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Smoke billows from the high-rise apartment building in west London.

'I have never seen anything of this scale': Number of fatalities confirmed in London

Live
1 hr ago

Grenfell Tower in London is well alight on Wednesday morning.

London apartment block fire: What we know so far

57 mins ago

The fire still raging as the sun rises in London on Wednesday morning.

Horror blaze: 'The building is full of children, families'

Nick Miller
17 mins ago

Smoke billows from a high-rise apartment building in west London Wednesday, June 14, 2017. A massive fire raced through ...

Woman seen holding baby out of burning tower

Aisha Dow, Robyn Grace

Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Ministers to face court grilling after criticising judges

BREAKING
8 mins ago

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton took aim at Slater and Gordon over the class action.

Dutton blasts 'ambulance-chasing law firm' after $70m payout

1 hr ago

Lachlan Murdoch (left) holds 7.5 per cent of Ten. James Packer is understood to be keen to sell his 7.7 per cent stake.

Billionaires flush $1b down the toilet as Ten collapses

Colin Kruger, CBD

The jobs will be lost across all Telstra divisions.

Job cuts necessary to keep Telstra 'great': CEO

Oliver Anderson was Australian Open boys champion in 2016.

Ex-tennis player charged over match fix approach to boy champ

1 hr ago

Police have released an image of this man who's suspected of attacking Andrew Bolt

Police release image of Andrew Bolt attack suspect

Alleged Swanston Street rampage driver was on bail

54 mins ago

London Bridge inquest details fatal attacks on Australians

Billionaire Uber director resigns after sexist joke at meeting about sexism

Frustrated PM takes apparent swipe at Abbott for 'glib' slogans

'Pessimistic': Consumer sentiment slips as women grow weary

Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo
8 mins ago

Cogwheel train from Jungfraujoch station moves to Kleine Scheidegg. SatMar11Switzerland - Switzerland rail adventures ...

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Mia Freedman has come under fire for her comments about Roxane Gay.

An open letter to Mia Freedman: 'How dare you shame women'

COMMENT

A courful tag by Nost on a Collingwood wall.

How a brickie with an ice habit became the notorious tagger Nost

Carly Lander with her 11 year old Autistic son Louie who she home schools. 12th May 2017 Photo: Steven Siewert

I'm not a bad parent, but I think school attendance is overrated

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Who needs roads when you have a flying car?

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Will she fit into the lift?': Mia in hot water for remarks

Steve Harvey doesn't know what a "caaaaah" is.

Crikey! Robert Irwin's Aussie accent baffles US TV host

Food consumption and weight gain is presented to many pregnant women as a simple choice. It isn't.

Pregnant women don't need this insulting advice about weight

COMMENT

Jeremy Howe of the Magpies marks the ball over Tom McDonald of the Demons.

Jeremy Howe mark: No one could say they didn't see it coming

GREG BAUM

Paul Pfeiffer has admitted to misappropriating $250,000 in trust money.

'I'm rooted': Court hears Melbourne agent misused $250,000

FIRB fees are making some Chinese buyers more cautious.

Are Chinese investors beginning to turn their back on Australia?

Homewares are as personal as clothes. They must be the perfect fit.

Thinking of gifting homewares? It's the ultimate faux pas

Kelly Ross

'The one thing I always include': An interview with Kelly Ross

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 28: A general view of Alistair Knox Park in Eltham for Domain Neighbourhoods on May 28, 2017 ...

The suburb you get when you mix bogans, the upper crust, lefties

A fire that broke out in an apartment block in Southbank has been brought under control.

Billowing smoke: Southbank apartment fire under control

1 hr ago

Alleged rail scam may have ripped off students and cost state millions

Going public with old school ties: New network for state schools

Greg Barber, Victorian Greens leader, will not recontest his upper house seat at the 2018 poll.

State Greens leader quits seat, may take a tilt at lower house

One of the original 50 E-Class trams.

Revamped E-class trams on track to curb passenger injuries

Melbourne man Praneel Nand has been missing for three days.

Melbourne father of two missing at sea off Papua New Guinea

The bikes that two of the three cyclists were riding on Monday morning.

Bike lane ditched but 'no reason' for Macedon crash

An express passenger train, similar to this one, has hit a car, killing the female driver.

Train crashes into car, killing woman at crossing

NSW

Aussies are being warned about cold-call fraudsters

Five charged over alleged $30 million cold call scam

QLD

A teenager received a suspended sentence of imprisonment for his role in an extortion ring that targeted users of the ...

Teen avoids detention for role in extortion ring

ACT

Alfaxan is a steroid and anasthetic for animals.

Burglars target veterinary clinics to steal drugs

WA

As economic conditions worsen, older people are at a greater risk than ever of being financially abused.

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As economic conditions worsen, older people are at a greater risk than ever of being financially abused.

