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Bayern Munich have destroyed Barcelona 5-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Bayern hit Barca for eight in ECL humbling

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Kyren Wilson is through to the final of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Wilson into final after wild snooker semi

Mark Staniforth

Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten 60 left England frustrated on day two of the rain-delayed second Test.

Bad light and Rizwan frustrate England

Rory Dollard

Bayern Munich have destroyed Barcelona 5-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Bayern hit Barca for eight in ECL humbling

1hr ago

50 years of history on winless Crows' side

50 years of history on winless Crows' side

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Titans' coach Justin Holbrook: Hanging on tight as the NRL merry-go-rounds speeds up.

And the NRL merry-go-round speeds up again

Janine Graham

Marketing jewel: Tacking Point Lighthouse is one of the many features that attracts visitors to Port Macquarie.

Grounded international travellers a target for local tourism markets

Peter Daniels

Head to the Kimberley for the Ord Valley Muster. Picture: Sarah Duguid Photography

Kimberley's northern muster to celebrate 20th anniversary

Explore Travel

Sunset over Glasshouse Restaurant. Picture: Destination NSW

Take me home, country roads... to Tamworth's epic food scene

Explore Travel

Get fit with a parkrun this Sat

THINGS TO DOGet fit with a parkrun this Sat

Vanessa Arundale

Get fit with a parkrun this Sat

THINGS TO DOGet fit with a parkrun this Sat

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

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Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

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OUTLOOK: The ACM survey aims to find out more about what makes regional and rural communities tick.

Help us build a better understanding of regional Australia

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

OPTIMISM: Median prices for both houses and units in Alice Springs have shown an uplift in the recently completed quarter, giving cause for some level of optimism in the local market. Photo - Shutterstock.

Regions showing resilience

Ruth Lewis

Housing figures on a COVID rollercoaster

Housing figures on a COVID rollercoaster

Ruth Lewis

OVER THE RIVER: Investors are looking further afield for locations where there is good
rental demand and potential for capital gains. Photo - Shutterstock.

A rise in remote investing as regions gain appeal

Ruth Lewis

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

Vanessa Arundale

Slice of history: The panel added to the monument in the Walcha War Memorial Park after the end of World War II.

Call for more to war

Bob Walsh

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

Simon Bourke

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

CHAMPION: Olympian Cecil Healy died in battle. Picture: AWM P04366.007

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

GRAND DESIGNS: Australian engineers rebuild a crossing over the Somme swamps near Cléry on September 2, 1918, to keep communications open and transport moving after the capture of Péronne. Picture: AWM E03143

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the country will retain its lockdown restrictions after a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Picture: Getty Images

ANALYSISContrasting trajectories show how complex coronavirus can be

Raylee Campbell and her daughter Erika. Raylee wants to go meet her grandchild when she is born in a few weeks in Wodonga, but the Canberra woman fears she will not be able to get back home due to border closures.

SUBSCRIBERRaylee wants to meet her 'miracle' grandchild, but if she does she may not be able to come home

The ill-fated Ruby Princess.

DIGESTSeries of mistakes doomed Ruby Princess passengers

How August 13 plated out - coffee, queues and quarantine. Photos: file

DIGESTCoffee, queues and quarantine

Kim and Robyn Cartwright. They have a thousand sheep about to lamb back home near Crookwell. Picture: James Wiltshire/Border Mail

EXPLAINERThe stuck Canberrans are coming home. But there are others left behind

Steve Evans

Get in that car and rive. Photo: file

DIGESTForget jail, go straight to the ACT

Janine Graham

"I want to see a greater uptake in all those categories. If we don't, we will consider further measures in which we can increase that uptake."

NSW Premier foreshadows stricter measures, as state records 18 new cases

Kate McIlwain

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: Getty Images

ANALYSISExplainer: How did this border chaos kick off?

Steve Evans

Science at the Local co-founder, Dr Hamish Clarke.

Cartoon tackles climate change and fire for National Science Week

New Guinea, July 1945: Troops of the New Guinea Infantry Battalion wade through a stream on their way to attack a Japanese position.

A Digger's harrowing one in a million story from the New Guinea front

NEW LIFE: Bathurst's Chezzi and Grant Denyer have announced that they're expecting a baby. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

SUBSCRIBERWatch as Grant and Chezzi Denyer announce their baby news

Doing the right thing. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERWhat is the best and latest advice on masks?

ROAD TRIP: Melbourne band Private Function drive down High Street Wodonga in their film clip for the song titled 'Albury Wodonga'. Picture: SCREENSHOT

Band releases 'rock 'n' roll love letter' to Albury-Wodonga

Vivienne Jones

Success: Critical care paramedic Matt Gane had a dramatic water rescue on his first day working with the Wollongong ambulance helicopter crew. Picture: Anna Warr

How a helicopter paramedic rescued a fisherman on his first day on the job

Ashleigh Tullis

Photo: Sally-Ann Thompson

From southern NSW to Tasmania, it's been a white Wednesday

Ben Smyth

Matterson Knyvett captured the moment a goanna latched onto his ankle while out on the job.

Is that a goanna wrapped around your ankle?

Samantha Campbell

Climate tax can change habits of a lifetime

OPINIONClimate tax can change habits of a lifetime

Dr Lex Fullarton
1hr ago

There are ideas for reform out there that would treat workers as people with agency, capable of making their own decisions on working conditions. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONDoes this government have the guts to take on IR reform?

Simon Cowan

Banking is changing but that doesn't mean less service in the bush

OPINIONBanking is changing but that doesn't mean less service in the bush

Krissie Jones

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

Gladys Berejiklian will spend the weekend combing through a report into the Ruby Princess fiasco.

Gladys combs over new Ruby Princess report

More than 100 candidates are contesting 25 seats in the Northern Territory election on August 22.

Closer contest tipped in NT election

Compulsory preferences may tip the result against Labor in some NT election seats, an analyst says.

NT election has pundits scratching heads

Victoria's restrictions may be driving COVID-19 numbers down but there's a long road to re-opening.

Vic past the peak but numbers far too high

Military and political leaders will meet in Canberra for the 75th anniversary of World War II.

Political leaders mark end of World War II

Daniel McCulloch

PM Scott Morrison apologised for aged care failures but rejected suggestions of complacency.

Morrison offers nursing home virus apology

Matt Coughlan

Labor says more than 130,000 retail jobs will be lost if dole payments return to their old rate.

Labor warns of mass job losses if dole cut

Colin Brinsden

Refugee advocates plan action in a Brisbane park after their Story Bridge protest was banned.

Cargo ship crew among new Qld virus cases

Cheryl Goodenough

Dollar dazzler: Here's your chance to win a $10,000 scholarship.

Budding journos can win $10,000

Kneeling together are Sinclair, Jo and Barnaby Munro of Booroomooka Angus while behind them is Davidson Cameron and Co agent Nick Rogers and Waldo Thompson representing buyers Bridgewater Angus, Black Mountain, who paid $40,000 for the top price bull.

Booroomooka Angus gross $2.298 million

Lucy Kinbacher

The rebuilding Dungowan Dam will be one of the projects scrutinised in an Upper House inquiry. Photo: Tamworth Regional Council

Inquiry launched into fast-tracking of dams

Olivia Calver

The results of a successful fruit tree grafting. Picture: Hannah Moloney

Bark grafting: nature's own magic trick

Hannah Moloney and Anton Vikstrom Good Life Permaculture
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Keep checking the simple things regularly, especially on vehicles that get used less often.

You should still check things even if it's mostly parked up

Sam Hollier

Warm your home (and your heart) with a spot of timber

Warm your home (and your heart) with a spot of timber