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We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1. BBC confirms Jeremy Clarkson sacked as Top Gear presenter.

Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked from the program after being told his verbal and physical abuse of a producer will not be tolerated.

Clarkson was suspended two weeks ago following what was called a “fracas” with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.

It has been reported that the outburst was over a meal – he was told he could not have steak and chips after a day’s filming because the hotel where they were staying had stopped serving hot food.

He went on a 20-minute verbal tirade and then physically assaulted the producer.

BBC Director-General Tony Hall said “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract”.

In a statement he said “For me a line has been crossed.”

“There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations.”

The programme generates an estimated £50 million a year for the BBC.

Clarkson changed his Twitter bio to say: “I used to be a presenter on the BBC2 motoring show, Top Gear.”

The BBC reports that even the British Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken out about the sacking saying

“If you do something wrong at work there can be consequences” and that “aggressive and abusive behaviour is not acceptable in the workplace”.

 2. Still no answers on why the Germanwings Airbus flight crashed.

Authorities in France have said that the casing of the second black box from the Germanwings A320 has been located, but not the box itself.

Experts are analysing data from the first black box to establish what caused the German airline disaster in the French Alps that killed 150 people including two Australians. Aviation experts are focusing on the possibility that sensors on the  Airbus A320 could have iced up, causing the aircraft to descend rapidly.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told RTL radio “The black box has been damaged. We will have to put it back together in the next few hours to be able to get to the bottom of this tragedy.”

Remi Jouty, the head of BEA, the French aviation investigative arm that is leading the crash probe said that the debris at the crash site is not characteristic of a plane that exploded in flight he said instead it suggests the plane hit the ground and broke apart.

Meanwhile French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have arrived together by helicopter in the remote Alpine region and thanked search and rescue teams.

The French President has assured relatives of the crash victims that their loved ones remains will be returned.

3. Funeral for Masa Vukotic today.

A public funeral will be held in Melbourne for Masa Vukotic, the teenager murdered last week at a  Doncaster park

A sea of pink is expected to farewell the young woman described as having a zest for life.

Another gathering for Masa, titled Princess Marci’s Royal Parade, will be held at the Queen Victoria Gardens on Saturday.

Both the funeral and gathering are open to members of the public.

Police have charged Sean Christian Price with her murder.

4. Severe morning sickness ruled a disability by Victorian tribunal.

Employers must now consider severe morning sickness a “disability” after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that a pregnant Melbourne phone shop worker was discriminated against by her employer after she fell pregnant and suffered the condition Hyperemesis Gravidarum.

Fairfax Media reports that store managers breached the state’s Equal Opportunity Act after texting the employee after a string of absences, saying “I’m f–king sick of this”, and “You better f–king come in”.

Under the ruling employers will have to make allowances and reasonable adjustments on a case-by-case basis for women suffering the condition.

Employment lawyer Emma Starkey told Fairfax Media that the new ruling showed severe morning sickness must be treated as seriously as other forms of physical disability in the workplace.

“This puts employers on notice,”

“If someone is suffering this type of morning sickness that affects their ability to work then employers have an obligation to make reasonable adjustments on a case-by-case basis,” she said.

“Let’s say you work in an office and morning sickness is at its worst first thing in the morning but clears up by 10am … if you started later in the day, it might not impact your job.”

5. Thousands line Singapore’s streets to pay respects to Lee Kuan Yew ahead of Sunday funeral.

By ABC

Thousands of people have lined Singapore’s streets as a gun carriage took the casket of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, to parliament house for public viewing.

Mr Lee died on Monday, aged 91, after being treated for severe pneumonia.

Chants of “Lee Kuan Yew” rang out from the crowd as the carriage entered the colonnaded Parliament House in the heart of the city-state’s business district, where his body will lie in state until Saturday. The funeral is on Sunday.

The casket, wrapped in the Singaporean flag, was brought from the Istana palace, where the Singapore prime minister’s office is located and the Lee family held a private wake for the last two days.

Bagpipers played Auld Lang Syne as the procession set off.

Mr Lee, Singapore’s first prime minister, is credited with transforming the city-state from a British colonial outpost into one of the world’s wealthiest nations (on a per capita basis) with a strong, pervasive role for the state and little patience for dissent.

