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A worker who suffered from PTSD while serving with Grenfell fire victims will appeal a'vastly overburdening' and 'unprecedented' £4.6 million award. After being dismissed from her £125,000-per-year job, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was ordered to pay Rachael Wright-Turner (pictured) for disability discrimination and bullying. The employment tribunal's decision, which found senior officers in Labour's administration had misled in evidence, is thought to be the highest-ever award against a public body. However, although Hammersmith and Fulham said it was "very sorry" for Ms Wright-Turner's ordeal, the prosecution would have appealed because the claim was "completely ridiculous, contested, and highly unusual."

After suing her bosses, a former council chief who suffered with the bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower fire was given a record £4.6 million payout. After being suspended from her £125,000-per-year job, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was ordered to pay Rachael Wright-Turner (right) for disability discrimination and bullying. The employment tribunal's decision, which found senior officers in Labour-run authority had lied in evidence, is considered to be the highest-ever award against a public body. Ms Wright-Turner, 52, said last night, although she acknowledged the sum was'substantial,' she never intended to appear at a tribunal.

Kim Smith, 61, is waiting for a double hand transplant after losing her hand six years earlier due to sepsis. Kim, a resident of Milton Keynes, said she needed two hands that would best suit her body. However, she claims she was warned that if she wanted to hold out for a pair of hands from a white male donor, it would take a long time. Patients on the waiting list for transplants are asked in their psychological assessment if they would take hands from several donors in order to decide what they will or won't be able to do. Kim Sepsis, left, before contracting sepsis. Kim is correct now. Kim Inset: Kim in the hospital.

According to the family of a five-year-old boy who died after being rushed home from hospital because of "no beds," he may have been saved if workers had adhered to their pleas. Yusuf Mahmud Nazir (left) died of pneumonia on Monday. An infection has spread to his lungs, resulting in multiple organ malfunctions and several cardiac arrests, according to the reports. Zaheer Ahmed (right) told Sky News that he'begged and begged' workers at Rotherham General Hospital (inset) to care for his nephew's swollen throat, but that he was told, 'there are no beds and not enough doctors'. The young boy's care for him has since been investigated by Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

Danny Abdallah said the Queen's funeral on Monday "took him right back" to his own children's funeral after they were run over by a inebriated Sydney driver in 2020. On Monday, the father and co-founder of the i4give Day charity was one of ten Australian civilians invited to attend the Queen's funeral. Seven children from the Abdallah family were mowed down by a drunk driver on a Sydney footpath on February 1, 2020, while trying to buy ice creams. Sienna Abdallah, eight, and her siblings Angelina, 12, and Antony, 13, as well as their 11-year-old niece Veronique Sakr.

One of the Australians selected to attend the Queen's funeral wore a special black hat shaped like an Akubra' that was whipped up at the last minute for the occasion. Shanna Whan, the founder of the Sober in the Country charity, was chosen to accompany Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in London for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. Ms Whan wrote a letter last week on Facebook asking assistance in finding a suitable frock and hat to adhere to the strict dress code, with expert milliner Fiona Schofield heeding the call 250 kilometers away from Ms Whan's home in central west NSW.

As Queen Elizabeth II's funeral begins in London, Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon have arrived. As he joined a cadre of Commonwealth and world leaders, including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, US President Joe Biden, and French President Emmanuel Macron, the Australian Prime Minister emerged looking largely wounded by his partner. "What a moment for our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.' He looks quite emotional, doesn't he?' During Channel Nine's coverage, Allison Langdon appeared.

A group of dignitaries, VIPs, and 'everyday' Australians are on their way to London to attend Her Majesty's funeral at Westminister Abbey next Monday. Several of the invitees were given a seat on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's private jet Bottom Right), which took off from Sydney on Thursday night. The invitation was not extended to Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia's troubled war hero (pictured with the Queen top left). On Thursday, the Victoria Cross recipient (left) was seen boarding a commercial flight to London at Brisbane International Airport. Phillip Thompson, the shadow defence minister, slammed Australian consulate staff who doubted Mr Roberts-Smith's invitation to the funeral and called for their dismissal.

