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"I am so heartbroken": Tributes flow for bride-to-be stabbing victim

Family and friends of Dawn Singleton are in mourning after the 25-year-old was one of the six people stabbed to death by Joel Cauchi in Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday. The 25-year-old was planning her wedding at the time of the stabbing, and was in the shopping centre looking for wedding makeup. Dawn, daughter of Aussie millionaire businessman John Singleton, had purchased her wedding dress just days before her life was tragically cut short. “Dawn, I should be writing your wedding speech, but instead I sit here sobbing,” Friend Jade O’Connor wrote on Facebook. “This year you were meant to get married to the love of your life — I’m so heartbroken and (I) can’t believe this reality.” Friend Emmi Shannon told <a href="https://7news.com.au/news/heartbreaking-detail-emerges-after-john-singletons-daughter-dawn-singleton-named-as-bondi-junction-westfield-stabbing-victim-c-14313870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7News</a>, “She was just the most perfect human being that I’ve ever met. She’s so sweet, so humble, so down to earth.” Dawn was engaged to her high school sweetheart Ashley Wildey, a police officer who had reportedly been on the scene at the shopping centre, attending the scene after finishing another shift. "He had arrived at Westfield when officers realised his fiancée was one of the victims," a source told The Daily Telegraph. Mr Wildey was then allowed to leave the scene to be comforted by family and friends, as is procedure. Singleton worked at White Fox Boutique, with colleagues saying they were “devastated” by her death. “We are all truly devastated by this loss,” the company said on social media. “Dawn was a sweet, kind-hearted person who had her whole life ahead of her. She was really amazing." “We send our love and deepest condolences to her partner, the Singleton family and her friends.” Dawn was one of six women killed by Joel Cauchi in the callous attack, which left several others injured. Cauchi's victims included Pikria Darchia, 55, Ashlee Good, 38; Faraz Tahir, 30; Dawn Singleton, 25; Jade Young, 47; and Yixuan Cheng, 25. A dozen others – mostly women – were also injured, including Good’s nine-month old baby girl. Image credits: Facebook

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“We will lean on each other”: Singleton Roosters open up on their devastating loss

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article may contain the name and image of a person who has died. Singleton Roosters AFC, a regional football club rocked by the Hunter Valley wedding bus tragedy, has released a heartbreaking statement on their devastating losses. 10 people passed away in the devastating crash, with seven of them members of, or close to, the club - Kane Symons, Rebecca Mullen, Tori Cowburn, Andrew and Lynan Scott, and Nadene and Kyah McBride. “The Singleton Roosters Australian Football Club has been devastated by the tragic bus incident in the Hunter Valley,” the club’s president Dylan Hixon said from their home ground at Rose Point Park. “Our community has experienced unfathomable heartache, distress, and sadness, after a number of people closely connected to the club were on board and either injured or killed.” He went on to share that their “first priority and focus is on supporting the families, friends, and those from our wider club community who have been affected by this unspeakable tragedy. “We thank every person and organisation that has offered support and condolences to our club and the families affected, not only within our town and AFL community but also for those associated with the wedding party.” And as the 4261 residents of the town mourned their loss, he called for “the privacy of our community to be respected”, noting that “our club has been formed out of great people and the relationships fostered within it, and we will lean on each other through this incredibly difficult time, with the memory of everyone that has been lost at the forefront of our thoughts.” The same statement was shared to the club’s social media, where supporters and well-meaning readers showered the post with their love and sympathies, with many opting to share heart emojis in the team’s colours in remembrance for those they’d lost. <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid02Kx9jra6awxLn7uyP7Psj9S14AV8Ufd747JPk1SCpjmmqweBL1HfvQBWgLet5s8Lrl%26id%3D100057365271717&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="278" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> The club and its supporters had already taken steps towards helping the families impacted by the tragedy, having raised $121,159 with a now-closed GoFundMe. The assistance wasn’t to stop there though, with Singleton Roosters AFC now directing any potential donors to the <a href="https://donations.rawcs.com.au/78-2022-23">Hunter Valley (NSW) Bus Tragedy Fund</a>, where a further $611,00 - and counting - has been raised for “relief and support to survivors, victims, and their immediate families from the events of the fatal bus accident”. Images: Facebook

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Today Show host fuming after featuring in Meghan Markle’s podcast without permission

Allison Langdon has been left fuming after her voice during a Today Show segment was used on Meghan Markle’s podcast. The Duchess of Sussex has released a few episodes of Archetypes in which she discusses various topics and her experiences since marrying Prince Harry. In the latest episode The Stigma of the Singleton, Meghan played part of an old interview she had with fellow actor Mindy Kaling where she spoke about the sexism reporting she endured when she and Prince Harry started dating. “When I started dating my husband, and we became engaged, everyone was just like, ‘Oh my god, you’re so lucky, he chose you,” the Duchess of Sussex is heard saying before it cuts to Ally’s comment. “The happy couple has enchanted the world with their real-life fairytale,” Ally said. “And at a certain point, after you hear it a million times over, you’re like, ‘Well I chose him too!’” a fed up Meghan says. <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fiwakeupwithtoday%2Fvideos%2F806123573905958%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> She then goes on to say that she is grateful to have Prince Harry by her side who was counteracting the comments. “They’ve got it all wrong. I’m the lucky one because you chose me,” she claims Prince Harry said. “But it is gendered and it’s archetyped and stereotyped that you’re so lucky, and it just feeds into this idea that you’re waiting for someone to tell you that you’re good enough, as opposed to knowing that you’re good enough on your own.” When Ally found out that she was featured in the new episode she said she was listening to it with “steam out of my ears”. “What part of that was saying, Harry (chose you)... oh, my gosh,” a furious Ally told co-host Karl Stefanovic. “Whatever side of the fence Ally is on in this story, she gets smashed by Meghan,” Karl responds. “All I know is that I had a lot of mates who liked Meghan for a long time and none of them do anymore,” Ally finished, explaining that the episode made her head “explode”. The Duchess of Sussex has caused quite a stir with her podcast Archetypes and is being called out by several big names around the world. Image: Facebook/Spotify

Woman dies after being pecked by a rooster

Australians have been warned of the dangers of varicose veins after a woman died from a rooster pecking. The elderly woman, who was not identified, died after being attacked by an “aggressive rooster” while collecting eggs from a chicken coop on her rural South Australian property. The rooster pecked the woman’s lower left leg, puncturing her varicose veins and leading the wound to bleed out. Roger Byard, professor of pathology at the University of Adelaide who studied the woman’s death, said the case highlighted how “vulnerable” elderly people who have varicose veins are. Varicose veins are enlarged, twisted veins which bulge on the skin surface. They commonly appear in the legs and feet. “I’ve had a number of cases where people have just been wandering around in their home and just run into furniture which has caused a small injury,” Byard told the <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-02/elderly-woman-dies-after-rooster-pecked-varicose-veins/11469394">ABC</a>. “They haven’t known what to do and have died from it.” Byard said while rooster attacks were rare, he said the woman’s case showed that small domestic animals can be dangerous. “There have been a couple of cases overseas where children have been pecked by roosters because they have thin skulls and the rooster has actually caused brain damage,” he said. “Older people are also not as good at defending themselves against animal attacks, their balance might not be as good.” The case – which was recently published in the journal of Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology – focused on ways to identify wounds from small animals during an autopsy. Byard said damage to varicose veins can be treated immediately to prevent deaths. “If you knock them, put pressure on the wound, elevate and call for help,” he told <a href="https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a190901yzqfk/woman-killed-by-her-rooster-while-collecting-eggs-20190902">10 daily</a>. “Don’t panic.”

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