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Sydney rabbi pays tribute to British-born rabbi killed in Bondi attack

Sydney’s Newtown synagogue leader Rabbi Eli Feldman has paid tribute to British-born rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the Bondi Beach shooting on Sunday December 14. Schlanger, 41, served as an assistant rabbi at Chabad, the Jewish cultural group that hosted the Chanukah by the Sea event at Archer Park. He grew up in Temple Fortune, north London, and is a father of five, according to Jewish News. Speaking to media on Tuesday, Rabbi Feldman described Schlanger as “like a brother to me”. “I knew him for 25 years. I studied together with him when we were teenagers,” he said. “ He’s got a widow, he’s got children who don’t have a father today,” adding, “What he would say right now is add in light.”

Speed camera error sees thousands of drivers fined incorrectly since 2021

Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after a “technical issue” saw some speed cameras triggered incorrectly.National Highways has apologised for the error which, it said, meant a “very small number” of drivers had been fined incorrectly since 2021.It is understood a software update created a problem with variable speed cameras on some A roads and motorways that led to drivers being incorrectly detected as speeding after the speed limit had increased.National Highways chief executive Nick Harris said: “Safety is our number one priority and we have developed a fix for this technical anomaly to maintain the highest levels of safety on these roads and make sure no one is wrongly prosecuted.”The agency said it had identified around 2,650 incorrect camera activations since 2021, less than two per day.Not all of those will have resulted in fines as camera activations are not always enforced, and the total amounts to less than 0.1% of the 6 million activations in the same period.The issue affected 10% of motorways and A roads in England, and National Highways is working to implement a solution to the problem as soon as possible.Anyone who has been incorrectly fined will be contacted directly by the police, the agency said, with fines reimbursed and any points removed from their licence.And National Highways has paused sending data from variable cameras to police forces while it deals with the problem.A spokesperson for the Department for Transport said: “We apologise to anyone who has been affected. Safety was never compromised, and we are working with policing to ensure nobody is incorrectly prosecuted in future.“Enforcement is still in place, and the public can remain confident that only motorists who break the rules will be penalised.”A spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs’ Council said police forces were working to identify and contact “a very limited number of motorists”.They added: “Policing enforces a range of offences, including speeding, on the strategic road