Your speedy update on all the day’s big stories: Monday, February 24, 2014.
Fred Nile slammed over insensitive response to Charlotte Dawson’s death
Fred Nile, the Christian Democratic Party MP, has found himself in the midst of a social media storm after he posted a status on his party’s Facebook page linking Charlotte Dawson’s death with the pregnancy termination she reportedly had over two decades ago.
Mr Nile posted a photo of Charlotte and wrote underneath, ‘On the day of the termination Charlotte says she was in ‘total turmoil. I felt a shift. I felt the early tinges of what I can now identify as my first experience with depression.’ – in memoriam.’
Grant Denyer denies meth addiction
Channel Seven TV presenter Grant Denyer has lashed out at Woman's Day magazine over their claims that he and his wife Chezzi have a $200,000-a-year meth addiction.
According to Woman's Day, the couple told a friend that the couple's addiction had become so extreme it was setting them back $4000 a week and that the pair had checked into rehab.
36-year-old Grant and his wife have admitted they spent time in November at a venue called The Cabin, but deny that it is a rehabilitation clinic. The couple are reportedly seeking legal advice on taking action against Woman's Day.
Secret file reveals burglaries at site of Madeleine McCann disappearance
The UK's police department, Scotland Yard, has received a secret file from Portuguese police which reveals various burglaries and child sex abuse accounts at the place toddler Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007.
The records show a history of criminal activity at the Praia da Luz resort and reportedly describes countless situations where children were sexually abused by gypsies during burglaries. Scotland Yard are concerned with three burglars who were involved in criminal activity in Luz at the time of Madeleine's kidnapping.
