By Hope NewsroomFriday 26 Nov 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
Police say the search for William Tyrrell will be extended because of the wet weather.
The search for the 3-year-old who went missing in 2014 is entering its 12th day around Kendall, on the mid-north coast.
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The State Emergency Service has responded to about 480 calls for help as wild weather lashed parts of the state.
A warning has been issued for minor flooding expected this afternoon on the Colo, Hawkesbury and lower Nepean rivers.
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Debate on legalising voluntary assisted dying will resume in the state’s lower house this morning.
The proposal has been approved 53- 36 in the lower house but amendments are being considered before it goes to the upper house to become law.
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Flights from South Africa and five other African countries will be banned in the UK, due to worries about a recently identified Coronavirus variant.
There are fears it’s more contagious than the Delta strain.
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The first Australian forces have arrived to try and restore calm in the Solomon Islands, as hundreds of rioters have taken to the streets of the Pacific country.
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A gas leak in a Siberian coal mine has killed at least 52 people.
Dozens of others are being treated in hospital.
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Skyscrapers up to 330m high will be allowed in specific sections of inner Sydney, under a new plan for the CBD.
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Australia has been beaten 2-nil by Croatia in its Davis Cup tennis tie in Turin.
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