Live coverage: Round 21 NRL teams

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Live coverage: Round 21 NRL teams

JOHNATHAN Thurston could be a shock inclusion for the Cowboys, but much-talked-about POD James Maloney (groin) will return for the Sharks.

Tanilla killer fears ‘40 years of violence’

Warren Ross, who murdered his two-year-old stepdaughter after months of horrific abuse, wants a reduction in his 30 year non-parole sentence saying there is a “price on his head” in custody.

Wran to walk free next month

Wran to walk free next month

HARRIET Wran was today sentenced to four years jail, with a two-year non-parole period, for her role in murder of drug dealer Daniel McNulty. But she’s set to be released in just three weeks because of time already served.

Call for ‘grotesque’ minister to resign over oxygen mix-up

Call for ‘grotesque’ minister to resign over oxygen mix-up

HEALTH Minister Jillian Skinner visited an awards ceremony following the death of a newborn baby in hospital from an oxygen mix-up, prompting calls for her to resign.

Family and friends of Thomas Kelly, including his father Ralph (front left) and brother Stuart (centre) and mother Kathy (2nd from right) speak to the media as they leave court after the sentence appeal hearing for their son's killer Kieran Loveridge was heard in the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney, Friday, July 3, 2014. Loveridge's sentence was successfully appealed by the DPP and doubled from 5 years to 10 years for the single punch death of Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Thomas Kelly’s teen brother dies

THE family of ‘one-punch’ victim Thomas Kelly has been struck with another tragedy - the death of younger son Stuart, 19, pictured left outside court after the sentence appeal hearing of his brother’s killer.

‘I believed none of us were coming out alive’

‘I believed none of us were coming out alive’

THE officer who led the team that stormed the Lindt Cafe has revealed how they all thought they were going to their deaths.

Sharks star’s shock retirement call

Sharks star’s shock retirement call

SHARKS star Michael Ennis has spoken about his bombshell decision to retire at the end of the NRL season.

SuperCoach POD’s to make your team

SuperCoach POD’s to make your team

WITH many SuperCoach teams looking very similar at the pointy end of the season these are the players who could put you ahead of the rest in round 21.

Opinion

Ipad opinion art 26july2016. Pauline Hanson and Sonia Kruger gagged by do gooders of the left. John Tiedemann

Le Marquand Gag reflex. How bullies are muzzling free speech

IT’S official: intolerance has prevailed. “Those people” are no longer welcome in this country. The haters have spoken and it’s been decided Australia must close its borders to a certain kind of person.

Dr Jamal Rifi

Dr Jamal Rifi Togetherness can beat terrorism

I WENT to pray last Friday with my 18-year-old son. The mosque was overflowing with worshippers, both inside and on the steps. The atmosphere was tense and people were upset.

One of the teen inmates strapped and shackled into a chair with a hood over his head in Darwin's Berrimah jail in a still from the ABC's Four Corners program.

Demanding answers NT Corrections Minister sacked

THE NT Corrections Minister John Elferink has been sacked over the Don Dale youth detention centre revelations as the PM announces a royal commission. WARNING: Graphic.

Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc (C) celebrates with his teammate David Warner (L) after he dismissed Sri Lankan batsman Dimuth Karunaratne during the first day of their opening Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on July 26, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI

Kandy Live: Aussie quicks dominating Sri Lanka

MITCHELL Starc and Josh Hazlewood both took early wickets as Australia made a brilliant start to the first Test against Sri Lanka. LIVE UPDATES.

wreckage after a stolen bulldozer ploughed through a property on Weir Road, Teralba

Court Trial into bulldozer rampage aborted

A JUDGE has discharged a jury presiding over the trial of a man who went on an infamous bulldozer rampage in Lake Macquarie last year.

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama’s Trump smackdown

MICHELLE Obama has taken a subtle swipe at Donald Trump telling a crowd at the Democratic convention not to let anyone tell them “that this country isn’t great”.

DAILY TELEGRAPH+ SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVES

Jockeys in ‘love rival’ track brawl

Jockeys in ‘love rival’ track brawl

POLICE are investigating an altercation between two female jockeys caught up in a love triangle. The brawl left Crystal Conning with a fractured eye socket and severe bruising in a confrontation sparked after Natalie Lye (right) intercepted text messages between Conning and her fiance, barrier attendant Dean Singleton.

Terror Hate preachers facing up to seven years jail

Hate preachers facing up to seven years jail

TEENAGERS as young as 14 could be placed on control orders and hate preachers jailed for up to seven years under laws to ensure Australia is “as agile as our opponents” in its fight against terrorism.

EXCLUSIVE From jail in Beirut to joyful reunion

From jail in Beirut to joyful reunion

AFTER an emotional reunion with his wife, this is how the man at the centre of the 60 Minutes’ child abduction scandal was reunited with his children.

EXCLUSIVE 19,000 patients awaiting elective surgery in west

19,000 patients awaiting elective surgery in west

ONE-quarter of the 74,000 patients awaiting elective surgery across NSW are in greater Western Sydney, figures provided by the opposition reveal.

