Michael Herr contributed to two of the best films on the Vietnam war, Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Photograph: Jane Bown/The GuardianMichael Herr contributed to two of the best films on the Vietnam war, Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Photograph: Jane Bown/The GuardianBooksObituaryMichael Herr obituaryWriter whose memoir Dispatches has been acclaimed as the best book about the Vietnam warMichael Herr, who has died aged 76, was the author of Dispatches (1977), by wide consent the best book about the Vietnam war, described by no less a critic than John Le Carré as “the best book ever written about men at war in our time”. Read More...
Australian police and policing This article is more than 8 months oldNSW police footage shows officers used two sets of handcuffs on 81-year-old woman with dementiaThis article is more than 8 months oldExclusive: footage from body-worn camera shows police restraining confused dementia patient Rachel Grahame in 2020
Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Six police officers used two sets of handcuffs on a distressed and frail 81-year-old woman with dementia after she took a lanyard from a staff member at her Sydney nursing home. Read More...
UK newsParalysed prisoner to sue over loss of dignityInmate without disabled toilet was unable to get to facilitiesA paralysed prisoner is to sue the home secretary after being obliged to use his jail bed as a lavatory for a year.
Roger Zoppola, 47, who is serving an eight year prison sentence for possession and supply of drugs, is unable to move from the chest down and uses a wheelchair.
He claims he spent one year in a cell in Pentonville prison, north London, without a disabled toilet and that he could not reach the wing facilities unassisted. Read More...
