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Debbie SchippDigital News Director

Debbie Schipp is the Daily Telegraph’s Digital News Director, with a background as a sports writer, editor and columnist and TV writer, editor and columnist, and in print and digital production.

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Carrie Bickmore and Chris Walker, left, and Bickmore on the beach with her children at Byron Bay earlier this month. Pictures: News Corp/Media Mode

‘Immense sadness’: Carrie Bickmore and husband split

After more than a decade together and a month after leaving her long-time spot as host of The Project, Carrie Bickmore and partner Chris Walker have announced their separation.

UPDATEDNSW

Daily Telegraph. 01, November, 2022.Andrew Amos, Belinda Roberts and Beck Basich, watching Race 6, Little Dance, at The Big Dance on Cup Day, at Royal Randwick, today. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Giddy-up! Racing’s big sunny day in Sydney

A new tradition has been born in Australian racing with Sydney kicking up its heels for the first running of the $2m race, The Big Dance, at Royal Randwick.

Horse Racing

GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA - MAY 07: Sam Clipperton on Numerian wins race 7 the Mostyncopper Gosford Gold Cup during Gosford Gold Cup Day at Gosford Race Club on May 07, 2022 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Melbourne Cup, The Big Dance: Beginner’s guide to betting

If you’re a once-a-year punter whenever the Melbourne Cup rolls around and words like ‘quinella’ and ‘exacta’ mean nothing to you, then this beginner’s guide to betting will make you sound like a pro.

NSW

Wildlife Photographer of the Year - :Karine Aigner wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022American photographer Karine Aigner was announced as this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year for her remarkable image of a buzzing ball of cactus bees spinning over the hot sand on a Texas ranch. : Karine Aigne Please credit the photographers clearly and appropriately as well as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition which is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum. , , , , If these are shared on social media, please ensure you use the watermarked low-res versions and tag the competition and use our hashtag, #WPY58.

Walk on the wild side: Best animal pictures of 2022 revealed

From a ball of bees to snakes hanging in hundreds in caves, everything from the arresting to the electrifying features in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year | See the pictures

OPINIONNSW

Excerpts from a from a four-plus hour conversation with an optus chatbot over dtata breach. Pictures: Supplied

Six days on, I’m a worried Optus customer still on hold

If Optus’ customer details database was as impenetrable as its chatbot service, we wouldn’t be in this mess, writes Debbie Schipp. Read the transcript of the chat here.

NSW

Daylight saving begins in Sydney at 2am on Sunday, October 2, 2022. Picture: Supplied

Clocks forward or back? When does daylight saving start?

Daylight saving starts in many parts of Australia on Sunday, signalling long, light-filled evenings and a glimpse of summer. Here’s how to keep up.

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

Daily telegraph 30/8/22. Chris Dawson walks into the Supreme Court in a large media scrum maybe for the last time .picture John Grainger

Murderer Chris Dawson ‘shocked and upset’ by conviction

Chris Dawson, 74 years old and now a convicted murderer, looked catatonic as officers handcuffed him in the Supreme Court and led him out through the dock.

National

‘Only used powers once’: Morrison sorry for assuming secret roles

Scott Morrison concedes his secret appointments to five portfolios were “unnecessary” amid calls for him to resign as Karen Andrews and former deputy Josh Frydenberg say they were never told their roles secretly assumed.

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

Darian Aspinall, 27, her two children Winter Bellamy, 2, and Koda Bellamy, 4, and their grandmother Lead Gooding, 50, have been reported missing on a road trip from remote Queensland to remote Far West NSW. Picture: NSW Police

Safe: Mum, kids and grandma missing on rural road trip found

A Queensland family of four reported missing in NSW’s far west have been found safe and well by a search helicopter crew after not being seen since Sunday.

UPDATEDQLD News

Safe: Mum, kids and grandma missing on rural road trip found

A Queensland family of four reported missing in NSW’s far west have been found safe and well by a search helicopter crew after not being seen since Sunday.

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