A judge has granted Garda Gao’s bid for a judicial review of decision to remove him from sick pay status, writes Michael Clifford

NEW ZEALAND: An endurance swimmer has spoken of being protected from a shark by a pod of dolphins as he swam one of the toughest stretches of open water in the world.

Investors kept the stock market’s upward momentum going today, sending shares sharply higher as the dollar extended its slide and after retail sales rebounded more than expected in October.