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Police are investigating the unexplained death of a man in Nelson.Officers conducting an unrelated visit to an address on Suffolk Rd, Stoke around 8pm last night became aware of a deceased person at that location.”The man’s body appears to have been there for some time, and the circumstances are unclear at this stage,” a police spokesperson said. Police would be engaging ESR to assist with a full scene examination.”This is expected to take several days, and will include a forensic post-mortem in due course.” Police said the public could expect an increased police presence in the Stoke area while inquiries…

A fisher says seeing a pod of orcas, including a calf, swimming in the blue waters off Hakana Bay in Marlborough was an “amazing sight”. Vicky Wiblin filmed the group of six orcas, including a smaller calf, swimming in formation in the waters off Hakana Bay, Port Underwood in Marlborough Sounds. She told 1News it was a “spectacular show for many in the area”. “I could see them from a distance cruising and feeding around the coastline in Hakana Bay, but whilst out fishing I witnessed an amazing sight of six orca in formation. “It was a very special experience, something…

The protests started back in December after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. ADVERTISEMENTA mass demonstration against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico took place in the capital Bratislava on Friday, echoing last week’s protests. The rallies were driven by his pro-Moscow stance and his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.It also came after Fico’s threats of last week to cut financial aid for over 130,000 Ukrainian refugees living in Slovakia, in retaliation for Ukraine’s decision to halt the delivery of Russian gas to Slovakia through its territory.As thousands of people gathered, they…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu will not be detained despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. ADVERTISEMENTThe Polish government has guaranteed that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested if he attends the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant against him.Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, from the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS), this week wrote to the government requesting that Netanyahu not be arrested if he decides to attend the Auschwitz commemoration on 27 January, according to a presidential aide.The office of…

The end of an era arrives this month when Invercargill’s Wensley Cycles embraces change by moving to new premises. Owners Rob and Sandra McMurdo said the decision to move the 80-year-old business had been one they had been mulling over for years and was not an easy one to make. Putting the customer experience and business’ needs first ultimately became the catalyst to move to Deveron St. While city residents had become accustomed to the shop’s location, he believed the move was a positive change. “It was like any home that you’ve been in for more than a couple of…

Homelessness is increasing in Te Anau without any long-term support for those affected, a Fiordland conceptual plan has revealed.Meanwhile, efforts to target the issue with a new approach have come up empty-handed, a community board chairwoman says.The Te Anau Basin Development Plan was released last month with a goal of helping the Fiordland Community Board make future decisions.It covered a range of topics, including the local economy, population trends and housing.Regarding the latter, issues were highlighted around a lack of affordable housing in Te Anau as well as an increasing need for elderly accommodation.Homelessness was on the rise, for which…

Euronews has spoken to five students across Serbia who are part of the Western Balkan country’s protest movement demanding justice after the deadly Novi Sad train station awning collapse killed 15 and injured two. ADVERTISEMENT”I was under that roof about an hour before it collapsed,” 22-year-old Branislav, a student from Novi Sad said, remembering the day when the concrete awning of a railway station in Serbia’s second-largest city that collapsed on 1 November, killing 15 people and severely injuring two.”I attended the first big protest afterwards, some 27,000 people were on the street,” Branislav said.Many blame the awning’s collapse on…

A Dunedin-based cancer diagnostics company has been dealt a major blow after its flagship product was denied coverage by the United States government’s health insurance programme. Since August 2022, Pacific Edge has been awaiting an outcome on a decision on whether its Cxbladder tests would be covered by Medicare in the United States and has acknowledged the outcome could have a significant impact on its revenue. Cxbladder is a non-invasive test used for the detection of bladder cancer from a urine sample. This week, Medicare administrative contractor Novitas, which has jurisdiction for Pacific Edge’s US laboratory, dealt a blow to…

There are “no plans” for Ursula von der Leyen to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, the European Commission has confirmed. ADVERTISEMENTUrsula von der Leyen has not received an invitation to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th US president but she is seeking to establish “early contacts” with the new administration, the European Commission confirmed on Friday.Von der Leyen, a staunch advocate of transatlantic relations, is currently recovering from severe pneumonia in Hanover, Germany. As a result, the Commission president has cancelled all her external engagements for the first half of January.She is working from home and…

Some Uber passengers claim they’ve been ripped off by drivers forcing them to pay directly with cash or via a bank transfer.Upper Hutt woman Lauren Mudgway told 1News getting home after a night out in Wellington used to be a stress-free affair but two Uber trips at the end of last year changed all that.”So the guy both times took my phone and cancelled the ride from my phone on Uber and then just took me home. At the end, he was like, ‘OK, so you have to pay eftpos or cash,” Mudgway said.She was charged by Uber through the…