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Rivals ready to resume local derby

Cudgen Hornets and Tweed Coast Raiders ready to reignite Tweed's NRRRL local derby.

EPA to probe Sandpiper Ave gas bottle fears

GONE NOW: The truck, loaded with gas bottles

There could be sufficient detail to warrant an EPA investigation.

Fun park bid for Jack Evans stays afloat

BIG PLANS: The family behind aquaSplash – Georgia, Kristen and Abigail Devine – are excited at the proposal for an inflatable fun park at Jack Evans Boat Harbour.

Opponents of ‘plastic ugly thing’ warned to be quiet

VIDEO: Art Deco fan pays $835,000 for Imperial Hotel

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Iconic "Impy" sold at a bargan price to bidder who loves Art Deco.

Big names support Nepalese cause

BIG SUPPORT: The Pencil Tree founder Steve will hold a fundraiser at Cabarita on Saturday.

Help still needed for earthquake-devastated Nepal

Where to find Anzac Day services in the Tweed Shire

Wreaths at the Burringbar cenotaph during the Anzac Day ceremony last year.

Your guide to the Tweed's Anzac Day ceremonies

Police need help to identify injured Kirra surfer

Police have appealed for urgent assistance to identify an injured male surfer pulled from the water just south of Kirra Beach shortly before midday.

Police seek identity of injured Kirra surfer

Dragons ready to take on world

The Tweed Dragon Boat Club gathers after successful championships.

Dragons breathing fire.

Tweed cyclist’s ultimate test

Sheridan Bosworth and Julie Coveney will cycle from Sydney to Surfers Paradise from April 30 in support of Youth Off the Streets.

A charitable ride.

Fallen hero remembered ahead of Anzac Day

An RSL care home room will be named after Private Nathan Bewes, who died in Afghanistan in 2010. INSET: soldiers gather for his funeral in 2010.

Murwillumbah man immportalised in RSL care home

Drug-driving charge inspires new documentary

Criminal Lawyer Carl Edwards is interviewed by Nathan Tommasi for a documentary about drug driving laws.

Inspired by true Tweed Local Court Court appearances

Surrounded by rainforest

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Opinion

ANZAC DAY: Dad wanted to forget 'disastrous' experience

Commemoration Service at Gympie's Normanby Hill Remembrance Park for the 100 years of Anzac 1915-2015 Photo Craig Warhurst / Gympie Times

I find it highly offensive that some people want to rewrite history

60 minutes saga: The emotional toll on Sally Faulkner

60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown, left, and Sally Faulkner, right, the mother of the two Australian children, sit in a minivan after they released from a Lebanese jail with the three members of Channel 9 Australian TV crew.

One can imagine the cocktail of emotions swirling around mother

Is this Cowboys side the greatest?

Johnathan Thurston says this Cowboys team is better than last year’s.

Is this Cowboys team the greatest?

WATCH: Parody sends up Johnny Depp over dogs apology

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

Sorry, Johnny but Aussies won't buy your video apology

Rules mean refs cannot force any trips to sin bin

TIME FOR CHANGE: Referee Steve Lyons penalises and puts on report a Penrith player for a trip in a match in 2010.

Rules mean refs cannot force any trips to sin bin

MY SAY: When tax advice crosses the line

Cash money Photo:Barry Leddicoat / Sunshine Coast Daily

I am not at all shocked by the allegations emerging from Panama

New South Wales

HOVERBOARD BAN: Find out which models might explode

FAIR Trading NSW is reminding people about a ban on hoverboards after one caught fire on Wednesday night in a Sydney home.

IT’S OFFICIAL: Yamba water enough to make you gag

BLIND TASTING: Master sommelier Franck Moreau's reaction to Yamba tap water isn't the most encouraging.

Nation’s top sommelier finds tap water less than palatable.

Police step up search to find missing woman Christa

CCTV footage of the Christa Crewe

Police have stepped up their search for a missing woman

Get ready for the ‘mother of all high pressure systems’

Sunny weather should continue next week.

Don't fret if it looks a bit rainy this weekend - it won't last.

Shark surveillance snub for Clarence Coast

A shark-spotting helicopter crew will miss Yamba altogether

$3M SHORTFALL: Schools crumbling under upkeep backlog

Grafton High School has one of the biggest maintenance backlogs

North Coast gets shark patrols but Evans Head skipped

SHARK SOLUTION: Shark Spotters has been touring Australia to see if its non-lethal program could work here.

Shark-spotting helicopter crews will patrol most North Coast beaches

National
 
Need a job? How about the Queen's social media guru?

Need a job? How about the Queen's social media guru?

CELEBRITIES swear by it, politicians use it with mixed results, and yes, even the Pope has Twitter.

Trump's jet grounded after $5 registration fee goes unpaid

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement Wednesday, April 20, 2016, that its inspectors have contacted the chief pilot of Trump’s 750 Citation X about the plane’s registration, which expired in January.

