative results. However, others, including Cancer Research UK, disagree. On Thursday, the UK National Screening Committee will meet to discuss the latest evidence on the subject. The independent committee, which advises ministers, is under pressure to allow…...

25+ min ago (452+ words) I followed the obvious signs but an enforcement officer had to point out a notice on the back of the entrance sign and it cost me "140 Our car was clamped while parked at the NET Forest Tram Park and Ride in Nottingham, and we had to pay "140 to have it freed. The prominent signs displayed at the entrance state that those parking without using the tram will be clamped. We did use the tram to and from the city centre after walking in the adjacent park. It was the enforcement officer who pointed out a notice on the back of the entrance sign which stated, in small print, that drivers have to buy a ticket on arrival. We appealed citing inadequate signs but the appeal was rejected. The Q&A leaflet about the site also makes no mention of this…...

25+ min ago (218+ words) The Alicante region is renowned for its rice and seafood dishes. Less well known is that its restaurant scene has a wealth of talented female chefs, a rarity in Spain This passion for experimentation has been endorsed by the Catalan master chef, Ferran Adri, who once stated "[the Costa Blanca] " has a magical elf that takes hold of the products and sneaks into the kitchens to offer diners unique dishes with unique flavours. Tim emphasises the preponderance of female chefs in the area, quite a rarity in Spain's male-dominated world of gastronomy. "Because in this historically poor region, the choice was often between cooking and cleaning, he says. As proof we greet the exuberant owner of Labradores, Raquel Sabater, among the vintage plates, tiles and furniture that have barely changed after all these years. Now the island of Tabarca, south…...

25+ min ago (604+ words) Set to an on-the-nose soundtrack of Creedence Clearwater, an elite squad of soldiers are suitably unprepared for their large-toothed assailants in this jungle thrillerAimed squarely and unabashedly at viewers who love soldiers, gore and dinosaurs " as well as dinosaurs goring soldiers " this adaptation of Ethan Pettus's 2017 novel is deeply repetitive but weirdly watchable. Although shot in Australia with a mostly Australian cast sprinkled with a few American actors, it's supposed to be set in Vietnam in the late 1960s as the US armed forces take on the Viet Cong.But there are other forces to contend with, and we don't just mean covert Chinese or Soviet operatives, although the latter do feature significantly here. It turns out a nefarious scientific experiment by one of the aforementioned factions has accidentally ushered a whole army of dinosaurs into the jungle and they've begun…...

34+ min ago (249+ words) There is nothing wrong with questioning the mighty cost of the lockdowns, but we can't let hardline libertarians rewrite Britain's pandemic history That number will stay fixed for ever in public memory: 23,000 people died because Boris Johnson resisted locking the country down in time. As Covid swept in, and with horrific images of Italian temporary morgues in tents, he went on holiday and took no calls. With the NHS bracing to be "overwhelmed" by the virus, he rode his new motorbike, walked his dog and hosted friends at Chevening. Now with this report, virulent attacks by this cadre rain down on Hallett's statistics and reasoning. The Telegraph contests the numbers. Toby Young's outlet, the Daily Sceptic (successor to his Lockdown Sceptics blog), is on the attack. Shamefully, Johnson himself smeared the inquiry that he himself complied with as "hopelessly incoherent…...

35+ min ago (1329+ words) In today's newsletter: What the suspension of Richard Dannatt and David Evans tell us about standards and accountability in the Lords, and the prospect of reform Good morning. Two peers, Lord Dannatt and Lord Evans of Watford, are facing lengthy suspensions from the House of Lords, after the house's disciplinary process found multiple instances in which they broke lobbying rules and "demonstrated a failure to act on their personal honour. Politics | Reform UK has ignored requests to share the evidence for its claim to have saved "331m since it took charge of 10 English councils in May, prompting questions over whether the figure is true. This Guardian analysis has found that supposed savings appear questionable. Society | Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because…...

37+ min ago (612+ words) NatWest, Lloyds and Barclays stock up amid expectation Rachel Reeves will spare lenders from further levy UK bank shares have jumped as investors grow increasingly confident that the industry will be shielded from tax rises in Rachel Reeves's budget this week. Shares in some of the UK's largest high street lenders rose more than 2% at the start of trading on Tuesday, after reports that the Treasury had asked the sector to issue supportive statements about the following day's budget, raising expectations they would be spared a further levy. "Reports that UK banks might get a reprieve in this week's budget from previously floated new tax measures helped give the likes of Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest a lift and underpinned the FTSE 100's rise on Tuesday," said Dan Coatsworth, the head of markets at AJ Bell. "It suggests that some intense…...