Iconic soap star Drake Hogestyn has died aged 70, just one day shy of his 71st birthday. Hogestyn was best known as John Black on the soap Days of Our Lives, a role he played for 38 years. His family confirmed in a statement he died on Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Know … Read more
The federal Communications Minister has asked the ABC for a “please explain” over why and how the broadcaster added extra gunshots to audio it used to wrongly claim former Australian Commando Heston Russell had committed war crimes. The online ABC story, which incorrectly suggested Russell had fired at unarmed civilians, has subsequently been taken down … Read more
Nervous is not a word anyone would use to describe John Setka. In fact, if you dared to insinuate that he was, you’d likely be laughed off every construction site in the country. But when the former head of Australia’s most powerful union arrived at our 7NEWS Spotlight studio, it’s obvious that was exactly what … Read more
Paul Raffile is passionate about making the internet a safer place for our youth, but believes tech giants need to lead the charge. The cyber intelligence analyst worries that government actions — such as lifting the age of access to social media, as is currently proposed — may absolve organisations of responsibility for ensuring their … Read more
On Channel 7’s quiz show The Chase, Anne Hegerty is all the things you’d expect from her English Governess alter-ego. Formidable, stern and for the wannabe quizzers who come up against her, I imagine even a tad scary. But little about the real Anne Hegerty is quite as conventional. Stream Spotlight free on 7plus “I’m … Read more
Prince Harry has suffered another legal blow in the UK, losing his appeal against a court decision to dismiss his challenge to a government decision withdrawing his UK police protection. The Duke of Sussex gave up the right to government security when he and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior members of … Read more
When Roxy Jacenko first heard about a wonder weight-loss drug called Ozempic, she was determined to get hold of it, desperate to lose 15kg of extra weight. Little did the PR expert know that weeks later, she would end up in hospital following a dangerous overdose. Ozempic is an injectable medication formulated to help adults … Read more
