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A hefty abuse compensation payout from the Catholic Church has torn two sisters apart as a dispute over money arose. Two years ago, Gina Swannell successfully sued the Catholic Church for the abuse she had suffered as a child at the hands of a trusted local priest . "It was just a total sense of relief," she told A Current Affair . "I'd succeeded in getting justice." However, after speaking publicly about her settlement, lawyers for the Catholic Church wrote a letter demanding her compensation payout be returned. Gina wanted the money out of her bank account so she transferred it to her trusted sister Andrea . She said she ultimately transferred $296,000 to Andrea, who also had her power of attorney. From that money, she said, Andrea paid $69,000 for a half-acre block in a small town west of Brisbane. A three- bedroom house intended as Gina's new home was built on the block at an estimated cost of $160,000 to $180,000. However, the carport and concr...

Five persons suspected of ramming a van into people in Cambrils in Spain have been shot dead, police said hours after 13 people were killed in a similar incident in Barcelona. 7-year-old Sydney boy Julian Cadman is missing after the Barcelona terror attack . SUSPECTS in Spain’s twin terror attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the horror. Police said they shot dead five “suspected terrorists” who had knocked pedestrians down in the Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils in a second attack in the early hours of Friday, and arrested four others as Spain reeled from the deadly violence . Catalonia’s regional police identified three of the suspects who were killed as Moroccan nationals. They were Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24. Police said they suspect 12 people of involvement in the attacks: the five who were killed, four who wer...

One Park Drive is the latest addition to the London skyline – an eye-catching skyscraper from the architects behind the Tate Modern extension . At 58 storeys high, it will be one of the tallest residential towers in London. So views from the building will be out of this world. The stunning skyscraper will enjoy a waterfront location in Canary Wharf. And while residents on the lower floors may not benefit from city views, they’ll still enjoy their spot overlooking the dock. Read more: Five new buildings have been granted listed status , including a London cabbie’s shelter and a ‘hobbit house’ The cylindrical building will be architecturally impressive. Circular towers are rare due to the challenges they pose to architects and interior designers , but  Architects Herzog & de Meuron have risen to the challenge and designed the building using an intelligent internal grid system . The grid system means that rooms aren’t awkwardly curved, as you might expect from a cylindrical tower, b...