ESCAPE: Bamurru Plains Luxury Lodge, Bamurru Plains NT. Picture: Peter Eve

Lavish Top End honeymoon

PIPPA Middleton and her new husband James Matthews have given royal watchers the slip as they continue their luxury honeymoon somewhere in the Northern Territory

Home-grown star Jake’s never far away as an NT News+ member

TERRITORY cricketer Jake Weatherald’s pursuit of the sport with bat and ball has taken him around Australia

Police probe Northern Territory tourist killed in hotel fight

Northern Territory tourist killed in hotel fight

POLICE are investigating the death of a Northern Territory man who was killed after a late night fight outside a hotel in San Francisco

The Wright stuff NT’s Matt is everyone’s mate

NT’s Matt is everyone’s mate

THE Territory’s Outback Wrangler, heart-throb Matt Wright, has been named as one of Tourism Australia’s ‘Friends of Australia’

Ram Raid

Prisoner paradise Inmates ‘play pokies, have sex’ on work release

EXCLUSIVE: An off-duty correctional services officer was unwinding with an ale at the Winnellie Hotel when he noticed one of his prisoners doing some unwinding of his own in the pokie room

We’ll fix ‘em Let’s bring the Logies to the Territory

Let’s bring the Logies to the Territory

THE Logies — the biggest night of the year for the kings and queens of Australian TV — has copped criticism lately for looking a bit tired

Divisions simmer Labor’s NT boss survives coup attempt

Labor’s NT boss survives coup attempt

DIVISIONS in the NT Labor Party nearly spilt over last week, as Queensland union officials and local left forces discussed removing secretary Kent Rowe, the NT News can reveal

Your weekend feature In the line of danger

In the line of danger

OUR police officers are there to serve and protect, but who protects them when they face violent assault on a regular basis?

Unresolved land claims NT’s $5bn pastoral industry at risk

NT’s $5bn pastoral industry at risk

THE viability and future investment in the Territory’s $5 billion pastoral industry is at risk because of Aboriginal land claims, is successful the NT Cattlemen’s Association says

Death probe continues Defence resumes live fire exercises at Mount Bundey

Defence resumes live fire exercises at Mount Bundey

AUSTRALIAN Defence have confirmed live fire training exercises have resumed at Mount Bundey following the shooting death of Private Jason Challis last month

Real Estate Stay on trend this Dry Season

Stay on trend this Dry Season

THE Dry season can often spark a change in design for your bedroom, loungeroom and living areas

Crocheads Falcon fails to ford Cahills Crossing

VIDEO: Another carload full of dills have found themselves in strife at notorious croc hotspot Cahills Crossing

Dunny danger Watch out! There’s a hisser in the pisser

A TWO-METRE long snake dubbed the “boa constructor” had to be removed from the dunnies at local building firm Sitzler last week, but not before giving one of the Territory’s most powerful men the fright of his life

Locked up ‘Intelligent’ bikie jailed on drugs charges

JAILED Rebels sergeant-at-arms Shannon Althouse is a man of high intelligence, the Supreme Court has heard

Troopy pull School faces court over student death

NT Christian Schools have faced court over the death of a student during a troopy pull at a sports day two years ago

Podcast NT News Sports Talk

In this week’s show the crew discuss the NT Thunder’s showdown with Sydney Uni, the Adelaide River Cup, Top End cricket’s Strike League, local basketball, rugby league and union, and the Blues’ big win over the Maroons

Paul Kent Why coaches couldn’t sleep after Origin I

BOTH Blues coach Laurie Daley and Maroons rival Kevin Walters spent a sleepless night after Origin I, for very different reasons, writes PAUL KENT.

Video Is Hawkins in strife for jumper punch?

THE AFL’s crackdown on jumper punches will again be tested after Geelong forward Tom Hawkins struck Adelaide midfielder Matt Crouch. WATCH THE INCIDENT

Preview Australia-New Zealand renew World Cup rivalry

Australia-New Zealand renew World Cup rivalry

IT’S the World Cup rematch and for Australian supporters’ sake we’re hoping for the same result as the final ... not the pool match.

Richardson Park Old base may get reprieve

Old base may get reprieve

RUGBY league could return to Richardson Park — continuing a long history of the game at the Ludmilla venue.