Visitors headed downtown during the Detroit Free Press Marathon can attend a few free events during the weekend.

In 41 local authorities, at least 90 of the population is likely to be within half an hour’s walk of a railway station.

Steve Darling said the golden retriever is ‘living the true life of a parliamentarian’ because she enjoys a bit of shut-eye in the chamber.

Independent senator Frances Black said whether to pass the Occupied Territories Bill was now ‘a question of political will’.