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‘Utterly disgraceful’: New York police officers suspended after viral video shows them shoving 75-year-old man to ground

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‘Utterly disgraceful’: New York police officers suspended after viral video shows them shoving 75-year-old man to ground

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Two New York police officers have been suspended after a viral video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground on Thursday night.

The graphic video shared on Twitter shows a man walking up to Buffalo Police Department officers. It is unclear if he exchanged words with the officers before he is shoved to the sidewalk. The man stumbles back and falls and the video shows him motionless and bleeding from his head. 

After the man falls, a person shouts, “He’s bleeding from his ears!” Someone else shouts, “Get a medic!” The reporter recording the video is then told to back up. 

The video drew immediate condemnation. 

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown issued a statement late Thursday, saying the man in the video is 75 years old and at the hospital in “serious but stable” condition. 

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“I was deeply disturbed by the video, as was Buffalo Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood,” Brown said in the statement, which was posted to Twitter. “He directed an immediate investigation into the matter, and the two officers have been suspended without pay. 

“After days of peaceful protests and several meetings between myself, police leadership and members of the community, tonight’s event is disheartening.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted the officers’ actions. 

“This incident is wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful,” the governor said in a tweet. 

He added, “Police Officers must enforce — NOT ABUSE — the law.”

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz also said the injured man was  in stable condition at a local hospital. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, tweeted her office is aware of the video. 

“I’ve seen videos of the incident in front of Buffalo’s City Hall in which an older protester appears to have been shoved by police, fell backwards and suffered a serious head injury,” Poloncarz tweeted. “It sickens me.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of New York (NYCLU) tweeted that the injured man was at a peaceful protest against police violence. 

“The casual cruelty demonstrated by Buffalo police officers tonight is gut-wrenching and unacceptable,” NYCLU Buffalo Chapter John Curr said in a statement. “Police officers cannot continue to hide behind the lie that they are protecting and serving. City leaders need to take this as a wake-up call and seriously address the police violence during this week’s protest and the culture of impunity that led to this incident.” 

The video was taken by WBFO reporter Mike Desmond, according to the outlet. 

The Buffalo Police Department announced the officers’ suspension on its Facebook page, adding that an internal affairs investigation was already underway.

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The Buffalo Police Department and the New York State Police did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment. 

Thursday’s incident comes after more than a week of protests against police brutality following Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Floyd died after now-fired police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.

Since Floyd’s death, which has been ruled a homicide, protesters nationwide have decried police brutality and racial inequality. Protests have been marred by violence and looting, and police have been caught on camera multiple times using force against protesters — including peaceful ones. 

“I hope to continue to build on the progress we have achieved as we work together to address racial injustice and inequity in the City of Buffalo,” Brown said. “My thoughts are with the victim tonight.”

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My Quarantine Boyfriend Lost Everything (but Found Me)

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My Quarantine Boyfriend Lost Everything (but Found Me)

Beyond that, my quarantine boyfriend was no longer allowed to visit his mother, and her health began to falter. A longtime colleague of his ran a fever and was admitted to the hospital. My quarantine boyfriend made grim predictions about losing his mother and his bandmate at the same time. He struggled to occupy himself. He watched his savings dwindle and worried about losing his apartment. He longed to see his child and fought with his former wife.

As a result of all this, my boyfriend was not well equipped to be a boyfriend. He was overwhelmed and fearful. But I had a small safe circle that included my child, my ex and my quarantine boyfriend, and twice a week, being as careful as possible, I went to his house, where we sat knee to knee at the kitchen table, eating and drinking. He mostly talked, and I mostly listened.

A few weeks into it, on a particularly miserable afternoon, he told me he was aware of his limitations and sorry he couldn’t be more emotionally available. He said under normal conditions he would be moving toward a relationship, but he couldn’t allow himself to do so when everything was so fraught and uncertain.

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    • How many people have lost their jobs due to coronavirus in the U.S.?

      The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said on June 5, an unexpected improvement in the nation’s job market as hiring rebounded faster than economists expected. Economists had forecast the unemployment rate to increase to as much as 20 percent, after it hit 14.7 percent in April, which was the highest since the government began keeping official statistics after World War II. But the unemployment rate dipped instead, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs, after more than 20 million jobs were lost in April.

    • Will protests set off a second viral wave of coronavirus?

