Supermarket prices have surged by at least 12 per cent since last year, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph shows, adding $1400 to a ­typical family’s annual grocery bill.

The Attorney-General has ­intervened in the case of a convicted paedophile and former pony club president who has walked free on bail while he awaits sentence.

The father of a young boy who spent Wednesday missing in Sydney’s northwest has been arrested after police ­allegedly found a drug lab in his home when they went to tell him his son had been ­located.

And in sport, Billy Slater has just revealed to the entire NRL the secret to beating Penrith — bash Nathan Cleary.

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