Russell Jackson

3 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Russell Jackson

UK government unveils strategic defence review but opponents question commitment to defence spending of 3 per cent of GDP by 2034 The UK will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered attack submarines and invest £15 billion in its warhead programme, the Prime Minister will announce on Monday as the Government unveils its strategic defence review.

2 months ago | scotsman.com | Russell Jackson

Markets soar as US president backs down for most countries but puts 125 per cent rate on Chinese importsUS President Donald Trump has abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125 per cent. US treasury secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that Mr Trump was pausing his so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on most of the country’s biggest trading partners, but maintaining his 10 per cent tariff on nearly all global imports.

Mar 21, 2025 | abc.net.au | Russell Jackson

Ten years ago this coming December, on a gloomy Thursday morning, Travis Finlayson walked into the County Court in Melbourne hoping that justice, and perhaps a measure of personal salvation, would prevail in a three-act play. Warning: This story contains references to child sex abuse and mental health that some audience members may find distressing. First, the then-39-year-old Finlayson visualised his boyhood abuser, Arthur Eaton, being led away to a jail cell.

Mar 10, 2025 | scotsman.com | Russell Jackson

Charles hands baton to six-time Olympic champion to begin relay with 500 days to go until GamesThe King has been joined by cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy to officially start the countdown to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Charles handed a wooden baton to the six-time Olympic champion to launch the King’s Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace on Monday, with 500 days to go before the sporting event begins.

Oct 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Russell Jackson

A survivor of "shocking" sexual abuse at a Melbourne primary school has received what his lawyer has called "the biggest publicly known payment to an abuse survivor in Australia" in an extraordinary $8 million settlement with the Victorian Education Department. The man, who was sexually abused by notorious paedophile Darrell Ray, was among a generation of students who suffered abuse in the 1960s and 70s at Beaumaris Primary School in bayside Melbourne.