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Jakob’s Colours by Lindsay Hawdon review – the untold story of the Romany Holocaust
Where can I buy a wheelchair?
Cry fowl! Why the apparently humble chicken actually has plenty to crow about
Freddie Gray: six police charged over Baltimore death are released on bail
Queensland's five flood victims were in cars attempting to cross roads, say police
Nigerian army frees hundreds more women and girls from Boko Haram
Five die in Queensland floods after downpours in Caboolture
Chan and Sukumaran families arrive in Sydney before funerals of Bali Nine pair
Two Arctic ice researchers presumed drowned after unseasonably high temperatures
Hurricane Katrina: government liable for some flooding, judge rules
Iowa bird flu outbreak prompts governor to declare state of emergency
Jeb Bush says Baltimore mom reminds him of his mother Barbara - video
Mexican military helicopter shot down by gunmen, killing three soldiers
May Day: thousands across US demand racial justice at rallies for workers' rights
Rolf Harris: fresh evidence handed to prosecutors by Operation Yewtree
Baltimore mayor: police officers in Freddie Gray case are in custody – video
Baltimore erupts: from Freddie Gray protests to cheers for justice – in pictures
French wrote to thank UN worker for disclosing abuse by troops
Church of England wields its influence in fight against climate change
Marilyn Mosby: young chief prosecutor electrifies Baltimore with police charges

Jakob’s Colours by Lindsay Hawdon review – the untold story of the Romany Holocaust

Posted: 02 May 2015 12:00 AM PDT

A Romany family overcomes incarceration and prejudice only to encounter the Nazis in a deeply involving debut novel

Where can I buy a wheelchair?

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT

I need a wheelchair for my elderly father but don't know where to start looking

Cry fowl! Why the apparently humble chicken actually has plenty to crow about

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Andrew Lawler's book Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? documents the virtues of our most important source of protein

Freddie Gray: six police charged over Baltimore death are released on bail

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:46 PM PDT

Protesters celebrate the charges in troubled US city despite anger that the officers' bail amount is less than that handed to those arrested for rioting

Queensland's five flood victims were in cars attempting to cross roads, say police

Posted: 01 May 2015 07:02 PM PDT

Six-year-old NSW boy airlifted to hospital in critical condition after being swept into rough seas

Nigerian army frees hundreds more women and girls from Boko Haram

Posted: 01 May 2015 05:47 PM PDT

Military says its troops have rescued 234 captives, some of whom are pregnant, as part of assault on rebel stronghold that has already liberated 500

Five die in Queensland floods after downpours in Caboolture

Posted: 01 May 2015 05:04 PM PDT

State premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland police confirm deaths after 'off-the-scale' downpours hit city north of Brisbane

A fifth person has died as a result of an extreme downpour and flash flooding in southeast Queensland.

The 49-year-old man was in a vehicle that was swept away on Beerburrum Road at Caboolture, north of Brisbane, about 5.30pm on Friday.

Brisbane has smashed it's rainfall record for May. 181mm since 9am. Previous record was 149mm in 1980.

Chan and Sukumaran families arrive in Sydney before funerals of Bali Nine pair

Posted: 01 May 2015 04:51 PM PDT

Container believed to be carrying bodies of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran escorted from tarmac at Sydney airport about 6.30am Saturday

Two Arctic ice researchers presumed drowned after unseasonably high temperatures

Posted: 01 May 2015 04:46 PM PDT

Police have called off the search for two Dutch scientists. Unusually thin ice likely played a role in their presumed death in the Canadian Arctic this week

Hurricane Katrina: government liable for some flooding, judge rules

Posted: 01 May 2015 02:37 PM PDT

Ruling related to decade-old lawsuit filed by parish near New Orleans
Plaintiffs must be compensated but damages are still unclear

Iowa bird flu outbreak prompts governor to declare state of emergency

Posted: 01 May 2015 02:37 PM PDT

Four new poultry farms initially test positive for virus in country's top egg-producing state after Minnesota and Wisconsin declared emergencies in April

Jeb Bush says Baltimore mom reminds him of his mother Barbara - video

Posted: 01 May 2015 02:16 PM PDT

The former Florida governor Jeb Bush says the Baltimore mom who smacked her son around at the riots this week reminded him of his own mother, former first lady Barbara Bush. During an interview with the National Review's editor, Rich Lowry, on Thursday at the NRI Ideas Summit in Washington, DC, Bush said the video of mother Toya Graham smacking her son Michael Singleton, for throwing rocks at police in Baltimore, was 'a nice visual symbol of what needs to be restored'. Continue reading...

Mexican military helicopter shot down by gunmen, killing three soldiers

Posted: 01 May 2015 01:19 PM PDT

Helicopter made emergency landing after attack
Twelve others were injured and three other soldiers were missing

May Day: thousands across US demand racial justice at rallies for workers' rights

Posted: 01 May 2015 01:12 PM PDT

Protesters from New York to Los Angeles combine calls for higher wages and better working conditions with fight against racism and police abuses

Rolf Harris: fresh evidence handed to prosecutors by Operation Yewtree

Posted: 01 May 2015 12:39 PM PDT

Crown Prosecution Service receives file after police interviewed the jailed entertainer in February, with a decision yet to be made on charges

Baltimore mayor: police officers in Freddie Gray case are in custody – video

Posted: 01 May 2015 12:35 PM PDT

Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says five of the six officers charged in relation to the death of Freddie Gray are now in custody. 'No one is above the law,' she said at a press conference on Friday. 'I was sickened and heartbroken by the statement of charges that we heard today.' Six Baltimore police officers have been charged, including one with murder, in Gray's death Continue reading...

Baltimore erupts: from Freddie Gray protests to cheers for justice – in pictures

Posted: 01 May 2015 12:18 PM PDT

City's top prosecutor revealed charges Friday against six officers in Freddie Gray's death – after weeks of anger and protests against police brutality

French wrote to thank UN worker for disclosing abuse by troops

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:38 AM PDT

Authorities sent letter to whistleblower Anders Kompass, who faces dismissal from UN for leaking report into claims of child abuse by French troops in Africa

French authorities sent a letter of thanks to the UN whistleblower who passed on details of the alleged of abuse of children by its troops in Africa, the Guardian can reveal.

The official, Anders Kompass, has been suspended by the UN and faces dismissal for what the organisation says is a "breach of protocols" in releasing a confidential internal UN document.