Doing it for DadFamilyHe is more aggressive than I've seen him since he got ill. At one point, he even makes to push me in the faceOn this visit to Dad's care home, I'm told he is "having a wander". I find him at the end of the corridor that leads to the residents' bedrooms. He is standing, muttering to himself and running his hands along the walls, as if trying to read something through his fingertips. "Dad!" I say, arms out.

VictoriaPair accused of robbing house of alleged triple-murderer Erin PattersonPatterson allegedly served death cap mushrooms to visitors at the residence, three of whom later died Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Two people are under arrest following an alleged burglary at the home of accused triple murderer Erin Patterson in Victoria’s east. The 49-year-old is currently behind bars charged with three counts of murder after allegedly serving death cap mushrooms in a meal at the residence.

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Comedy filmsInterview‘No one wants to read someone’s kid’s “thing”. It’s a sucky scenario’: Owen Kline on his debut hit, Funny PagesRyan GilbeyIt took years for Kevin Kline’s son – who acted in The Squid and the Whale – to get his first film as a director off the ground, nurturing it ‘like a sick baby under a rock’. Was it all worth it? The first that cinema audiences knew of Owen Kline was his wilting, damp-eyed performance as a 12-year-old in Noah Baumbach’s spiky divorce comedy The Squid and the Whale.