The search for a missing swimmer off Somerset Beach in Tasmania’s north-west is continuing this morning after efforts failed to locate her yesterday. THE LATEST ON THIS STORY: Missing 22yo Tasmanian swimmer ‘unlikely to have survived’, Police say The 22-year-old woman was last seen 18 hours ago, ‘struggling in strong currents’ while swimming around 2pm […]
Sun Nov 12, 2023 - 8:52am8:45am, Sunday 12: The search for a missing swimmer off Somerset Beach in Tasmania’s north-west is continuing this morning after efforts failed to locate her yesterday. THE LATEST ON THIS STORY: Missing 22yo Tasmanian swimmer ‘unlikely to have survived’, Police say The 22-year-old woman was last seen 18 hours ago, ‘struggling in strong currents’ while […]
Sat Nov 11, 2023 - 3:47pmBurnie City Council has made disabled parking free across the city for the foreseeable future. The change took effect after the council’s October meeting and will only apply to designated disability zones. The council say time limits will still apply in time-controlled parking spaces and disability permit holders will still need to pay for parking if […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 11:10amThe man allegedly responsible for the armed robbery of a cash register at a Devonport business on Wednesday has been charged. The 39-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday morning, the day after fleeing the William Street newsagency. Police said at the time he was ‘assisting officers in their investigations’. A short […]
Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 11:00pmThe driver of a rubbish truck who hit an elderly woman, leading to her death as she crossed the road in Burnie in 2021, had “between 15 and 20 seconds” to see her but failed to do so, a coroner has found. Eric Flight was driving the JJRichards waste truck through the Burnie CBD just […]
Wed Nov 1, 2023 - 2:00amA teenager has been left with head injuries after rolling his ATV on a beach in Tasmania’s north this afternoon. The 16-year-old rolled the ATV on Beechford Beach, north east of George Town, shortly after 3:30pm on Sunday. According to Police, initial investigations have confirmed that the teenager was driving the ATV with a 24-year-old […]
Sun Oct 29, 2023 - 9:50pmA person is believed to have entered a Devonport building overnight and ‘turned on multiple taps’, leading to flooding across “several levels” and affecting multiple businesses. Police say officers are currently investigating the incident, which resulted in ‘significant damage’ to multiple businesses near the intersection of Best and Rooke Streets at around 5am on Thursday. […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 3:00pmA 16-year-old Tasmanian teenager has died after crashing his quad bike near Wynyard overnight. Police were alerted to the missing rider yesterday afternoon after family members failed to locate him, with officers finding the teen down an embankment early this morning. The incident is being investigated by crash investigators, with people asked to avoid the […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 7:55amA Tasmanian woman who refused to pre-pay her taxi fare has avoided prison for verbally abusing and threatening a taxi driver with a knife – that she tried to hide from Police in her underwear. Now-25-year-old Alicia Cashman was “badly affected by methylamphetamine” when she hopped into the front passenger seat of a taxi in […]
Wed Oct 18, 2023 - 2:00pmA truck that backed into the famous Sassafras big spud two weeks ago, along with strong winds over the weekend led to its downfall, its creator has said. “Kenny” the Kennebec potato had been standing on the Bass Highway for around 40 years, but after it was weakened weeks ago, the giant spud fell on […]
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