      Mass protests against police brutality that have brought thousands of people onto the streets in cities across America are raising the specter of new coronavirus outbreaks, prompting political leaders, physicians and public health experts to warn that the crowds could cause a surge in cases. While many political leaders affirmed the right of protesters to express themselves, they urged the demonstrators to wear face masks and maintain social distancing, both to protect themselves and to prevent further community spread of the virus. Some infectious disease experts were reassured by the fact that the protests were held outdoors, saying the open air settings could mitigate the risk of transmission.

    • How do we start exercising again without hurting ourselves after months of lockdown?

      Exercise researchers and physicians have some blunt advice for those of us aiming to return to regular exercise now: Start slowly and then rev up your workouts, also slowly. American adults tended to be about 12 percent less active after the stay-at-home mandates began in March than they were in January. But there are steps you can take to ease your way back into regular exercise safely. First, “start at no more than 50 percent of the exercise you were doing before Covid,” says Dr. Monica Rho, the chief of musculoskeletal medicine at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago. Thread in some preparatory squats, too, she advises. “When you haven’t been exercising, you lose muscle mass.” Expect some muscle twinges after these preliminary, post-lockdown sessions, especially a day or two later. But sudden or increasing pain during exercise is a clarion call to stop and return home.

    • My state is reopening. Is it safe to go out?

      States are reopening bit by bit. This means that more public spaces are available for use and more and more businesses are being allowed to open again. The federal government is largely leaving the decision up to states, and some state leaders are leaving the decision up to local authorities. Even if you aren’t being told to stay at home, it’s still a good idea to limit trips outside and your interaction with other people.

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      If you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus or think you have, and have a fever or symptoms like a cough or difficulty breathing, call a doctor. They should give you advice on whether you should be tested, how to get tested, and how to seek medical treatment without potentially infecting or exposing others.

“If this were real life, I would say we were dating,” I said. “You’re not my boyfriend.”

He agreed.

“So we’re dating,” I said. “Let’s see what happens. It doesn’t have to be so dramatic.”

Inwardly, I was less sanguine, possibly even hurt. If this were real life, I would have ended it, or at least started looking for someone else. But I decided to try something new: I would be patient and see what happened. If the times were unprecedented, I would be too.

My quarantine boyfriend and I are very different. He spends his money on quality goods, and I am content with a mash-up of antiques and particleboard. He craves fine food and drink, while Goldfish crackers are a mainstay of my diet. His home is full of muted tones and white dishware, and mine is a dizzying mix of colors and patterns. He watches television, and I ceded mine in the divorce and didn’t buy a new one. I stopped drinking nearly seven years ago, and he enjoys a cocktail or two every night.

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Lockdown may return if there is second wave, says Italy medical chief

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Politicians may need to reimpose lockdown restrictions if there is a resurgence in coronavirus cases, a leading intensive care specialist has said.

Maurizio Cecconi, head of intensive care at the Humanitas research hospital in Milan and the incoming president of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, was one of three Lombardy doctors who warned the rest of Europe to “get ready” for Covid-19 in the early days of the outbreak. 

Now he says society will have to “learn how to live” with coronavirus until there is a vaccine. While he is optimistic about European health authorities’ efforts to monitor the virus, he doesn’t exclude a return to tighter social controls. “If there is an increase in transmission we need to be ready to slow down again, and maybe to put [in place] restrictive measures again,” he said.



‘We were the ones holding loved ones’ hands’: Maurizio Cecconi. Photograph: c/o ESICM

Cecconi, a British-Italian citizen, who worked at St George’s University hospital in London for 14 years, thinks the NHS heeded warnings, including the open letter he wrote with colleagues in Milan on 4 March.

Asked about the response of the British government, he said: “I would have been happy to see lockdown sooner in many countries.” The herd immunity strategy – which the government now denies having pursued despite the evidence – was a “dangerous approach”, he said. “As a society, when you don’t have a vaccine or a specific cure, you have to try to protect [vulnerable older] people from getting the infection.”

It was 20 February when Lombardy’s doctors realised their healthcare system was on the brink of an unprecedented crisis, Cecconi recalls.

On that day an alarming case was reported across the intensive care network: a sporty man in his 30s, with no pre-existing medical conditions, was fighting for his life. The patient had tested positive for coronavirus but he had not been to China. “Just that one single case made the health authorities in the region realise that there was a problem,” Cecconi recalls. “Something had slipped through the filter of contact tracing.”

