Di to plead not guilty
COUNCILLOR Di Forsyth is expected to plead not guilty to trespass after protesting on the roof of the partially demolished Cairns Yacht Club last month. more
000 calls unanswered
TRIPLE-0 was so stretched during Brisbane's devastating storms that a Cairns woman made four failed attempts to report a violent attack as it unfolded in front of her. more
Y not keep spending?
GENERATION Ys in Cairns are planning to buy up big this Christmas and they don't care if the world is having a global financial meltdown. more
Woman assaulted in bed
BREAKING NEWS: Tableland police are on the hunt for a man who broke into a house in Malanda and assaulted a woman last night. more
Sno slams 'con' budget
THE former Douglas Shire councillors and officers who prepared its final capital works budget have been labelled con artists at a fiery Cairns Regional Council meeting. more
Asian tourist airlift
FIVE Asian airline charters will bring 6500 tourists to Cairns early next year as a result of the Federal Government's tourism rescue package. more
Blackouts spark legal call
CBD businesses could launch a class action after Ergon Energy yesterday pledged to consider compensation claims caused by a spate of blackouts blamed on old underground cables. more
Cop beats way back
A NEW top cop is patrolling the beat with big plans to boost the district's safety and reduce crime. more
Naked man gives chase
A 61-YEAR-OLD Territory man has stood naked in his back yard and used a garden hose to fight off a teenage intruder. more
Muddy streak
A STREAKER who took a dive into the mud at Downes Park last weekend was caught on film by NEWSBREAKER Ronald Overson.
On Tuesday we reported that the streaker had cheated death when he dived into a muddy pool on the racing track.
Top End Mud Racing Association president Chris Lovewell said the man was "extremely lucky" and "less than 20m away from being dead."
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Spider lost in space
A SPIDER on the space shuttle Endeavour is really "lost in space" after escaping from its sealed tank. more
Man struck by lightning
A MAN struck by lightening at Gordonvale is being assessed by doctors at the Cairns Base Hospital.
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Powerful upgrade
BREAKING NEWS: A spate of blackouts in Cairns CBD has forced Ergon Energy to fast-track a $1 million program to upgrade and replace underground power cables. more
'Cabby gropes himself'
A TEENAGE girl claims a Cairns taxi driver fondled himself while she was a passenger in his car from North Cairns to White Rock. more
Drivers risk lives with bombs
CASH-STRAPPED motorists are driving death traps and refusing to have them fixed, despite a police crackdown that has nabbed almost 90 dodgy cars in two weeks. more
Stormy times ahead
YESTERDAY'S drenching is just a taste of things to come with more rain and possible thunderstorms tipped as the monsoon kicks in over the next month.
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Cars slip into accident mode
EMERGENCY services crews were pushed to their limits yesterday attending half a dozen traffic accidents across the city in the space of just a few hours. more
Catwalk teens next big thing
REMEMBER these names and faces - one of them could be Australia's next supermodel. more
Residents fear park thugs
THE gutless, unprovoked bashing of a man with a hammer has Earlville residents in hiding from a group of thugs using an unlit park as their base to terrorise the neighbourhood. more
Middle East snubs region
EMIRATES Airlines' search for sites for six or seven star resorts in Queensland, possibly including the Atherton Tableland, is likely to gather momentum late next year. more
Close shave for mechanic
A WHITFIELD hair boutique has come to the rescue for Andrew Hirst's hairy situation.
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MP seeks to calm care fears
LEICHHARDT MP Jim Turnour says the Far North's 21 ABC Learning childcare centres will be taken over by private companies and non-government agencies. more
Driver found guilty
A DRIVER who ran a red light and hit a toddler as she was crossing the road with her family will be sentenced next week. more
Australia rolls out red carpet
THERE may have been a shortage of A-listers at the premiere of Australia in Bowen last night, but it didn't matter. more
Flaunting body in name of fun
A YOUNG woman at the centre of a sexy dress controversy has hit back at critics and says they're just jealous.
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Missing tourist
BREAKING NEWS: Police are calling for information about a missing English tourist last known to have been holidaying in the Far North.
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Man, 81, bashes young rival
HE is 81 and uses a walking stick, but when Reginald John Ward flew into a rage about his damaged banana trees he found the strength to belt a man almost 60 years his junior. more
'We're overgoverned'
MP Jason O'Brien has backed calls by maverick National Party senator Barnaby Joyce to scrap state governments. more
THIS is the relieved smile of a man who was thrown 10m into the air by a deadly lightning bolt and miraculously escaped unharmed. MORE
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Beard eyes national spot
IT may be hockey's off-season but rising Cairns star Jordan Beard has the type of schedule that would make many professionals exhausted. more
Pivot Humble and confident
THE Northern Pride is hoping an electrical apprentice can provide the spark the club's halves missed last season. more
Trio chases state caps
A TRIO of Far Northern junior cricketers flies to Brisbane today with hopes of teaching their southern cousins a lesson on how to play Australia's greatest summer pastime. more
Mango production down
THE mango season in the Far North has kicked-off early but production of the region's popular Kensington Pride is down by a third on last year's crop.
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Tree production scheme
A WORLD-class commercial plant tissue culture laboratory capable of mass producing trees for the forestry industry in Walkamin is poised to secure a huge chuck of the forestry seedling market.
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MP jets out to find visitors
THE future of plans for a luxury six-star resort on the Atherton Tableland will be on the table when Tourism Minister Desley Boyle meets Emirates Airlines executives tomorrow. more
Bad to the bone
Forget any preconceptions you may have that chefs only indulge in the very best of the culinary world. When the apron is off, these top cooks have a host of guilty pleasures, writes Lauren Dor more
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