Senate Mal will have to score 9 out of 10

Mal will have to score 9 out of 10

PAULINE Hanson and Nick Xenophon will have the power to block any piece of government legislation that does not receive the support of Labor or the Greens in the Senate.

Pets left alone just like to have fun

Animal antics
Pets left alone just like to have fun

PETS can be great companions and help protect property and family but then again there are plenty of them that just want to have fun and their owners have a completely different idea of what fun is.

Video

Lightning Hits the Empire State Building During Storm

Lightning Hits the Empire State Building During Storm

A thunderstorm brought heavy rain to New York City on Monday, July 25. This video shows the moment when lightning hit the Empire State Building in Manhattan. The city was under severe thunderstorm watch until 8pm on that date. The storm caused flooding in several areas of the city, according to news reports. Credit: Youtube/Henrik Moltke

Scuba Drivers Swim With Curious Harbor Seal

Scuba Drivers Swim With Curious Harbor Seal

Forget swimming with the dolphins. Wayne got the encounter of a lifetime while out scuba driving. This video shows a curious harbor seal swimming up to investigate and even coming close enough for Wayne to touch. Credit: Wayne Grabowski

Lyon walks a fine line

Lyon walks a fine line

NRL: Manly skipper Jamie Lyon could find himself in hot water after questioning referee Henry Perenara about some of the decisions made against his team.

Caffeine-Infused Sports Products Give Athletes an Edge

Caffeine-Infused Sports Products Give Athletes an Edge

The banned-substances list grows longer for elite athletes, but one performance-enhancing substance remains curiously legal: caffeine. WSJ?s Rachel Bachmanjoins Lunch Break to discuss the impact of caffeine on athletes. Photo: Getty

NRL

Live coverage: Round 21 NRL teams

Live coverage: Round 21 NRL teams

JOHNATHAN Thurston could be a shock inclusion for the Cowboys, but much-talked-about POD James Maloney (groin) will return for the Sharks.

Footy Form
Sharks vs Knights

Bombshell Sharks star’s shock retirement call

SHARKS star Michael Ennis has spoken about his bombshell decision to retire at the end of the NRL season.

Sharks media

Hooker Farah lifeline? Cronulla’s next No.9

ROBBIE Farah looms large in the picture after the shock news that Michael Ennis is set to retire. But who else is in line to get the Cronulla No.9 jersey for 2017?

Jack Bird of the Sharks makes a break during the round 20 NRL match between the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Newcastle Knights at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney on Sunday, July 24, 2016. (AAP Image/Craig Golding) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

POD watch SuperCoach POD’s to make your team

WITH many SuperCoach teams looking very similar at the pointy end of the season these are the players who could put you ahead of the rest in round 21.

League Game

Controversy Bunker savaged as Manly edge Souths

PLAYERS and commentators have joined together in condemnation of a bunker decision to deny the Rabbitohs a crucial try, effectively ending their season.

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North Curl Curl rock pool

Storm debris What’s wrong with this rockpool?

FOLLOWING Sydney’s massive storm in June, this rockpool has been impacted with one big — very big — problem.

Six greatest Andre The Giant drinking stories

Wrestling Six greatest Andre The Giant drinking stories

ANDRE The Giant drinking stories are arguably even more legendary than his accomplishments in the ring — here’s six of the best.

Australia’s top 10 gold medal hopes

Gold watch Australia’s top 10 gold medal hopes

AUSTRALIA may have laboured in London but with these 10 stars we will bounce back in Brazil, writes Robert Craddock. TOP MEDAL HOPES.

Top chef’s pigeon sells for whopping $72

Top chef’s pigeon sells for whopping $72

SYDNEY dining prices are making a leap into the stratosphere with some main dishes at Neil Perry’s new restaurant costing more than $70 and one entree topping $50.

Sydney Taste
One of the teen inmates strapped and shackled into a chair with a hood over his head in Darwin's Berrimah jail in a still from the ABC's Four Corners program.

Demanding answers NT Corrections Minister sacked

THE NT Corrections Minister John Elferink has been sacked over the Don Dale youth detention centre revelations as the PM announces a royal commission. WARNING: Graphic.

Judge slams Baden-Clay’s evidence

Full house Judge slams Baden-Clay’s evidence

A HIGH Court judge has delivered a scathing analysis of Gerard Baden-Clay’s evidence at trial, saying he had the opportunity to give evidence, and did not claim he accidentally killed his wife.

Missing Woman Bindi Cheers

Search resumes Trainer drove 170km to servo and vanished

A massive search is under way for Bindi Cheers who disappeared into the bush, leaving her horse box at a servo, after a row over a horse scratching with stewards at a race meet.

Pictured Teenager Jay Reynold who drowned at Nobbys Beach at Port Macquarie today. Source- Facebook

Swept away ‘So called deadly’: Blowhole victim’s tragic post

The night before he died jumping into a notorious blowhole at Port Macquarie, Jay Reynolds, 14, made a comment that has come back to haunt him.

