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Tragic update after suspected gas explosion rips through retirement home

An elderly man and woman were injured when a unit was reduced to rubble.

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The Kingscliff unit was reduced to rubble after a suspected gas explosion tore through the home.

Family fury over cop’s ‘aggressive brutality’ as 95yo fatally tasered

Clare Nowland’s loved ones say Kristian White’s ‘gutless’ actions robbed her of a dignified death and them of a proper goodbye.

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Kristian White, 35, (left) and Clare Nowland, 95, (right).

Ex-cop who tasered 95-year-old woman in fight to avoid jail

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A judge will hear submissions before sentencing Kristian White for a 95-year-old’s manslaughter.

Tragic decision before 19 killed in COVID wave revealed

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Nineteen people died after a COVID-19 outbreak at the Newmarch House aged-care home.

‘Devastating’ reason retired care worker has decided to end his own life

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A terminally ill man who has spent ten months waiting for at-home care has made the heartwrenching decision to end his own life.

Trial set for cop charged over grandma's Taser death

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Kristian White will face a jury trial within weeks over the Taser death of a 95-year-old woman.