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Destructive winds, heavy rain and damaging surf forecast

A LOW pressure system near Coffs Harbour is expected to move slowly north then more rapidly to the northeast this evening and Saturday morning.

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2:30 PM May 24th

The plastic gun police fear could be the weapon of choice

THEY are cast in plastic, undetectable at airports and potentially deadly.

Missing Tweed woman saved by Good Samaritan

THE search is over after a missing woman is found safe and well.

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Empty milk tanker hits shop at Croydon

A MILK truck crashed into a building on a major Sydney road overnight, killing the driver and blocking traffic for several hours.

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BRAVE BARDS: Brodie and Kwinton of Button Collective saved a cafe from silence.

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NORPA has announced a monster season for 2013, which kicks off with the “cracking” gothic drama Frankenstein.

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Creature brings life to new NORPA season

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International Week of the Outsider

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Salvos: Bucket loads of generosity

THE Salvos will be rattling buckets this weekend for The Red Shield Appeal, and...

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A file image of Hazel Hawke receiving the Order of Australia from the Governor General Peter Hollingworth in Canberra.

More than a wife and mother: Bob pays tribute to Hazel

FORMER prime minister Bob Hawke has paid tribute to his late ex-wife Hazel, who died on Thursday after a long battle with dementia.

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1:59 PM May 24th
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AUSTRALIA'S youngest MP Wyatt Roy has come out in support of same-sex marriage just days after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his change of heart.

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1:33 PM May 24th

Wyatt Roy follows Kevin Rudd in backing gay marriage

A BRIDGE has collapsed in Washington, plunging several cars into the Skagit River.

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1:16 PM May 24th

Cars, people in river after Washington bridge collapse

A GIANT gas project under construction near Gladstone has now eclipsed 11,000 workers after hiring at least 15 people every day for the past six months.

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Gas project creates 11,000 jobs at 15 workers a day

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L-R Ash Bell and Matt Bone from The Starboard Cannons. Pictured at The Byron Bay Community Centre for the upcoming Bob Dylan Birthday Bash.

Bob Dylan (tribute show) sells out

TICKETS to Bob's Birthday Bash, an annual tribute gig at the Byron Community Centre, have all been snapped up.

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2:52 PM May 24th

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WIND gusts of up to 125km/h and flash flooding could hit parts of the Northern Rivers today, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.

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2:45 PM May 24th

Severe weather warning

SHANE Robinson hopes to erase bad memories and enjoy “sweet” success in the feature race at Casino’s greyhound racing extravaganza.

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2:15 PM May 24th

Sweet and sour Beef Week

WITH Byron Shire beaches recovering ever so slowly from storm season, one Ocean Shores local has taken on the task of fixing up the Beach.

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1:59 PM May 24th

Fixing the beach with a bucket and spade

Sports-events centre features in reserve redevelopment plan

A MASTER plan for the Kingsford Smith Reserve precinct in Ballina will incorporate a four-court sports and events centre into their design.

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GARDENERS who have put in countless hours at the Ballina Community Gardens are reeling after the theft of some of their equipment.

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Thefts hard to understand

BEST VIEW: The patrol room at the new Ballina surf club.

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Surf club has it all

THE past six months have been a “living nightmare” for Betty Parrish.

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A nightmare!

A touch of the city for the biggest little town

ONE half of the talented team that owns the successful Rock and Roll Cafe in Mullumbimby, Trent Morris grew up in Sydney and calls himself a city boy at heart.

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AN appeal by Norwegian Mats Bergersen to find Andre, the surfer who saved him from drowning last November near the Wreck at Byron Bay has borne fruit.

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Hero who saved tourist identified as Andre Benjamin

POLICE have confirmed the Byron Bay man who died in a fatal motorbike crash last Friday was Peter Dunshea.

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Police name man killed in Tweed Valley Way crash

DEFEATING breast cancer is just one of the reasons Kingscliff TAFE teacher Tammy Papalia is helping to host Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea.

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Biggest Morning Tea is a chance to give back

Surfer dreams of big waves and a big future in film

AS A surfer and up and coming filmmaker, Tweed man Darcy Ward has long dreamt of being paid for doing what he loves best, making surf films and documentaries.

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2:45 PM May 24th
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PROVING our region’s beaches are some of the best in the country, Currumbin Beach has been named Queensland’s Cleanest Beach by Keep Queensland Beautiful.

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Currumbin named Queensland’s cleanest beach

FORD’S decision to pack up its Australian car manufacturing operation in 2016 is leaving die-hard car enthusiasts in a cloud of bitter exhaust smoke.

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Ford leaves behind a cloud of bitter exhaust smoke

AFTER raising more than three thousand dollars for the Cancer Council, North Estate Agents in Tweed Heads do better at this year's Biggest Morning Tea

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