State News - NSW

Body found on beach at The Entrance

4:00 AM | THE body of a young man was found washed up on The Entrance beach late last night.

News - General

Major North West roads reopened

4:00 AM | MAJOR roads have been reopened across the North West as floodwater recedes.

News - General

Red Cross gets involved in Moree flood clean-up

4:00 AM | THE Red Cross has joined the recovery clean up from the Moree flood crisis.

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Call for federal support for North West

4:00 AM | THE Governor-General's visit to the region coincided with an announcement by member for Barwon Kevin Humphries that NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell, had written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard requesting her support for the implementation of the Category C natural disaster declarations for the north western part of the state, including grants for the Moree, Gwydir and Narrabri shires.

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Armidale teen charged over alleged schoolyard assault

4:00 AM | AN ARMIDALE teenager will appear in court over a schoolyard assault.

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Take note of serial numbers in case of theft, Tamworth police urge

4:00 AM | POLICE have warned Tamworth residents to record the serial numbers of mobile phones, computers and other electrical goods which were on the hitlist of thieves last month.

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Governor-General visits flood-ravaged Moree, Wee Waa

4:00 AM | THE Governor-General Quentin Bryce donned her gumboots to visit flood-ravaged Moree and Wee Waa, where major flooding continued yesterday.

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Three new students help Duri keep full-time teacher

4:00 AM | DURI Public School will keep its second full-time teacher after not one, but three, new students enrolled at the school on Monday.

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No room at the Tamworth Dog and Cat Refuge for 6 felines

4:00 AM | WANTED: six people with very big hearts.

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Danger as more rain is forecast in New England and North West

4:00 AM | THUNDERSTORMS and isolated showers across the New England and North West region are predicted for the rest of the week with the Bureau of Meteorology warning flood-affected areas could be hit again in the coming days.

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Aidan Francis keen to strike US deal

4:00 AM | NEWCASTLE pitcher Aidan Francis is hoping his Rookie of the Year success in the Australian Baseball League signals a change in fortune as he chases a contract in the United States and a return to his fiancee.

Sport - Basketball

Doolan arrives with plans to revive Tahs

4:00 AM | JOIN The Waratahs rugby club and see the world. Might sound strange, but that is the mantra of new coach Greg Doolan.

Sport - Rugby Union

Domidor’s win a boost for recovering trainer

4:00 AM | After 22 years and a period away from the sport punctuated by countless knee operations, Steve Stephens could again call the Bega Cup his own.

Sport - Horse Racing

Bid for all-weather track at Kembla Grange

4:00 AM | Illawarra Turf Club chairman Peter De Vries will continue to lobby powerbrokers for an all-weather surface in Wollongong, pointing to parallels between Kembla Grange and the successful model at Geelong.

Sport - Horse Racing

Contador’s demise no boost to Evans

4:00 AM | Cadel Evans warns the advantage of having Alberto Contador absent from this year’s Tour de France may be offset by added attention paid to his own team.

Sport - Cycling

Old salt predicts local swell for Navy surfboat titles

4:00 AM | HUNTER surfboat great Ken Murray believes crews from Swansea-Belmont and Dixon Park will be among the ones to watch as the locals take on the nation’s best at the Navy-Australian Surf Rowers League Australian Open at Stockton Beach this weekend.

Sport - Surf Lifesaving