The death toll in the fatal fire that engulfed a Tai Po housing estate has risen to 65, as the city's leader has announced the government will be distributing HK$10,000 to all affected households.

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

The UK retailer has released its own versions of the classic Australian cake. Melbourne-born Londoner Rose Johnstone assembles a group of UK-based Australians to try it * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email “Sorry, did you say lemingtons? Are they like, tropical fruits?” Not the response I was expecting when I excitedly told my colleagues that M&S Food was about to launch two versions of lamingtons to the UK public. As an Australian living in London, I’m used to navigating minor cultural differences in the workplace. Case in point: Brits eat their sausage rolls cold, with no sauce. And if you ask for sauce, they’d ask: “What kind?” But to learn that they hadn’t heard of lamingtons – the treat I’d scoff at my Grandma’s house, the major player at any cake stall, the bakery stalwart, neighbour to the trusty snot block – felt downright wrong. Like I’d slipped through a wormhole into a tragic parallel universe. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner window dimmers glitched on a 14-hour British Airways flight, which looks mighty unpleasant.