After an emergency meeting of Lombardy’s intensive-care specialists, a decision was made to increase intensive care capacity, and fast. Within six weeks Lombardy had increased fivefold beds offering respiratory support to 4,000. “What was difficult for us was that we didn’t have the time to prepare,” he said. “Our ‘get ready’ message was trying to give those hours, those days that we didn’t have, to other people to prepare.”

In those early days, Cecconi and his team were “a bit scared”. They had seen reports of medical staff in China catching and dying of coronavirus, but didn’t know how far they could trust Chinese data. At his hospital, painstaking effort went into training and supervising “donning and doffing” (taking on and off) of personal protective equipment – because “one of the most dangerous moments with PPE is not when you put it on, but when you remove it”. He said that very few staff in his hospital had been infected with Covid-19.

But the most difficult times for him and his staff came from families being unable to see their loved ones at their bedside – a reversal of two decades of medical practice. “I get goosebumps now thinking about it,” he said. “It breaks your heart not to have their loved ones holding their hands. We have been the ones who have been holding hands and saying to people, ‘It’s fine, don’t worry you are not alone’.” Meanwhile, doctors and nurses had to explain to family on the end of the line what was happening. “People on the other side of the phone, they knew that their loved ones were dying and we tried to be there with them as much as possible.”


There were happier moments. He remembers the man who was able to see his wife for the first time in two months, and a recovering patient speaking to his children on video call.

Cecconi, who became one of the NHS’s youngest-ever consultants in 2008, is the president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, which brings together 10,000 specialists across the continent. Setting out his visions for a “healthcare army”, he would like to see greater harmonisation of training and practice, to allow professionals to move between countries, including in the event of a future pandemic. As a British citizen he remains “very sad about Brexit” and hopes future immigration law will not stunt the free movement of healthcare professionals. 

In any pandemic, intensive care is only part of a picture. The most important thing is what happens outside hospitals to slow down virus transmission, he said. “Statistically a country that moves together and citizens that move together can make a huge difference. That is why the individual responsibility of citizens is crucial and governments need to guide in a manner that is responsible.”

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Law Enforcement Seizes Masks Meant To Protect Anti-Racist Protesters From COVID-19

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Law Enforcement Seizes Masks Meant To Protect Anti-Racist Protesters From COVID-19

WASHINGTON ― Law enforcement agents have seized hundreds of cloth masks that read “Stop killing Black people” and “Defund police” that a Black Lives Matter-affiliated organization sent to cities around the country to protect demonstrators against the spread of COVID-19, a disease that has had a disparate impact on Black communities.

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) spent tens of thousands of dollars on the masks they had planned to send all over the country. The first four boxes, each containing 500 masks, were mailed from Oakland, California, and were destined for Washington, St. Louis, New York City and Minneapolis, where on May 25 a white police officer killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old handcuffed Black man, setting off a wave of protests across the country.

But the items never left the state. The U.S. Postal Service tracking numbers for the packages indicate they were “Seized by Law Enforcement” and urge the mailer to “contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for further information.”

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.

It’s not entirely clear what law enforcement entity seized the masks or why. But the Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr, has taken an aggressive posture against demonstrations and on Thursday expressed concern about “extremist agitators” who are “hijacking the protests to pursue their own separate and violent agenda.”

The Movement for Black Lives is a group of more than 150 leaders and organizations that are “unified in a radical vision for Black liberation and working for equity, justice and healing.” It was started in December 2014, a few months after the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police killing of Michael Brown. 

“Police have rioted coast to coast, beating and gassing protesters who have called for an end to police violence, with the explicit approval of President Trump,” Chelsea Fuller, a spokesperson for the Movement for Black Lives, said in a statement to HuffPost.

“Now, it appears they want to ensure that people who protest are susceptible to the same deadly pandemic that they have failed miserably at stopping,” Fuller added. “The continued surveillance and disruption of social movements under this administration is as chilling as it is dangerous. It should be roundly condemned.”

The head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that protesters should  “highly consider” getting tested for the coronavirus and worried that protests could “unfortunately” turn into “a seeding event.” 



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India and Australia strengthen military ties as tensions simmer in South China Sea

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India and Australia strengthen military ties as tensions simmer in South China Sea

The deals were announced after a virtual summit between prime ministers Scott Morrison of Australia and Narendra Modi of India.

“India is comprehensively and rapidly committed to strengthening its relations with Australia. This is not only important for our two nations but also for the Indo-Pacific region and the whole world,” Modi said.

“We are committed to an open, inclusive, prosperous Indo-Pacific and India’s role in that region, our region, will be critical in the years ahead,” Morrison added.

