THE crocodile season is approaching but ambitious plans to establish a 50km croc-free zone around Darwin have stalled.

Pictures: Croc traps

50km croc free zone

A TERRITORY pole dancer will swing herself into the national championships of the sport in Melbourne this week.

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A MAN who broke into a Territory hostel and indecently assaulted a Swedish backpacker, asking to pay her for sex, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison.

IT SOUNDS like a bit of a cheek, but the managers of Darwin's troubled Mindil market have asked for more public help.

WARATAHS forward Leigh McCombe was suspended for 10 matches last night after the NTFL tribunal found him guilty of striking St Marys ruckman Ryan Smith.

COMPUTER software developed by a doctor living quietly in Darwin is taking the medical world by storm. Sam Heard said his international system of storing health records hadn't made him super-rich yet.

APARTMENTS in the next stage of the $1.1 billion Darwin Waterfront are selling like hot cakes.

HERE'S the scoop - as predicted by ConfideNTial last week, a high profile media personality and her employer have parted ways.

THE nights of men talking about sport, women and cars may be numbered with a new subject set to take over Territory pubs.

A PLANE was forced to divert to Katherine after a severe thunderstorm made conditions too dangerous for it to land in Darwin yesterday.

Pictures: Territory thunder storms