Dignitaries, celebrities, and tens of thousands of people have arrived in the United Kingdom, with some of them given a ride on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's private jet. Dylan Alcott, 31, an Australian of the Year, was seen aboard Mr Albanese's RAAF aircraft on Thursday night, heading for London, where the funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey on September 19. In 2022, the wheelchair tennis champion was also named an Officer of the Order of Australia for his 'distinguished service to Paralympic sport, especially tennis, as well as as a role model for people with disabilities and the wider community through a variety of organisations.'

Chris Waller, the champion horse trainer who is best known for preparing the record-breaking mare Winx, was a close friend of Her Majesty's and called her every Saturday to discuss the weekend races. However, the 49-year-old has revealed why he was compelled to decline an invitation to attend her funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19.

The Victoria Cross's British military heroes, including an RAF ace who sunk a German U-boat and landed his injured plane during the Second World War and an Iraq War veteran who rescued his comrades during an ambush by Islamist militants, will all be invited to the Queen's state funeral in Westminster Abbey next week. Both recipients of the VC - the highest and most coveted award of Britain's honours system in 1856 by Queen Victoria during the Crimean War - or the George Cross will be invited to the London ceremony on Monday, September 19. This means three living VC holders, John Alexander Cruickshank, Nepale Gurkha recipient Rambahadur Limbu, and Colour Sergeant Johnson Beharry, will join world leaders including Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern, Jair Bolsonaro, and Recep Erdogan, all paying their respects to the late British monarch. All living holders of the GC, which was established in 1940 by Elizabeth II's father King George VI during the Blitz, will join them.

Trudy Lin (left), a special needs dentist in Adelaide, received a call from the Prime Minister's office on Sunday, requesting that she attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral (right) next week. The 2022 Young Australian of the Year said she was honored to attend the Queen's funeral and wished the focus wasn't on her as a person but as a "representative of all the other specialists in special needs dentistry." Dr Lin is one of ten "ordinary" Australians invited to Westminster Abbey's funeral on Monday.

Ben Roberts-Smith's invitation to the Queen's funeral next week has left Australia's High Commission in London dissatisfied and deeply worried, with officials announcing that they had arranged for him not to attend. The troubled veteran (pictured) is now embroiled in a 'century of defamation litigation' against Nine and the subject of ongoing suspect crimes investigation. However, Mr Roberts-Smith will be one of four Victorian Cross recipients who will attend Her Majesty's funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19.

In a surprise phone call after attending church, a father who forgave a drunk driver who ran over and killed three of his children was among the Australians invited to the Queen's funeral - as Anthony Albanese (inset) contacted him. Danny Abdallah and his partner Leila (pictured left) lost three of their four children and their niece when Samuel Davidson, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, struck them with his car on February 1, 2020 at Oatlands in Sydney's northwest. Mr Abdallah and his wife were able to save Davidson, who was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Antony, 13, Angelina, 8, and Veronique Sakr, 11.

Ben Roberts-Smith - one of just a handful of Australians invited to the Queen's funeral, and he is eager to hear the outcome of his epic defamation case against Nine publishing. He spoke about a'surreal' meeting with her and thanked Her Majesty for her'magnific' example.

Only ten Australians will be welcomed to the service in London's Westminster Abbey next Monday, excluding distinguished dignitaries such as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon. After making Her Majesty giggle during a Zoom call in May, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott will be in attendance. Chris Waller, a legendary race horse trainer, is also expected to receive a formal invitation, but has said he has yet to receive a call. Although wheelchair tennis champion Alcott will be present at the funeral, former Australian of the Year Grace Tame was not on the invitation list. It's unknown if former Prime Minister Scott Morrison was invited along with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.