“Many people found he was a bit stern. But in order to lead, you have to be a little stern,” said Mariam Mohammed, 52, who was in the line outside Parliament House with her family.

The queue of people waiting to enter stretched for about 2 kilometres, across a bridge on the nearby Singapore River and into the Boat Quay area.

A florist at the closest subway stop was offering free flowers to people on their way to the viewing.

“This is the last opportunity,” Ms Mohammed said. “I would love to have met him in person to thank him personally. But I hope he knows we are grateful for what he has done.”

A version of this story was originally published on ABC and has been republished with full permission.

6. The Presidents of the Association Adults surviving Child Abuse has calls  for an integrated system of care.

The President of  the Association Adults surviving Child Abuse Dr Cathy Kezelman will appear before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today. She has called for a national accreditation body which can coordinate, monitor and quality assure the training and professional development of health professionals needed to provide trauma-informed psychological services to survivors.

Unresolved childhood trauma including abuse costs the nation $9.1 billion each year.

Dr Kezelman said “The Royal Commission has helped Australia better understand the scale of the problem but we need to put solutions in place.”

“We want to eliminate the “merry-go-round” of unintegrated care in which people do not have their needs met, and even worse, are often re-traumatised, because the challenges related to their prior trauma are not being appropriately addressed. That’s why ASCA’s key focus is more comprehensive trauma informed training across all sectors and improved counseling and psychological care,” she said.

7. Woman charged with assaulting police officer by squirting her with breast milk.

A woman in Perth has been charged with assault after allegedly squirting breast milk at a police officer during a search.

The 26-year-old woman was taken into custody on an arrest warrant at a Rockingham shopping centre.

She was body searched by a female officer. After the search while the woman was getting dressed she allegedly grabbed her breast and squirted milk at the female officer.

The woman appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court and was refusing bail.

8. Lara Logan continues to suffer medical repercussion after gang rape.

American 60 Minutes reporter Lara Logan has been re-admitted to hospital still suffering ongoing consequences after a brutal gang rape four years ago while covering Egypt’s Arab Spring protests.

43-year old Logan was attacked after being separated from her bodyguard in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

According to the Brietbart News the mother of two has been in and out of hospital many times since the attack – including four times this year alone.

In an interview with The New York Times Logan said of the men who separated her from her crew that “for an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands.”

She told 60 Minutes she thought she was going to die.

9. Australian woman killed during butt implant surgery.

The family of Evita Nicole Sarmonikas, the 29-year old woman who died after cosmetic surgery in Mexico have confirmed that she was having buttock implants by a doctor who was once threatened with legal action by Kim Kardashian.

Eva Sarmonikas died after suffering a cardiac arrest during surgery in Mexicali, Mexico.

Her sister posted a heartbreaking Facebook post imploring other young women not go seek out “perfection.” She said that Eva was undergoing a “simple cosmetic procedure.”

Her cousin, Nick Tsagalias told The Gold Coast Bulletin she was having surgery for buttock implants.

The surgeon Victor Ramirez was involved in a legal dispute with Kim Kardashian in 2012 after using a picture of her on a billboard to promote his business.

Meanwhile her family have has raised more than $17,000 in less than 24 hours to help fund their trip overseas to bring the 29-year-old’s body home.

 10. Sydney oval where children are expected to wear helmets while playing.

Willoughby Council on Sydney’s North Shore has made the recommendation that children playing on Northbridge Oval wear bike helmets to save them from flying golf balls.

The oval is used by the local public schools and sporting groups.

Fairfax Media reports that its adjacency to a nearby golf course means that four children from Northbridge Public School have been hit by wayward balls in the past six months.

The council put out a risk assessment suggesting students protect themselves by wearing a bicycle or skateboard helmet during lunchtimes, together with a sun hat.

P&C president David Michel said “”Expecting children to wear bicycle helmets on the oval whilst playing during lunchtime and training for AFL and soccer is not only impractical but ridiculous … We know the devastating effect that a golf ball can have on a child hitting them on the head or temple. This is a critical issue and we need an immediate response from the council.”

Willoughby mayor Gail Giles-Gidney said that the council was working to find a solution.

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