Sydney airport incident involving Virgin and Qantas flights didn’t have to be reported, Airservices Australia says

The organisation that manages Australian skies has defended its decision not to immediately report a fresh safety incident at Sydney airport when a Virgin plane aborted its takeoff.

The chief executive of the commonwealth-owned Airservices Australia, Rob Sharp, said he did not believe the incident met the reporting threshold, given the substantial distance between the Virgin plane and a Qantas aircraft crossing the runway in front of it on Sunday.

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Sets Premiere Day Viewing Record for Apple TV

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The fourth season premiere of Ted Lasso was, in fact, highly anticipated, based on Nielsen’s streaming ratings data.

The series’ return, three-plus years after its last episode, set a premiere window viewing record for Apple TV. Based on early data from Nielsen, Ted Lasso drew 296.6 million minutes of viewing time on Aug. 4 and 5. About 200 million of those minutes came on Aug. 5, making Ted Lasso the No. 1 streaming series in the United States that day.

Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – as it happened

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Polls open in Clacton, as research shows Farage has spent more than £10,000 in byelection fight against Count Binface

Good morning. In the media, August is known as the “silly season”. With parliament not sitting and many people on holiday, there is less proper news than normal, which means the nonsense stories get (even) more attention than usual. We are almost slap bang in the middle of the month, and today we’ve got a silly season classic in Clacton, where Nigel Farage, the Reform UK candidate, is fighting a byelection in which his main opponent is a joke candidate who dresses up as a dustbin.

Harvey Nichols bought by owner of Sports Direct

Luxury department store Harvey Nichols has been bought by the owner of Sports Direct, which warned a "significant restructuring" was needed to ensure the 200-year-old business remains sustainable.

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group will take control of the Harvey Nichols stores, including its flagship in Knightsbridge, as well as the international franchise.