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A BWS and a Woolworths supermarket are among a string of new venues exposed to Covid-19 in Victoria. The sites were listed on Wednesday night following 22 new local cases recorded in the state as Victorians endure their first day of the extended seven-day lockdown to stem the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant.  The BWS liquor store in Caulfield North, in Melbourne's south-east, was exposed to the virus on July 15 between 3:25pm to 3:50pm. Those who stopped by the bottle shop during these times must isolate for 14 days regardless of a Covid test result.  The adjacent Woolworths supermarket was also listed during the same times but those who attended the store are only casual contacts meaning they only need to isolate until given a negative result.  The popular Craigieburn Central shopping mall, in northern Melbourne, was also exposed to the virus with shoppers who visited the centre on July 15 from 3:00pm to 6:15pm urged to get tested and isolate immediately.   A BWS and

Pfizer is pausing distribution of its anti-smoking treatment, Chantix, after finding elevated levels of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the pills. The drug maker is recalling 12 lots of the anti-smoking drug.   Pfizer said the impacted lots of Chantix contained levels of nitrosamines, but insisted there is 'no immediate risk to patients taking this medication' and the recall is out of an abundance of caution. The Food and Drug Administration shared the company's press release on its website, noting that the company is not being mandated by the federal agency to carry out the recall. The U.S. drug regulator has in the past reached out to companies whose drugs had N-nitrosodimethylamine over accepted levels. Chantix was approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a prescription medication which helps adults aged 18 and over quit smoking and is used for 12 to 24 weeks.  The impacted lots contain levels of carcinogenic chemicals, called nitrosamines, that are above the co

The leader of a bizarre movement which believes the government is illegitimate, called for police to be 'hanged' and says capital letters make a person a 'corporate shell,' is set to be released from jail this week. 'Sovereign citizen' Juha Kiskonen was found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service to menace or harass and two counts of possessing an unregistered firearm last year and received 12 months behind bars. Police uncovered the illegal weapon when officers from the NSW Fixated Persons Unit raided his southwestern Sydney as part of an investigation into the United Kingdom of Australia leader. But although Kiskonen is set to walk free, NSW prosecutors have applied for an extended supervision order, fearing that his ideology may drive him to carry out 'politically motivated violence'. 'Sovereign citizen' Juha Kiskonen was found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service to menace or harass and two counts of possessing an unre

Outspoken Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is among a group of House Republicans demanding the Justice Department explain what lawmakers say is different treatment of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill rioters compared with those who attacked federal buildings during Black Lives Matter protests last year in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.  In a letter, Boebert and 10 other Republican representatives asked US Attorney General Merrick Garland address what they called an 'inconsistent application of the law with respect to rioters across the country.'  The letter claims Oregon prosecutors have signed off on at least a dozen 'deferred resolution agreements in federal felony cases' from clashes in last year's BLM protests, while some Capitol rioters have been held in solitary confinement.  During the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, participants clashed with Capitol police  An Associated Press photographer is shown being assaulted by rioters at the Capitol Protestors f

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the theft of items from Wembley Stadium in a bid to give fans  unauthorised access to the stadium during the Euro 2020 final. Yusaf Amin, 18, of Clifford Road, Newham and Dalha Mohamad, 18, of Anglian Road, Waltham Forest, have been charged with theft by the Metropolitan Police. The pair, who were charged via postal requisition, are due to appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on July 30.   Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the theft of items from Wembley Stadium in a bid to give fans unauthorised access to the stadium during the Euro 2020 final. Pictured: Fans at Wembley Stadium on the night of the final. Earlier this week police released photographs of ten people they wanted to speak in connection with the violence that marred the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. The images from the stadium and Central London were found by detectives after they scoured hundreds of hours of CCTV and police bodycam footage. The Metropolita

M&S warned today that it is already slashing Christmas ranges for Northern Ireland due to 'pettifogging' enforcement of Brexit rules - as the UK unveils plans to override the protocol unless Brussels sees sense. The head of the famous chain gave an extraordinary account of the obstacles facing exporter as Lord Frost laid out proposals for ending the bitter standoff over the divorce terms. The peer is calling for most checks to be eliminated on goods moving from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland - insisting the friction within the UK is putting the peace process at risk. M&S chairman Archie Norman said its festive products for Northern Ireland were already being 'delisted' and shoppers could face higher prices.  He said he feared that when grace periods come to an end there will be similar issues to those seen exports goods to Ireland, where whole shipments have been lost due to documents being filled out in the wrong colour pen. Mr Norman said that every sand

War medals awarded to Princess Margaret's lover Captain Peter Townsend today sold for £260,000. The Battle of Britain fighter pilot shot down 11 enemy aircraft in more than 300 operational sorties during the Second World War, and became the first RAF ace to bring down an enemy aircraft on English soil. In 1940, the 'ace' bailed out of his Hurricane twice - once when he was forced to ditch the stricken aircraft in the English Channel, and then after he was hit in the foot by cannon fire. Group Captain Townsend was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar for his wartime service.  He went on to be appointed equerry to King George VI in 1944 and comptroller to the Queen Mother's household in 1953. From his Royal appointments he met and struck up a relationship with Princess Margaret. But their romance was doomed, as the Queen's sister could not marry him because he was a divorced man - an episode in royal history that featured

A text message pinged onto the mobile telephone of Hanan Elatr one day in November 2017, while she was working as a flight attendant for the Dubai-based Emirates airline. Purportedly from her sister, it contained a link to an internet site, plus a brief line saying that the sibling thought the site might be of interest. Hanan does not remember how she responded, or even whether she clicked onto the link. But by then it was too late anyway. Wheels had almost certainly been set in motion that would lead — 11 months later — to her journalist husband, Jamal Khashoggi, being tortured and brutally murdered by a group of bonesaw-wielding thugs at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, whose work had upset the Middle Eastern kingdom’s autocratic Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, is one of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of public figures who appear to have been successfully targeted via a shadowy piece of phone-hacking software named Pegasus. Jamal Khashoggi (pictured with his

Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympics after being awarded the Games in a vote today. International Olympic Committee delegates voted 72 in favour with five against and three abstentions to confirm the city's victory, sparking wild celebrations. It marks the third time that Australia will host the games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000. It also marks the only time a city has won unopposed, after it was the sole candidate put forward by the IOC last month.  The announcement was greeted by cheers from the Australian delegates in Tokyo, while in Brisbane fireworks lit up the skies and crowds who had gathered for the vote went wild.  Scenes of celebration broke out in Brisbane on Wednesday night after the city was awarded the 2032 Olympic Games Annastacia Palaszczuk, the state premier of Queensland where Brisbane is located, holds up a card announcing the win - telling people 'never in my lifetime did I think this would happen' 'I'm so excited -- I have so much

It was an iconic art deco cinema that could seat up to 2,200 people in its heyday after opening 83 years ago. But the State Cinema in the Essex town of Grays has sat unused and unloved for decades, suffering from water damage and thieves raiding pipes from the prized Compton organ which could rise out of the floor. Now an unlikely saviour is on the way in the form of JD Wetherspoon, with the chain getting the green light on a £5million project to transform the venue into one of its 18 new pubs as bosses aim to return it to its former glory. The cinema opened in September 1938 with 'The Hurricane' starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall and ran showings for more than 50 years, until its final movie was Great Balls of Fire with Dennis Quaid in November 1989. Shortly before this it had been used as a filming location in the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and then saw further uses including as a nightclub in the foyer called Charleston's which ran for seven years from 1991. B