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Adelaide has honoured the Hilltop Hoods with a laneway named after the hip-hop trio, more than 30 years after the group formed in the city’s foothills. Clubhouse Lane, which runs off Hindley Street in the central business district, was officially renamed Hilltop Hoods Lane on Wednesday. The Adelaide group, made up of Pressure, Suffa and DJ Debris, joins a list of South Australian music figures recognised on the city’s City of Music trail. Other tributes include Paul Kelly, Sia, Cold Chisel, No Fixed Address and The Angels. Two large murals by Adelaide artist Vans the Omega have been installed in…

Manchester United are considering managerial alternatives to Michael Carrick, with Antonio Conte and Julian Nagelsmann understood to have support among senior figures at Old Trafford. Carrick remains in charge, but pressure has grown after United’s poor start to the season and a five-match winless run. Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid has further increased scrutiny of his position. Conte and Nagelsmann among Manchester United options Nagelsmann is believed to be a particular favourite of director of recruitment Christopher Vivell. The former Germany manager is currently available after leaving his national-team post. Conte is also being considered. The former…

Police in East Wenatchee are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found along the Columbia River near the W.T. Clark Pipeline Bridge. Officers were called at about 4.50pm on Tuesday, October 13, following a report of a deceased person roughly 100 yards south of the pedestrian crossing. The body was found on the riverbank. The East Wenatchee Police Department has not released the person’s identity, age or gender, and has not said how they died or whether any injuries were discovered. Captain Karstan Garcia said investigators were unable to rule out any possible cause of death because of…

Kmart is facing legal action in Australia over allegations that it sold millions of bottles of OXX fake fingernail glue without warning customers that the product could cause serious burns. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims some users, including children, suffered third-degree burns and required hospital treatment, with some needing skin grafts. The allegations relate to seven varieties of the retailer’s own-brand nail glue. Consumers also reported that the glue steamed, smoked, burned or melted when it came into contact with fabric, according to legal documents filed in the Federal Court. The ACCC alleges Kmart received more than…

Chelsea Tantum, from Manchester, was diagnosed with melanoma at the age of 28 after regularly using tanning beds for a decade. Her diagnosis followed years of repeated sunbed use, with the skin cancer identified when she was in her twenties.

Bessent has called for reforms to the World Bank, including financing for upstream oil and gas activity. The proposal places upstream oil and gas financing among the changes he wants considered as part of a wider reform of the international lender.

Ryan Phillippe has recalled a “wild night” at the 2006 Oscars, when his film Crash won Best Picture shortly after his then-wife Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for Walk the Line. Speaking on Wednesday’s episode of Live With Kelly and Mark, the 52-year-old 9-1-1: Nashville actor described the ceremony as an “out-of-body, out-of-mind experience”. “It was a wild night altogether because my wife at the time, Reese Witherspoon, also won Best Actress,” Phillippe said. “While she was backstage giving her post-award interviews, they called Best Picture for Crash.” Phillippe also remembered meeting Morgan Freeman, who presented the Best Picture…

A Phoenix mother has described feeling “heartbroken, sad, disgusted” after a third-grade teacher at Encanto Elementary School was arrested on federal charges involving child sexual abuse material. Frances Garcia, whose five children attend the school, said one of them had been taught by Gabriel Lorenzo Chacon, 32. She told local media she had struggled to take her child to school after learning of the allegations. “My child is here Monday through Friday all day while I’m at work,” Ms Garcia said. “Now, I had a very hard time dropping my child off today, not knowing if she was gonna be…

Guy McKenna, a dual West Coast premiership hero and former Gold Coast coach, is among the leading contenders to become Perth’s new coach. Interviews for the position are expected to begin next week, with McKenna now in contention for the role.

Heavy rain caused severe flooding in São Paulo’s Anhangabau tunnel, leaving vehicles piled up and people stranded inside. The flooding created a mass pile-up as water filled the tunnel, trapping those caught inside. Rescue teams were unable to reach them until the floodwaters receded.