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1. Man charged with the murder of Gayle Woodford.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Gayle Woodford, who has been missing since Wednesday.

He had been previously charged with theft of an ambulance related to Mrs Woodford’s disappearance.

Mrs Woodford’s body was found on Saturday in a shallow grave after police spent three days searching for the rural nurse.

The 56-year-old was last seen alive on Wednesday night by her husband as they went to bed. The couple lived in the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands Community, located approximately 1,200 kilmetres from Adelaide.

The man charged with her murder was initially apprehended by police when he was found inside an ambulance, the one Mrs Woodford used for work.

He was one of three people in the vehicle, which was stopped by police about 400 kilometres from Coober Pedy.

Using GPS data, police were able to track the movements of the vehicle, which eventually lead to her body.

Mrs Woodford’s death has deeply affected the community where she lived and worked.

“Gayle was a loved, incredibly popular and extremely competent nurse with our organisation for a long period of time,” her employer said.

“The organisation’s major focus at the moment is trying to support her husband and her work colleagues and friends in the organisation as well as people in the communtiy who are also devastated by this terrible event.”

2. Concerns the world could be running out of chocolate.

Cocoa farmers from across the globe are continuing to express their concerns about extreme cocoa shortages, as demand far outweighs supply.

Kouame Kouassi, who teaches cocoa-producing to villages in the Ivory Coast, claims a number of issues are causing the mass shortages.

“We’re facing so many problems. The farmers are getting old and the trees are old and not growing many pods. There’s also disease and it’s not raining much,” said Kouassi.

“We have to change the way we do things, otherwise it’ll be disastrous.”

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the world’s demand for chocolate exploded last year, up to 7.1 million tonnes, however, only about 4 millions tonnes of cocoa beans are being produced yearly.

Many chocolate producers are attempting to find solutions, including promoting sustainability programs and removing child labour.

“We’re aiming to reach 300,00 cocoa farmers by 2020 to achieve a rejuvenated and economically viable sector,” said spokesperson from the World Cocoa Foundation.

“We had to come together to save costs, work with the government and rely on each other’s strengths. Nestle and Mars for the planting material, Mondelez for the community development.”

3. Man allegedly returns years later to sexually assault girl.

A court has heart that a man who sexually assaulted two young sisters returned two years later to rape one of his alleged victims, again.

Michael Fieldew, aged 60, is charged with over 50 counts of sexual assault, including several reported incidents of rape.

A witness told the court one of the sister has told her she had be in her home when the man who sexually assaulted her years ago had once again confronted her.

“She said a tradie cornered her in the kitchen one day and he was [the] same man who had sexually assaulted her when she was young,” the witness said.

The witness also said the girl had recurring flashbacks to the horrific events for three years, between 2006  and 2009, but never named who the attacker was. Despite wanting to go to the police, she was afraid no one would believe what happened to her.

It was in 2014 the police were first contacted.

Fieldew has pleaded not guilty to all 50 charges, following a committal hearing that went on for four days in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

4. Government spend $6 million on immigration film.

The Department of Immigration has spent $6 million on a telemovie, which is intended to deter individual overseas from travelling to Australia to seek asylum.

The film, called The Journey, is fully funded by the tax payers and was first aired in Afghanistan.

According to The Age, the film’s budget was more than provided to Australian classics like, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Castle and Wolf Creek, combined.

The Journey tells the dramatic story of a group of Afghan asylum seekers who attempted to come to Australia by boat and the “hardline” approaches they would face.

“The film aims to educate the inform audience in source countries about the futility of investing in people smugglers, the perils of the trip, and the hardline polices that await them if they do reach Australian waters,” said the blurb on the film marker’s website.

The company director of the organisation who made the film, Trudi-Ann Tierney, has not spoken about her work, however, has previously described her films as being pieces of “propaganda”.

The film will be available in a variety of Middle Eastern languages, however, not in English.

5. Study suggests memories lost from Alzheimer’s may be recoverable.

According to researchers from MIT, memories lost due to Alzheimer’s may be able to be recalled.

The study, conducted on mice, found that when scientists stimulated specific memory cells, called engram cells, the mice were able to access some of their short-term memory, previously lost to Alzheimer’s.

One of the neuroscientists responsible for the research, Susumu Tongeawa, said the research could ignite hope in many people who suffer from the condition.

“The important point is, this is a proof of concept. That is, even if a memory seems to be gone, it is still there. It’s a matter of how to retreive it.”

Despite the good news, many people have cautioned not to expect overnight miracles. Experts have said the study is only very small and conducted on a small group of mice, but cannot be expected to apply to the millions of individual who suffer dementia worldwide.

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