The rise - and risk - of 'early inheritance syndrome'

COMMENT
Sarah Russell

Kathryn Greiner is the second Gonski Review panellist in two days to back the government's school funding changes

Gonski Review panellist Greiner joins push for changes

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Tree removal on St Kilda Road for the construction of the Metro Tunnel.

St Kilda Road treescape will take decades to recover

COMMENT
Margaret Fitzherbert

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "enough is enough" on the ideological debates over climate change.

PM under climate pressure as Abbott makes demands

James Massola
1 hr ago

Greens ratchet up pressure on major parties for corruption probe

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Dutton blasts 'ambulance-chasing law firm' after $90m Manus Island settlement

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed Labor for the payout.

Despite what Dutton says, the Manus Island payout is momentous

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Planet Earth as viewed from space.

Remember the ozone hole? Today's coal apologists don't

Tony Wright

Senator Pauline Hanson has no special sympathy for Channel Ten.

Channel Ten collapse: senators urged to change media laws

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants an end to the ideological wars over climate change policy.

PM blasts 'glib' slogans, calls for national climate plan

James Massola

Tourist attractions on the shores of Erhai Lake in Yunnan province have been shut down in order to control pollution.

China scores a win in fight against lake pollution

Kirsty Needham
1 hr ago

British Prime Minister Theresa May

May's Northern Irish deal hits a Major snag

Nick Miller

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the hearing.

Sessions' stonewalling creates more problems for Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Tammy Davis-Charles is in a Phnom Penh jail awaiting trial.

Davis-Charles paid for birth certificates, court hears

UPDATED

Dyson drawing; re social media, parental care, terrorism, Age Opinion 14 June 2017

Hiding and sharing: talking to my children about terrorism

COMMENT
Dani Valent

Rising home prices aren't as beneficial to many owner-occupiers as they might appear to be.

Home owners: you're not as rich as you think

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Man Haron Monis had committted heartless crimes before the Lindt Cafe seige.

The role of male shame in making a 'terrorist'

COMMENT
Steve Biddulph

It's a dark for Channel Ten as the network announces it is entering voluntary administration.

The secret deal that sealed Ten's fate

Lucy Battersby
19 mins ago

Ten needed a new $250 million loan, but its billionaire shareholders moved away from backing it.

Is Ten putting up the white flag part of a bigger plan?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Citi has lifted its target price for the Tasmanian-based company's stock to $5.75, a jump of 34 per cent.

Bellamy's capital raising welcomed

Darren Gray
1 hr ago

The big banks have tightened home lending standards in recent years, and there could be more to come.

Aussie banks still more generous than their global peers

Clancy Yeates

ASX surges as investors beat super deadline

Myriam Robin

Markets Live: ASX blows past 5800

'Peace out': Ten stars tell viewers to stick with them

Cuts needed to keep Telstra 'great' says CEO

Nick Toscano

Trying to buy online is more hassle that it's worth.

Cart empty: Why it's time to pull the plug on online shopping

Luxury

The new uniform of cream and azure blue.

The menswear trend that will have you hitting the bench press

Men's Style

Gabriella Munoz will travel to Mexico to try to find her biological family, along with husband Cesar Albarran-Torres, ...

'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'

Gabriella Munoz

There is no reset of the cost base once you move into a property that originally started out as a rental.

What's the capital gains tax on a rental property turned home?

Noel Whittaker

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

A gaming console could be on the shopping list for your business this month.

Six surprising items to claim at tax time

Nina Hendy

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Huge fire engulfs London apartment block

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Jeff Sessions: what he did and didn't answer

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Detainees awarded millions

Federal Politics

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Uber CEO takes leave of absence

Refugees and migrants wait to disembark the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) Phoenix vessel after arriving at Reggio ...

World of Photos - June 14, 2017

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Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo
8 mins ago

Anita Pallenberg walks the runway at the Pam Hogg show at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer ...

Actress and Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg dies at 73

35 mins ago

Broad City will bleep out the US President's name in season four.

Broad City to bleep out Trump's name: 'No airtime for this orange'

Broede Carmody

Justin Bieber Justin Bieber has admitted he doesn't know the lyrics to Spanish-language smash hit Despacito.

'I don't even know it': Bieber doesn't know his own song

Broede Carmody

Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg, a young Israeli who becomes lost in the Amazon.

MIFF kicks off with Harry Potter lost in Jungle

Karl Quinn

Steve Harvey doesn't know what a "caaaaah" is.

Crikey! What's that you said, Robert?

Rob Moran

Queen and Adam Lambert will tour Australia in February and March next year.

Queen and Adam Lambert are coming, with more than hits

Sarah Thomas

So close and yet so far: Bryan Zhu's smile will not fill MasterChef's kitchen again despite his mastering food.

Damn, we almost welcomed back Bryan to MasterChef

Aja Styles

Natural dag: Muriel's Wedding, The Musical star Maggie McKenna.

Maggie McKenna to take the lead in Muriel's Wedding The Musical

Nick Galvin

'Jax' Jacki Brown, Carly Findlay and Kath Duncan rehearse for <I>Love Show</I>, a new production by Quippings Disability ...