Not paying a $5 registration fee has grounded Trump's private jet

Flamboyant pop icon Prince found dead in lift

Pop icon Prince has died.

The death of Prince Rogers Nelson is being investigated

60 Minutes child snatching dad paid $500k by Nine: report

Ali Elamine with his children.

Proof produced of Nine paying for botched child recovery operation

New virus puts 80 babies in hospital, can cause brain damage

ASID President Professor Cheryl Jones said parechovirus was a new virus, which doctors knew very little about.

New 'parechovirus' can cause developmental delays and brain damage

Could the flu really have killed a vegan Prince?

Prince watching the NBA All-Star game in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. According to media reports, Prince died on 21 April 2016 at his Paisley Park residence in Minnesota, USA, at the age of 57.

Gifted songwriter had been battling flu since early April

World
Manhunt launched after police dog shot and killed

Manhunt launched after police dog shot and killed

A MAJOR manhunt was underway in Porirua, New Zealand after a police dog was shot and killed.

Girl left alone at night after driver "kicked her off" bus

Bus driver allegedly abandoned 11-year-old girl at night

British PM will not be investigated over Panama leaks

David Cameron

Standards watchdogs will not investigate David Cameron over Panama

Naked restaurant has a waiting list of 7000 plus

Why stain your clothes, when you can imbibe as the Romans might

Off Beat
Is Harrison Ford moving to Hervey Bay?

Is Harrison Ford moving to Hervey Bay?

Nothing but science fiction.

'Martin how's the nipple today?'

Grant Hackett in training at Caloundra pool. Photo: Chris McCormack / 170869r

Journo questions Hackett's alleged nipple-cripple victim

Thomas the Tank Engine demo derby driver last woman standing

Daniel and Anita Moran of Townsend with the shells of their broken cars after Anita beat Daniel in the demolition derby at Maclean Show.

Husband and wife take out Grafton and Maclean demolition derbies

Fans ignore game, have sex in stands instead

A couple of fans have been caught having a little too much fun

WATCH: Could this be China’s new extreme sport?

A demolition derby clash of heavy machinery in China.

$370 million ship set to be named Boaty McBoatface

The ship the public wants named boaty McBoatface

The public has spoken and this ship should be Boaty McBoatface

Snake found in Nissan Leaf imported from Japan

Staff are at a loss as to how it ended up in the car. Photo / Supplied

Snake will be euthanised before undergoing closer examination

Entertainment
Lily Allen's stalker Alex Gray 'needs help'

Lily Allen's stalker Alex Gray 'needs help'

LILY Allen's stalker Alex Gray needs help not a prison sentence, his family has argued.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley's husband is out of intensive care

Kerri-Anne Kennerley's husband John is out of intensive care

Hulk Hogan leads tributes to late Chyna

Hulk Hogan and Triple H have led tributes to the late Chyna

WWE great Chyna found dead at age 45

Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz says Chyna, whose real name is Joan Marie Laurer, was found dead in Redondo Beach on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Former WWE wrestler Chyna has been found dead

Prince: the 10 craziest moments in his career

Prince became synonymous with dirty songs and sex

Xbox 360 party is over, but console will be supported

Halo has been a huge success on the Xbox 360.

78 billion hours of games played on Microsoft console

Splendour tickets sell out

CREATOR: Australian producer Flume will be one of the headliners of this year’s Splendour in the Grass.

The resale facility will open on May 30.

Business
Ancestry.com's war files open for the long weekend

Ancestry.com's war files open for the long weekend

TO celebrate 100 years since the official naming of Anzac Day, Ancestry.com is making enormous sections of its war archives free for people to browse.

High-tech drones help to study dangerous surf

DRONE MASTER: Ashley Rummell with a drone used to capture video footage of waves at the Sunshine Coast. Photo Contributed

It is the first time drones have been used to collect surf data

Palmer's Qld Nickel to be liquidated to repay massive debt

Clive Palmer

Qld Nickel will be liquidated in the face of crippling debt

Business confidence down for now but change expected

Business confidence is down as the mining outlook weakens.

The winning streak in the US share market faltered overnight.

Four month job hunt for Yeppoon girl after job loss

JOB HUNT: Yeppoon girl Maddy Chalk has been looking for a job in the region for the last four months but is hoping someone gives her a chance in the next few weeks.

77% of region's residents says finding work locally is challenging

No sign of closing 15 years later

Sauers Produce and Garden Centre, Diamond Street, Cooroy, services small crops farmers and home gardeners in the Noosa hinterland.

15 years ago it looked like Cooroy would lose it's gardening store

Retail rent prices keep business owners on their toes

After getting quotes from shopfronts in East St and weighing up the costs of the monthly rent bill, the young business owner, Emily Dowling, had to think of other locations to home her business.

“Originally I did look at East St but it was so expensive "