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Gas leak causing issues in Sydney’s southwest
Drivers travelling in southwest Sydney this morning are being told to expect diversions, with a gas leak at Moorebank causing road closures.
The road in closed in both directions on Moorebank Ave at Anzac Rd due to the leak.
There is no access to the road from Cambridge Ave at Glenfield.
Motorists are being urged to use the Hume Highway M5 instead and allow for extra travel time.
MOOREBANK: Closures in both directions on Moorebank Ave at Anzac Rd due to a gas leak. No access from Cambridge Ave at Glenfield to Moorebank Ave. Use Hume Hwy M5 instead. Allow extra travel time
— Live Traffic Sydney (@LiveTrafficSyd) October 24, 2018
Fury as students mock homeless people
Students have sparked outrage by dressing up as homeless people for a tramps’ night out, wearing ripped clothes and dirt on their faces.
Liverpool John Moores Trampolining Society hosts the fancy dress bash every year but it has now been called out for mocking the homeless.
While on their night out in Liverpool society members wore cardboard signs around their necks donning phrases such as “50p for a bounce on my bed” and “Spare change? Meet me at the bar”.
In now deleted social media posts the society told members to dress “as trampy as you can” and suggested shopping in Primark as they “do cheap shirts”.
Previous editions of the annual student night out have featured cardboard signs with the phrase: “give me your change and I’ll change your night”.
The LJMU Trampolining Society has said they will change their annual fancy dress theme.
In a statement they said: “We realise now, that our annual choice of costume could cause offence and are sorry for any upset this may have caused, it was never our intention.
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The event has been slammed as degrading. Picture: InstagramSource:Instagram
The student society has since apologised. Picture: InstagramSource:Instagram
Thousands of guns handed over in NSW
NSW Police have has thousands of firearms handed over to them during a three-month statewide amnesty.
More than 8300 guns, including over 1300 rifles and more than 400 shotguns, were surrendered during the three month period.
The operation followed the success of a national amnesty in 2017 that resulted in nearly 25,000 guns being given up in NSW alone.
The amnesty collected over 8300 guns. Picture: Angelo Velardo/AAPSource:News Corp Australia
Obama, Clintons targeted by mail bombs
Authorities have revealed they intercepted a series of suspicious packages addressed to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and others containing homemade explosive devices.
President Trump has condemned the attempted attacks, saying “acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States.”
A major federal investigation is underway to find the person who sent these packages.
Trump did not mention any of the recipients of the packages in his remarks. But he says, “We’re extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we witnessed this morning and we will get to the bottom of it.” Trump’s comments came at the top of remarks discussing his administration’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
The NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism said all the devices appeared to be crude pipe bombs.
No one was injured by any of the devices.
NYPD officers keeping lookout outside the Time Warner Center area following a series of suspicious packages. Picture: Kevin Hagen/APSource:AP
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