Quippings Disability Unleashed talk sexual politics in Love Show

Debbie Cuthbertson

Tour de force: British tenor Allan Clayton in the title role of Brett Dean's Hamlet.

Australian composer Brett Dean's operatic Hamlet wows England

Susan Shineberg

Warning: Former editor Mia Freedman.

Mamamia's treatment of Roxane Gay was cruel, but not unusual

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden
1 hr ago

Watch out Kylie, Kim Kardashian is launching a make-up line

Nicole Economos

The then-teenage MacColl moved from Brisbane to Melbourne to see through the pregnancy. 'My teacher and her husband had ...

The insulting advice that pregnant women don't need to hear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Spreading misinformation: Freelee 'the banana girl'.

Medieval medical advice, or 21st century wellness tip?

Clem Bastow

Oprah Winfrey said she previously thought she lacked the experience to be president.

Five women who should run for office now that Oprah is out

Emily Heil

Valerie Taylor with Madison Stewart.

This Australian movie will shake our convenience lifestyle

Clare Press

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': Roxane Gay on Mamamia debacle

Jenny Noyes

There are more and more people embracing polyamory with the enthusiasm that I reserve for napping, writes Kerri Sackville.

The rise of polyamory sure isn't convincing me to try it

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

Sarah Berry

Too much sugar, regardless of the type, is a problem.

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Alicia Penhorwood no longer spends hours ruminating over the same problems.

There is an upside to worry

Evelyn Lewin

'Without butter, everything is boring': Marco Pierre White.

Marco Pierre White: "Why I gave back my three Michelin stars"

Cheese and bacon burger from Shannon Bennett's new Benny Burger range.

Shannon Bennett launches Benny Burger in Richmond

Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter.

Cabbage gets an amazing flavour makeover with this roast dish

Adam Liaw

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The most mysterious Whitehouse tweet since covfefe

Sexy Chest one-piece suit in pink, dark or tan. Plus others in the one-piece range.

Swimsuit promises to give women the 'dad bod' they never wanted

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Ben Groundwater

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Steve McKenna

OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 11: Festival goers enjoy Day 4 of Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park on August 11, ...

Bucket list: Nine festivals you need to get to, at least once in your life

Katrina Lobley

Genuine Lepin Star Wart blocks on sale at Shanghai's famed fake markets.

Geek Pilgrimage: Shanghai fake markets

COMMENT

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft confirms Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2

Super Mario Odyssey worlds feature a range of different graphical styles, but all will feature creatures and objects for ...

The best 5 things Nintendo just announced at E3

foxtel

Foxtel targets 17 more pirate sites in Australia

Lifehacker

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

2018 Range Rover Evoque with Si4 Ingenium petrol engine.

New power for Land Rover

Stephen Ottley

Next Generation Honda Accord will ditch its naturally aspirated engines.

Details: New Honda Accord

Drive Staff

Hyundai plans SUV expansion

Toby Hagon

2017 Toyota Prado Altitude.

New Toyota Prado Altitude reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Holden Astra Sportwagon.

Holden Astra wagon coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone

BMW 6er Gran Tourismo, 640i xDrive, Mineralwei?, M Sportpaket 2018 BMW 6-Series Gran Turismo.

New BMW 6-Series GT revealed

Greg Kable

Matthew Kreuzer

Would Kreuzer still be the No.1 pick of the 2007 draft?

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

In the spotlight: Giants runner Nick Maxwell.

'Cheating' inference over runner tactics grossly unfair: GWS

Luke Michael

Nathan Vardy is loving life at the West Coast Eagles.

Eagles need to rediscover their 'belief', says Vardy

Anthony Colangelo

The Cats' Rhys Stanley rejoins the senior team for the first time since round eight.

Geelong call on Stanley to fill big boots of Hawkins

Sam McClure

The Eagles need to find another avenue to goal than Josh Kennedy.

Eagle Josh Kennedy ruled out of Geelong clash

Shining: Gold Coast's Gary Ablett celebrates on the siren after the Suns defeated the Hawks in round 12.

Could Ablett's shining form hamper a trade to the Cats?

ANALYSIS
Jon Pierik

Jeremy Howe of the Magpies marks the ball over Tom McDonald of the Demons.

No one could say they didn't see it coming

Greg Baum

Essendon skipper Dyson Heppell.

Why Essendon tick all the boxes for the finals

Australia pose before game against Brazil.

Australia humbled, but World Cup must remain main focus

Michael Lynch

Liz Ellis.

A case of going back to the future for top Super Netball coaches

Liz Ellis

The BBL has emerged as one of Ten's most successful assets since it acquired the rights ahead of the 2013-14 season.

Ten turmoil adds to uncertainty for Cricket Australia

Andrew Wu
1 hr ago

Josh Hazlewood in action against England.

Aussie bowler now top of ODI rankings

Warriors celebrate with the championship trophy.

Will Warriors visit the White House?

JOHN BRANCH

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