A city-wide message asks people not to touch the balloons and leave them for military to handleNorth Korea has sent about 600 more rubbish-filled balloons containing everything from cigarette butts to plastic across the border, Seoul’s military said on Sunday, adding that security personnel were collecting them as they landed.“North Korea has resumed...

City saw 143mm of rain on first day of winter – more than the June average of 132mmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSydney has been inundated with more than a month’s rain in less than a day while storms along Australia’s west coast have sparked hundreds of...

A Midlands school outlines its flexible approach to running its daily club and reacts to Labour’s £365m free breakfast policy It is just gone 7.30am at The Priory primary school in Wednesbury, near Walsall, and already a dozen or so children – known as the “early birds” – have been dropped off so their parents can get to work. Some are jumping through...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has questioned why the government is using drones to monitor people released from immigration detention.Cabinet minister Murray Watt confirmed on Insiders earlier that “drones are being used as part of this operation, but more in the sense...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has questioned why the government is using drones to monitor people released from immigration detention.Cabinet minister Murray Watt confirmed on Insiders earlier that “drones are being used as part of this operation, but more in the sense...

Campaigners say the appointments system need to be overhauled amid criticism about alleged Conservative cronyism Britain’s system of public appointments needs to be overhauled by an incoming government over alleged Tory cronyism that has seen dozens of former MPs, party supporters and donors given key public roles, campaigners have urged. The public...