Footy star Blake Ferguson has ­revealed the torment of 29 lonely nights inside a Japanese prison where no one spoke English and he couldn’t contact his family or ­manager. 

Premier Dominic Perrottet was not told about the decision to shut down the rail network as his most senior public servant was asleep when the late-night text message from a transport boss was sent. 

It’s been revealed students are being left in the library or playground with “minimal supervision”, or split up among other ­classes, as the public education system grapples with a critical teacher shortage. 

The wife of former cricket Legend Dean Jones says his estate cannot afford to pay any money to her late husband’s love child.

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