The new pacts, known as the Australia-India Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement and the Defence Science and Technology Implementing Arrangement, come as military tensions increase in the Indo-Pacific region, which includes in the South China Sea, where China has been fortifying its positions on disputed islands.

A joint post-summit statement said both countries “share a vision of a free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific region to support the freedom of navigation, over-flight and peaceful and cooperative use of the seas.”

The agreements commit the two countries to deepening military integration through more complex exercises and grant them access to each other’s bases for logistical support.

South China Sea

China claims almost all of the South China Sea’s 1.3 million square miles as its own, despite other claimants having borders that are far closer to the disputed waters. In 2016, a tribunal in The Hague ruled China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea.

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Australia has long-standing security ties with the United States and has maintained a longtime presence in the South China Sea, conducting airborne surveillance patrols since 1980, according to the Lowy Institute.

Australian warships also visit the area regularly, including participating in exercises there with US warships in April.

Last year, Indian warships joined US, Japanese and Philippine naval vessels in a transit of the South China Sea.

India, meanwhile, has been increasing its defense cooperation with the United States, including with the annual Malabar naval exercises, which bring together the US and Indian militaries along with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

The Australian High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell, said in an interview last month that Canberra would be keen on joining the Malabar exercises, but no invite had been extended.

Thursday’s signing came as tensions continued to rise on the India-China border in the Himalayan Mountains.

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said Tuesday that a “significant number” of Chinese troops had moved to the Line of Actual Control separating the two countries.

Last month, an aggressive cross-border skirmish between Chinese and Indian forces resulted in minor injuries to troops. The incident has been followed in recent weeks by unconfirmed reports of tensions in the mountainous area, though neither side had publicly acknowledged anything out of the ordinary.

CNN’s Angus Watson, Rishabh Madhavendra and Ben Westcott contributed to this report.

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Russia says it delivered MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Syria

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Jun 4, 2020

The Russian Embassy in Syria said Wednesday that the Kremlin has delivered a “second batch” of MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Khmeimim air base.

The statement followed an announcement Saturday by Syria’s state-run SANA news agency that a “second group of modern and advanced MiG-29 fighters” was received in a ceremony the same day at the base in Latakia. SANA said Syrian pilots would begin flying missions with the aircraft Monday.

The statements left unclear when the first batch of planes was received.

The Syrian announcement came four days after the United States accused Russia of delivering at least 14 MiG-29 and Su-24 aircraft to Libya via Syria, where US Africa Command said they were repainted before continuing on to support Khalifa Hifter’s campaign against the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli.

AFRICOM’s commander called the move a “serious escalation.” Viktor Bondarev, a parliamentarian who formerly led the Russian air force, denied the government had sent aircraft to Libya. Russia also denies that its Wagner paramilitary troops are present in the country despite significant evidence.

A top AFRICOM intelligence official last week responded to Russia’s denial, saying the United States was able to “watch” and photograph the aircraft as they flew from Russia “by way of Iran” to Syria before continuing on to Libya.

AFRICOM earlier this week suggested it was considering sending military trainers to Tunisia in response to Russia’s involvement in Libya. Hifter’s forces have been in retreat and the UN-backed government’s forces declared full control of Tripoli on Thursday.

It is not clear how many of Syria’s MiG-29s are still functional after years of sanctions and war. The country’s military has relied more on its less advanced Su-24s in recent years, two of which Turkey downed earlier this year over the country’s northwest.



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Russia says it delivered MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Syria

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Russia says it delivered MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Syria

Jun 4, 2020

The Russian Embassy in Syria said Wednesday that the Kremlin has delivered a “second batch” of MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Khmeimim air base.

The statement followed an announcement Saturday by Syria’s state-run SANA news agency that a “second group of modern and advanced MiG-29 fighters” was received in a ceremony the same day at the base in Latakia. SANA said Syrian pilots would begin flying missions with the aircraft Monday.

The statements left unclear when the first batch of planes was received.

The Syrian announcement came four days after the United States accused Russia of delivering at least 14 MiG-29 and Su-24 aircraft to Libya via Syria, where US Africa Command said they were repainted before continuing on to support Khalifa Hifter’s campaign against the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli.

AFRICOM’s commander called the move a “serious escalation.” Viktor Bondarev, a parliamentarian who formerly led the Russian air force, denied the government had sent aircraft to Libya. Russia also denies that its Wagner paramilitary troops are present in the country despite significant evidence.

