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Townsville greyhounds won't be put down, Queensland racing minister says

Club president Gary Heath told the Townsville Bulletin: “If they decide to close it, at a guess, I'd say we've got 200 to 300 greyhounds up here. We'd like to think we could find homes for them all, but being realistic, I think a lot of them would have ... >> view original

10 charged as drug transport crackdown targets Townsville Airport, Magnetic ...

Townsville police have charged 10 people with drug offences after a large-scale operation at the city's airport and ferry terminals. Drug squad officers and the Australian Border Force targeted drug transportation around Townsville in a four-day ... >> view original

Injury forces Canberra Raiders player Sia Soliola to drive home from Townsville

"It's one of those things that comes with the job, it's just unfortunate it happened all the way up in Townsville," he said. "At least I've got to see a lot of Australia. "I got the scans on Sunday morning and they said it was broken. They gave me the ... >> view original

Two motorcyclists die in separate Townsville crashes

Two people have died in separate motorbike crashes in Townsville, in north Queensland, over the weekend. Police said a 28-year-old soldier based in Townsville was riding on Mount Stuart Road on Saturday when he lost control of the bike. The Forensic ... >> view original

Radio Daze: 'That engine'll be lunch mate'

We've gone and dug back through the best of the team radio chatter to give you the inside view on how the event's 70-lap Sunday race unfolded. For the first time, you can listen to every team radio exchange from every car in the V8 Supercars field live ... >> view original

Self-harm concerns raised at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre near Townsville

Inspectors made a visit to the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre, near Townsville, earlier this year, to investigate reports of young inmates self-harming. They found there were 30 incidents last year and raised concerns about the level of self-harm at ... >> view original

Beck cruises to Townsville half marathon win

RUNNING: Mackay's Victoria Beck won the Townsville Running Festival half-marathon by more than four minutes on the weekend to continue her good form. She finished in a time of one hour, 19 minutes and 51 seconds for the 26.1km event. Beck won the ... >> view original

Anjem Choudary protests innocence as charged with terror offence

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary launched a 20 minute court monologue protesting his innocence after being charged with a terror offence for the first time. The controversial cleric said he would be pleading that David Cameron, the police and the courts ... >> view original

Hiroshima bombing 70th anniversary: the atomic 'trigger man'

It was a US B-29 bomber called the 'Enola Gay' which dropped the uranium bomb on Hiroshima 70 years ago, exploding some 600m above the city, at around 08:10 on the 6th August 1945. Benjamin Bederson is a physicist who was selected to serve in the ... >> view original

Truck bomb in eastern Afghanistan kills at least six, wounds dozens

A truck bomb at an Afghan special forces base in the eastern province of Logar killed at least three soldiers and three civilians and wounded dozens of others, officials said on Thursday. "The bomb was huge and it was carried out by a mini-truck ... >> view original