India A prevail despite Miller heroics and other top stories.

• India A prevail despite Miller heroics

  

  A scintillating knock by David Miller wasn’t enough to see South Africa A home against India A at Tony Ireland Stadium, with Manish Pandey guided India A home with a superb century. India A skipper Pandey was the hero, scoring an unbeaten-100 to steer his side to a three-wicket victory, their first of the Quadrangular ‘A’ Series. Just four days after being bowled out for 55 runs, India A put together a complete performance and chased down the required 231 with eight balls to spare. Pandey was a..

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• Australia A humbled by NP Squad in Townsville

  

  The National Performance Squad has claimed victory over their more experienced Australia A counterparts by 12-runs in a remarkable finish to a rain-affected see-sawing affair. For the second time in as many matches, the development side humbled a national 'A' squad, following their 17-run win against South Africa A last Saturday, but this occasion saw rain play force the teams off three times from unseasonal Townsville downpours. For the second-straight game, Australia A and Victorian paceman C..

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• Booze ban risk to Bali boom

  

  BALI could soon drop from the desirable destination list for Townsville tourists if a controversial bid to ban booze in Indonesia is approved.The Indonesian parliament is preparing to vote on a nationwide alcohol ban after Islamist parties, the United Development Party and the Prosperous Justice Party, introduced the proposal.Also being considered are proposals to outlaw gay and lesbian activities, sentencing “offenders” to rehabilitation, and banning intimacy between unmarried people.An indepen..

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• Townsville daily wrap up, Wednesday August 17

  

  Produce Dangerous Drugs – Garbutt: A man has been charged with various drug offences after police uncovered a hydroponic set up at a Garbutt residence yesterday. It will be alleged police attended the Ramsay Street address on Tuesday, August 16 in relation to another matter, however upon entering the residence they located a hydroponic setup being used to grow cannabis. Police located and seized four cannabis plants inside the hydroponic system as well as a small quantity of dried cannabis. A 3..

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• Caught in web of filth

  

  TWO Townsville schools have been embroiled in a national ring of boys and young men exchanging graphic sexual images of female students.Kirwan State High School and Ryan Catholic College have been named on the website, which has had more than 2000 images posted or traded by Australian members since the group began operating in December last year.The material on the site includes highly-graphic images of fully nude school girls. More than 100 images purport to feature Townsville schoolgirls.Young..

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• Air raid birds a public threat

  

  WIDE-BRIM hats, umbrellas and bike helmets covered in zip ties are set to become Townsville’s hottest fashion accessory as residents come under attack from the sky. Magpie breeding season is under way and residents are reporting attacks from angry swooping birds which are keen to protect their young.Hermit Park resident Bibi Apanisile was walking from her gym in Annandale when she was attacked.Read the full text of this story in today’s Townsville Bulletin or in our digital print edition: http..

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• Council permits bought by staff

  

  THE Townsville City Council has issued just 100 parking permits for the CBD with 71 snapped up by council staff.It comes as shoppers and businesses complain about the lack of parking in the city and amid complaints from jurors and legal representatives who struggle to find suitable parking near the courts and have been slapped with fines.The majority of the parking permits have been issued for one of the city’s busiest carparks.A total of 100 permits are available to purchase for the Stokes/Walk..

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• Bambling's return a boost for young Cowboys

  

  NORTH Queensland’s under-20s team are hoping the return of skilled halfback Cooper Bambling can help them arrest their late season slide.The young Cowboys have dropped four of their last six games, including a two-game losing run away from home in the past fortnight, and they will be desperate to bounce back against a bruising Warriors side.Team captain Bambling returns after a four-week stint on the sidelines through an ankle injury and his presence will force coach Aaron Payne in to a reshuffl..

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• Spina keen to give cricket a crack

  

  FORMER football star Ashley Spina will swap soccer balls for cricket bats with the Ingham product to try her hand in cricket at a trial match next month in Brisbane.Spina is daughter of North Queensland rugby league legend Laurie Spina and after playing for the Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets in the W-League and for Colorado Pride in the United States, she will take on a new challenge when she takes part in the 2016 U-18 Female Rookie Challenge on September 19-21.Spina, based in Townsville, is ..

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• Thurston: Cowboys can win from outside top four

  

  COWBOYS halfback Johnathan Thurston believes a team can defy history this season and win the premiership from outside the top four.It comes as the Cowboys battle to keep their title defence alive after a three-game losing streak which has seen them drop to fifth on the ladder.No side in the NRL era has won a grand final from outside the top four and the sixth-placed Bulldogs in 1995 are the only team to achieve the feat under a top eight finals system.North Queensland would need to be near perfe..

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