We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.
1. Man arrested by police over jogger’s disappearance.
Police from the sexual crimes squad have been questioning a Bendigo man in his 30s after a teenage jogger went missing for more than 24 hours.
The 18-year-old went missing on Wednesday after she went for a run in a national park in One Tree Hill.
The student from Canberra had sent a selfie via Snapchat at 3.30, and several text messages to friends around 4.30pm before her phone then appeared switched off.
More then 24 hours later police found her in a car 13km away after a massive man hunt involving more than 100 officers.
Police have asked that the young woman not be named.
Police said their priority now was making sure she was okay.
“We want to get her right, make sure all her needs are attended to. We will be very keen to listen to what she’s got to tell us and offer all the support she needs,” Inspector Michael Talbot told media.
2. Suitcase found near wing of plane potentially from MH370.
The wing will now be transported to France to find out whether it is from the missing flight MH370.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said initial reports suggest the two-metre long object is very likely to be from a Boeing 777 – the same plane as MH370.
The piece seems certain to be a flaperon, a moveable part on the edge of a wing.
French newspaper Le Journal de l’ile de La Réunion published a photo that they said was of the flaperon, stamped with serial number 657-BB – which matches the Boeing 777 manual.
The suitcase – not yet confirmed as being linked to MH370 was found just after the wing.
The man who found the luggage, Johnny Begue, head of the Reunion association that cleans the beaches said he thought the suitcase debris had washed up at the same time, but had been overlooked.
“Nobody took any notice of it. You could still see the suitcase lock still attached to a piece of rigid material. That seemed bizarre. It gave me the shivers,” Begue told local journalists.
Meanwhile The Australian reports that there is a growing belief that the airline made a “gentle turn away from its planned course, possibly to avoid alerting passengers to the change of direction.”
According to reports the plane could not have ended up in in Indian Ocean without “human hands on the controls”.
An aviation source told the newspaper that whoever was flying the aircraft could well have also turned off the system of moving maps viewed in the passenger cabin.
3. Bronwyn Bishop expenses investigation to go back 16 years.
After announcing yesterday that she was sorry and will pay back any dubious travel claims – but she won’t step down from her prestige role – Bronwyn Bishop has asked Prime Minister Tony Abbott to have the finance department dating back 16 years.
Last night Clive Bishop called for Bronwyn Bishop to resign because of her age and because she is “very biased”.
“She’s been there a long time, over 20 years, and she’s now 72 years of age. It’s time to roll over and give a younger person a go I think.” he told the ABC.
4. WA Top Cop: Never seen anything as vile.
The breadth of what we’ve seen and what Supt Glenn Feeney spoke about yesterday, I certainly haven’t encountered in my time as Commissioner and certainly even beyond that, in my time as a police officer, I can’t remember something at this level, ” Mr O’Callaghan said.
He said a tip off alerted police to the horrific circumstances.
“It’s critical that if you’re aware of children who are being abused that we know about it,” he said. “Most of our work is based on information from the public and we need to get the information flowing in.
“We get the information, we can get the results and this was a very good result based on somebody who was a member of the public who was concerned about what they saw and reported it to us and we’ve been able to protect a young child.”
For help – Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800.
5. Shane Warne: booing is not racist.
Former cricketer Shane Warne has entered the debate about Adam Goodes declaring on Twitter that booing is not racist.
“If the public don’t like a sportsman because of the way they play the game, they boo, if they like them they cheer, nothing to do re racism.”
His comments immediately became something of a Twitter storm with some telling him to “Log Off Warnie.”
Tonight Richmond will wear their Dreamtime guernsey as a show of support for Adam Goodes when they take on Hawthorn at the MCG.
6. QLD man sues Ethiad after being seated next to ‘grossly overweight’ passenger.
A man from Queensland has taken airline Ethiad to court over what he says was an injury caused by being seated next to an overweight man.
James Andrew Bassos is suing Ethiad Airways over the flight from Abu Dhabi to Sydney in October 2010.
He says he was seated next to a very large man “whose body encroached into his seat”, the court heard.
He says for five hours he was forced to twist his back to avoid contact with the “grossly overweight person.”
The other passenger was frequently coughing and “expelled fluid from his mouth”, Mr Basso claimed.
Mr Bassos said after five hours of discomfort he complained, but his request to be given another seat was refused by an Etihad Airways cabin crew member – he was finally allowed to sit for a little time in a crew seat but was then moved back.
Mr Basso has been ordered to submit to a medical examination by a specialist in December.
7. Cecil the lion killer writes letter of apology – to his patients.
Walter Palmer, the US dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, has written a letter to his patients apologising for the disruption to their treatment
He wrote:
As you may have already heard, I have been in the news over the last few days for reasons that have nothing to do with my profession or the care I provide for you. I want you to know of this situation and my involvement. In addition to spending time with my family, one of my passions outside dentistry is hunting.
It continues:
In early July, I was in Zimbabwe on a bow hunting trip for big game. I hired several professional guides and they secured all proper permits. To my knowledge, everything about this trip was legal and properly handled and conducted. I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt.
He then says:
“The media interest in this matter – along with a substantial number of comments and calls from people who are angered by this situation and by the practice of hunting in general – has disrupted our business and our ability to see our patients. For that disruption, I apologize profoundly.”
Meanwhile more than 100,000 people have signed a petition to the White House which urges Secretary of State John Kerry and Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Palmer to Zimbabwe for him to “face justice” for illegally killing the country’s “national icon.”
8. Don’t let your kids do this on the monkey bars.
Doctors have warned that skipping a rung on the monkey bars is the move in the playground that will most likely see your child in plaster.
In a letter published in the ANZ Journal of Surgery the Australian Orthopaedic Research group have warned that more than half the monkey bar related injuries were caused by children attempting to skip a rung or from sitting or standing on the monkey bar and falling.
“Monkey-bar and play equipment falls can result in injuries that are significantly more likely to require a trip to the operating theatre” orthopedic trainee Dr Sina Babazadeh said.
“Parents and schools should be aware of the dangers when children attempt to skip rungs or use the equipment inappropriately, however, understandably it is difficult to stop them doing so.”
30-40% of falls were caused by falls from couches, bikes and trampolines.
9. Beware! Crisis ahead – there is a Nutella shortage.
Ferrero Australia has confirmed that commercial-sized three-kilogram tubs are out of stock – and restaurants are being forced to buy the smaller versions off supermarket shelves – eating into the regular addict’s supply.
The Hills News reports that the widespread shortage comes due to the popularity of Nutella-based products such as desserts, doughnuts and pastries in Melbourne cafes and bakeries.
Our advice: if you have some of the choccie gold hide it quick!
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