Supplied Q&A Monday 25 July - guests Gillian Triggs, Ed Husic and Craig Laundy

Four Corners fallout ‘Absolute horror in Australia’

THE PM has been called to act after footage of children hooded and being tear-gassed in detention shocked Q&A guests.

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014, file photo, a person walks in front of a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports sourcing unnamed sources. The deal is expected to be announced formally on Monday, July 25, 2016, before markets open. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Business Telco giant buys Yahoo for $4.8b

EMBATTLED internet firm Yahoo will be sold to telecoms giant Verizon Communications for well below what it was worth during the dot.com boom.

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, is escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies as he arrives at the Airport Courthouse to face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Interview ‘I did not kill Jacko’

CONRAD Murray, the doctor jailed for Michael Jackson’s manslaughter, says he was unjustly convicted. After serving two years of a four-year sentence, Murray was released from jail in the US in 2013 and says he continues to practise as a doctor.

Police Media supplied image of Tanilla Warrick- Deaves from Watanobbi who was the victim of a suspicious death. Family members have granted permission for police to formally issue the name and image of a young child who died after being found with serious injuries at a home in Watanobbi on the state's Central Coast. Shortly before 4am on Saturday (27 August 2011), two-year-old Tanilla Warrick-Deaves was located with a number of injuries at a house in Stonehaven Avenue. The toddler was taken to Wyong Hospital and pronounced deceased a short time later. A crime scene was established at the Watanobbi address and Strike Force Maynard, comprising detectives from both the Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command and State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, was formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the child's death. A 27-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were interviewed at The Entrance Police Station on Saturday and allowed to leave. Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command Crime Manager, Detective Inspector David Waddell, has reappealed to members of the public for assistance with the investigation. The post mortem confirmed that Tanilla's death was suspicious she did not die of natural causes, Det Insp Waddell said. Our investigation is ongoing and we are examining a number of lines of inquiry, however, investigators would specifically like to speak with anyone who may have information relating to any instances of assault, mistreatment, or the abuse of Tanilla in the days and week immediately prior to her death. If you have evidence of any occasions where you may have witnessed the toddler being assaulted, or mistreated, we would urge you to come forward. I'd also appeal for anyone to come forward who may have seen Tanilla with unexplained injuries in the recent past the information you possess may greatly assist our investigation. All information can be provided to Tuggerah Lakes Detectives on (02) 439012999, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, Det Insp Waddell said.

Sentence appeal Tanilla killer fears ‘40 years of violence’

Warren Ross, who murdered his two-year-old stepdaughter after months of horrific abuse, wants a reduction in his 30 year non-parole sentence saying there is a “price on his head” in custody.

LOCAL

Race 4: Petstock Ballarat Cup night, Saturday 23-1-2016 Australasian Trotting Championship (1st Heat) (TM0 or Better.) Winner: Monbet (10) Trainer: Greg Hope; Driver: Ricky May Race Distance: 2,710 metres Mile Rate: 2.00.1 (New Track Record) photography: Stuart McCormick

Poll result Are harness racing whips next?

HARNESS Racing NSW concedes whips are likely to be next as exclusive NewsLocal poll shows growing support for ban on dog racing.

An artist's impression of the scaled-down stage one of the Chinese theme park proposed for Warnervale.

Chinese checkers Theme park backer’s $20m temple plan

BACKERS of the proposed multi-million dollar Chinese theme park at Warnervale have revealed their intentions to start building a temple by early next year.

BROTHEL

Soft target Police warning over brothel plan

BLACKTOWN is already ‘sufficiently serviced’ by brothels and does not need more fuelling the crime rate police have said in response to plans for another in Seven Hills.

Johnathan, Cassie, Jo-Ann and Nicholas Thwaites on Mothers Day.

Roads Son of slain mum slams road safety delays

THE family of a woman hit and killed by a truck at a northern beaches crossing say policy makers are dragging their heels on a solution to make it safe.

Rozelle tram

Food precinct Tram diner the wheel deal

A restored tram will become a unique dining car after it was returned to Harold Park’s new food precinct The Tramsheds.

Rally against amalgamations

City east Council backs mayor’s merger appeal

WOOLLAHRA Council would push ahead with an appeal against a judgment handed down last week which dismissed its challenge against merger plans.

North Curl Curl rock pool

Storm debris What’s wrong with this rockpool?

FOLLOWING Sydney’s massive storm in June, this rockpool has been impacted with one big — very big — problem.

Escape

Top places Aussies would quit work for

Top places Aussies would quit work for

GROWN-UP gap years are becoming more common as Aussies seek to escape the daily grind. So where are the dream destinations?

How to take the best photos on your iPhone

How to take the best photos on your iPhone

YOU need to know what you’re doing to get 128K followers on Instagram. This photography expert gives his best tips for taking photos on your iPhone.