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Queensland This article is more than 10 months oldQueensland moves to allow sperm donors to be identified by those conceived via donationThis article is more than 10 months oldRecommendations supported by state government also include the establishment of a central donor register Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast People conceived through sperm or egg donations may have greater access to their genetic history under a suite of recommendations accepted by the Queensland government.

The Last Kingdom: episode by episodeThe Last KingdomOur hero Uhtred attempts to save his marriage, while the rapidly advancing Odda the Younger is enjoyably loathsome in this fantastically well-paced episode Spoiler alert: this blog is for those who have watched the fourth episode of The Last Kingdom, showing on BBC2, Thursday nights in the UK; please refrain from posting any spoilers if you’ve seen more of the series. Read Sarah’s recap of episode four here.

OpinionRape and sexual assault This article is more than 10 years oldThe painful lesson of the Cherice Moralez rape trialThis article is more than 10 years oldHadley FreemanMisogyny is now at the point where girls as young as 11 are being portrayed as the voracious temptresses of grown menThe following is a list of words used to describe a very specific demographic. See if you can guess it: "She was as much in control of the situation [as the 49-year-old man.

Children's booksChildren's booksUnwind by Neal Shusterman - Review'A terrifying tale of love, horror, survival and rebellion - I really enjoyed this book'The heartland war - a long and weary battle over abortion. The resolution - a new law. Abortion is abolished but now instead of abortion is 'unwinding'. From being born to the young age of thirteen you are protected but between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, you can be unwound.

Families in literatureBooksFamilies in Literature: the Flytes in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe narrator of Waugh’s masterpiece falls in love not with a person, but with a whole family and their privileged way of life More families in literature If you read Brideshead Revisited for the first time in your teens (as so many of us do) you can come away with the idea of a Cinderella story: middle-class Charles is scooped up by the happy aristocracy – the deserving poor boy looking longingly through the window is allowed in, gawps at the magnificence, is grateful for the attention, and of course falls in love with Sebastian.

Nicaragua This article is more than 2 years oldNicaragua: Ortega opponent becomes eighth election candidate to be arrestedThis article is more than 2 years oldCrackdown continues as vice-presidential hopeful Berenice Quezada accused of ‘terrorism’ for criticising lack of freedom Nicaraguan authorities have detained a candidate in the November presidential elections, her party has said, as the government of President Daniel Ortega shows no sign of ending a sweeping crackdown against the opposition.

Australian Open 2024Teenager Mirra Andreeva stuns idol Ons Jabeur in Australian Open second roundRussian 16-year-old demolishes sixth seed 6-0, 6-2Mari Timofeeva defeats Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-4, 6-1As Mirra Andreeva emerged at the top level of her sport at the French Open last May, winning her first match in a grand slam, the 16-year-old had one humble goal beyond continuing her meteoric rise: she wanted a practice session with Ons Jabeur, her idol.

The asbestos victims of Eternit – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The billionaire owner of the Eternit factories in Italy, who allowed workers to be exposed to asbestos, may be heading back to court. Alfredo Covino has been following the plight of the victims Main image: Photos of former workers of the Eternit factory who were victims of asbestos.

Book of the dayHistory booksReviewJeremy Dronfield’s account of a father and son’s experiences of the Holocaust is horrifying and importantThe photograph at the beginning of this devastating book shows what may have been the last gathering of the Vienna-based family of Gustav Kleinmann, upholsterer. In 1938, during what Austrian Jews would later bitterly name “the November pogrom” – it began with Kristallnacht – peace-loving Gustav, a decorated war veteran, and his son Fritz, 15, were rounded up on the eager testimony of their non-Jewish neighbours.