Headlines: 17 schools close over asbestos sand warning

Today's headlines include:

• At least 17 schools in the ACT and Qld have closed as a precaution, after testing showed a children’s sand product may contain asbestos. 
• The driver jailed over the fatal 2023 Hunter Valley bus crash has lost an appeal against his 32-year prison term. 
• The BBC has apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over an allegedly misleading edit of a speech he gave on 6 January  2021 – the day of the deadly Washington insurrection. 
• And today’s good news: An ancient fossil discovered in NSW has prompted researchers to reconsider what they thought they knew about insect evolution.

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