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9:09 AM | Thailand's Danai Udomchoke defeated Sam Groth in an impressive display of tennis to take out the 2012 Burnie International title.
4:00 AM | ONE man is in a serious condition with head injuries while three others are lucky to have escaped with minor injuries after two separate motorcycle accidents in the North and North-West yesterday.
Supercharged Ford revs up fund-raiser
4:00 AM | ROD Hadfield, of Castlemaine, Victoria, is coy about the value of his twin-supercharged V8 Ford rod.
Rotary fun is set to fly
4:00 AM | IT'S nearly time to brighten the Devonport sky with kites and teddy bears for this year's Teddy Bear Fly In and Kite Festival.
Two men die as chopper crashes, burns
4:00 AM | SYDNEY - Two men killed in a fiery helicopter crash during take-off from an airstrip on the New South Wales south coast were heading to nearby Jervis Bay to film a documentary.
Fears over anti-Ta Ann campaign
4:00 AM | FEARS are mounting in the North-West that a new environmental campaign against timber veneer company Ta Ann could end its Smithton operations and leave hundreds of indirect jobs at risk.
Two in `high spirits' after night in bush
4:00 AM | WHAT was going to be a two-hour bushwalk in Tasmania's North-West turned into a 12-hour emergency search for two international tourists.
Roller derby makes a `clean' start
4:00 AM | THERE were roller skates, pom-poms and soap suds aplenty at the Devil State Derby League car wash yesterday.
Greens rights charter push
4:00 AM | THE TASMANIAN Greens have said the state's budget woes are no excuse for stalling a human rights charter. Attorney-General Brian Wightman said the state could not afford a charter of human rights due to the state government's budget constraints.
Floods test Charleville levee banks
4:00 AM | BRISBANE - The levee banks holding the swollen Warrego River back from the south-west Queensland town of Charleville are passing their first real test, Premier Anna Bligh says.
Concern for residents after airline collapse
4:00 AM | THE Tasmanian Greens are worried the closure of Tasair could drive up already high air fares to King Island.
Victoria on fire alert
4:00 AM | MELBOURNE - There are fears a bushfire burning in Victoria's west could threaten the Grampians National Park, with weather forecasts predicting warm and windy conditions in the region.
Cooee Cabaret's French connection
4:00 AM | THE National Film and Sound Archive's Cooee Cabaret will be in the North-West this week as part of its first tour in Tasmania.
Ali's final legacy  saves four lives
4:00 AM | ALISON Hogarth is a saviour. She not only saved her husband, Mark, from the sadness of his brother's suicide more than 10 years ago, she saved the lives of four strangers in death by being a registered organ donor.
Shoppers caught in price war
4:00 AM | FRUIT and vegetable prices might be down due to increased supply and a supermarket price war, but shoppers beware - some more expensive items are lurking in the shopping trolley.
Smooth sailing for weekend regatta
4:00 AM | DINGHIES sailed in perfect conditions at Beauty Point on day one of the Tamar Marine Go Sailing Blockbuster Weekend yesterday.
Discovery of a `supergiant'
4:00 AM | AUCKLAND - It may be just 28 centimetres long, but a crustacean found deep in the Kermadec Trench north of New Zealand is a ``supergiant''.
Dahlias delight at flower show
4:00 AM | DAHLIAS thrived at the Launceston Horticultural Society Dahlia, Gladioli and Lilium show yesterday.
Wildlife need for urban trees
4:00 AM | CANBERRA _ Large trees in urban areas provide a crucial role for wildlife, a new study has found.
Cattlemen's challenge: Steph rounds up honours
4:00 AM | SIBLING rivalry has never been strong between Longford's Steph Jones, 16, and her brother Will, 12. But that could change after Steph won yesterday's junior cattlemen's competition at the annual Mountain Cattlemen's Association Get-Together, at Windfalls, near Campbell Town, and Will finished third.
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