A top AFRICOM intelligence official last week responded to Russia’s denial, saying the United States was able to “watch” and photograph the aircraft as they flew from Russia “by way of Iran” to Syria before continuing on to Libya.

AFRICOM earlier this week suggested it was considering sending military trainers to Tunisia in response to Russia’s involvement in Libya. Hifter’s forces have been in retreat and the UN-backed government’s forces declared full control of Tripoli on Thursday.

It is not clear how many of Syria’s MiG-29s are still functional after years of sanctions and war. The country’s military has relied more on its less advanced Su-24s in recent years, two of which Turkey downed earlier this year over the country’s northwest.



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Nawazuddin Siddiqui has no comments, niece alleges his family is threatening her to withdraw sexual harassment case : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s niece has filed a complaint against his younger brother alleging sexual harassment. The complaint was filed at the Jamia Nagar Police Station in Delhi. At the age of 13, she started to understand what was happening to her when she was nine years old. While Nawazuddin Siddiqui has not given any public statement, he has allegedly reached out to his niece.

A tabloid stated that she left for Budhana, UP where her in-laws reside but she is worried about her family’s safety. She said that even after her marriage, the Siddiqui family continued to harass her and her in-laws.

After she filed FIR against her uncle, Nawazuddin Siddiqui called her to check on her. She said that he had never done that before and the family had completely abandoned her after her marriage. He said to her that he is there for her and that he had no idea about what had happened to her. She also alleged that the family is filing cases after cases against her and even threatening her in-laws in Budhana.

His niece further claimed that someone told her to take back the case otherwise she will be in trouble. She said she is worried about her family.

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Buffalo police officers suspended after video shows them pushing protester

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Two Buffalo police officers were suspended without pay Thursday after a video showed authorities knocking down a 75-year-old man during a protest, Mayor Byron Brown said.

In a statement, Brown said the suspension came after the city’s police commissioner launched an investigation into the incident. Brown did not identify the officers.

Brown said he was “deeply disturbed” by the video, which was published by the local National Public Radio affiliate, WBFO.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, is in serious but stable condition at a local hospital, Brown said.

In the video, the man can be seen approaching a large group of officers in tactical gear and saying something. The officers yell for him to move back before one appears to push him.

The man stumbles backward and falls. Seconds later, a pool of blood can be seen near his head.

The incident occurred shortly after the city’s 8 p.m. curfew, NBC affiliate WGRZ reported.

A Buffalo Police Department spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. WGRZ initially reported that the department said that the man, who has not been identified, was injured after he tripped and fell.

Officials condemned the incident. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said the video “sickens me,” while Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it “wholly unjustified and utterly disgraceful.”

“Police Officers must enforce — NOT ABUSE — the law,” he said.

Tim Stelloh is a reporter for NBC News, based in California.

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Property developer backs historic house’s protection

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“We did that work 2½ years ago,” he said.

Mr Seymour said his original intention was to acquire Lamb House, restore it to its original condition, then either sell it to a private buyer as a “pay-for entry” historical home, or offer it in some way to Brisbane City Council and the state government.

“That was our plan. Our plan was to either restore it as a historic [property] for someone to live in, or offer it to council and the government as a heritage precinct, which they could charge admission to the public to inspect.”

Mr Seymour said Lamb House’s architecture and history genuinely warranted protection as part of Brisbane’s story.

“The more you look at it, the more important that house is,” he said.

“If you want to learn about the history of the state, that would be the place to start.”

Mr Seymour said he had not made a second offer to the Lamb family buy the home.

“No, I haven’t, and all I wanted to do was protect the property,” he said.

“I think it is most important house in Brisbane to be retained for the history of the city,” Kevin Seymour said.Credit:Paul Harris

The developer, who has built many major developments in south-east Queensland, said he wanted the restoration of Lamb House to be his family’s legacy to the people of Brisbane after a 55-year property development career.

“I have looked throughout Brisbane being a developer and there is no other house in Brisbane that I would want to save for the history of Brisbane than the Lamb House,” he said.

A neighbour reads the Stop Order paced on the gate and tells of junkies and squatters inside the home.

A neighbour reads the Stop Order paced on the gate and tells of junkies and squatters inside the home.Credit:Tony Moore

“It is the greatest example of the city’s history; it is a grand house – built on a grand scale – and it is on a beautiful block of land overlooking the city.”

He said preserving the home was essential to the story of Brisbane’s history.

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