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Man suffers burns in suspicious car fire near Tamworth
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Turning up the heat: new firefighting assistance comes from the sky
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Tree-saving work continues while arborist compiles report
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Delays give ‘false hope’
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Price claim is ‘semantics’: union dubious about power cost assurances
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Local News

Several fires burning in region

REGIONS from the Greater Hunter to the North West had severe fire danger ratings and the New England ...

Man to fight dog cruelty charges

A MAN will fight charges in court of animal cruelty to a dog, after it died in Inverell.

Dispute in street turns to broken glass, ankle

A MAN has been transported to a Newcastle hospital after he broke his ankle following an neighbourhood dispute ...

Fake fifties prompt warning for business to be vigilant

POLICE are urging Tamworth businesses to remain vigilant after two counterfeit notes were discovered this week.

Bush kids get beach safety tips

KIDS at St Michael’s, Manilla and St Joseph’s, Barraba got a crash course in surf safety yesterday as ...

Strict rules sought for quad bikes

A CORONER has recommended the introduction of mandatory licences, seat belts and helmets for quad bike users in ...

Call to fix bed shortage

LABOR is calling on the NSW health minister to fix the Werris Creek bed shortage, after an elderly ...

Ethical eggs, moral meat on the menu

VISITORS to Tamworth use apps to find the best coffee in town or the best place to stay ...

Park rally for action on climate

TAMWORTH residents will join thousands of people worldwide when they gather at Bicentennial Park on Sunday for a ...

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Regional Focus

B-double carrying BMWs goes up in smoke on Hume Highway

NSW: It’s every car lover’s nightmare.

'St Kilda schoolgirl' loses Nixon book fight

Supreme Court allows disgraced former AFL player agent to publish his book, 'Ricky Nixon — My Side', which ...

‘There is sadness right across the firefighting community’

Paul Sanderson, a deputy captain of his brigade, died on Thursday while fighting to protect Stanford Merthyr from ...

Firefront survivor recounts horror day

SA: House gone, machinery gone, crops gone. But he says he's lucky.

LOCAL SPORT

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Tamworth in the dark on Power

THERE’S nothing illuminating about Tamworth’s third- round Country Cup opponents Northern Power, with Tamworth very much in the ...

Tamworth pair to be mentored by expert in Japan

TWO members of Chaffey’s Black Belt Academy in Tamworth have been given an “opportunity of a lifetime” to ...

Tiger cubs to play under a new format

GREATER Northern representative rugby league teams will not only have a new female chief in 2016 but they ...

NIAS coach to tee up more golf for squad

BROCK Sampson hopes to organise more rounds of golf for his five-member NIAS squad this time around.

Situation normal for Hurricanes in Tamworth T20

HALPIN’S Hurricanes had a “normal slow start” to their Tamworth Premier League McDonald’s Twenty20 last Friday but they ...

Armidale cyclist wins recognition for golden effort

MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has presented Armidale cyclist Sam Jenner with a NSW State Representative Certificate, ...

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National

CitiPower tests supplying the grid with locally generated solar power

Local councils are experimenting with ways to monitor and pool energy collected by their residents' solar-paneled rooftops as ...

Former DJ Donovan Mileham bleeds to death from gunshot wound

Donovan Mileham was once a DJ on the fringes of Sydney's booming dance scene in the 1990s, when ...

The price of being a global city: Sydney's rent crisis

"We were just at the mercy of the landlord," says Michael. "We felt powerless."

Mystery asylum seeker boat 'pushed back by Australian navy' found

Sixteen asylum seekers whose boat was pushed back to sea by the Australian Navy last week were found ...

Sydney Cricket Ground Trust on most violent venues list

The Sydney Cricket Ground Trust has made the state's most violent venues list - the first time a ...

Family grieves after Rural Fire Service firefighter Paul Sanderson dies in Hunter blaze

A volunteer firefighter who died of a suspected heart attack while battling a blaze in the Hunter region ...

COMMUNITY

Classroom Leader: November 25

Check out what the leaders of tomorrow have been up to in this week's Classroom Leader

Christmas Fair raises funds for Bullimbal

CHRISTMAS came early to Bullimbal School with their annual fair another resounding success.

Check lights carefully for safe festive display

Experts have issued some guidelines for the safe installation and use of Christmas lights this festive season.

Tamworth High boys send anti-violence message

IT’S White Ribbon Day today, but for the Tamworth High School students leading the charge to end domestic ...

Entertainment

Just Dance 2016 review: a really fun game to boogie to that lacks current music

I am a hot, sweaty mess. Why? Because I've just finished dancing (yes, dancing) to Demi Lovato's "Cool ...

Porsche sued over Fast & Furious star's Paul Walker's death

Two years after Fast & Furious star Paul Walker was killed in a fiery crash, his father is ...

Patti Smith's M Train: M is for mystery or memory or memento mori

Not many people can succeed in quite different areas of artistic endeavour.

War stories burn brightly for a firefighter who ran out of careers

Watt's historical thrillers have sold more than half a million copies in Australia and New Zealand alone over ...

Life & Style

Are Blackmores and Bellamy's shares in a bubble?

Shares in Blackmores and Bellamy's Organic have made astronomical gains, prompting fears of a bubble.

Tumblr account reveals the final messages sent between ex-lovers

"Just forget about me."

When fat fights against your efforts to lose weight

A new study sheds light on why some people struggle to lose weight.

No-strings-attached exercise Bodypass launches in Brisbane

Two to three exercise classes a day.

Gluten-free movement may be driving unnecessary colonoscopies, doctor says

The "gluten-free" movement and fast "McDonald's-style" medicine may be driving people to have unnecessary and invasive bowel investigations funded by ...