Saturday, July 23, 2016

Man arrested over fatal stabbing of woman in North Hobart ... and other top stories.

  • Man arrested over fatal stabbing of woman in North Hobart ...

    Man arrested over fatal stabbing of woman in North Hobart supermarket Posted July 24, 2016 00:28:49 Police have arrested a man over the death of a woman stabbed during an alleged supermarket robbery in North Hobart on Saturday.The attack occurred just after midday yesterday at the A&B Food Store on Elizabeth Street in North Hobart.The 68-year-old victim, who owned the store and was working at the time, received wounds to her neck and upper body.She was treated at the ..
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  • Queensland police officer killed after being hit by bus in Hobart

    Queensland police officer killed after being hit by bus in Hobart
    Queensland police officer killed after being hit by bus in Hobart Updated July 23, 2016 15:32:22 A serving Queensland Police Service officer was the victim of a fatal bus and pedestrian crash in Hobart's CBD.The 46-year-old woman was crossing Campbell Street towards the Grand Chancellor Hotel about 6:00pm Friday when she was struck by a Metro bus making a right-hand turn from Macquarie Street.She died at the scene.The 60-year-old driver from Cygnet, south of Hobart, was..
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  • Mona team to talk plans with Eden Project

    Mona team to talk plans with Eden Project
    MONA founder David Walsh and a creative team will soon head to London to meet the man behind the Eden Project as they consider ideas for the old railyards site on the Hobart waterfront.media_cameraMona founder David Walsh. Picture: KIM EISZELEThe team — which will include Mr Walsh’s wife, artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele, Mona architect Nonda Katsalidis and Dark Mofo festival creative director Leigh Carmichael — will meet Tim Smit, the founder of the world-renowned Eden Project eco-tourism att..
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  • Woman dead after North Hobart stabbing

    MATT SMITHSunday TasmanianA MAN was in police custody last night over an alleged attack in one of Hobart’s popular entertainment and restaurant precincts that left one woman dead and sent a community into mourning. Tasmania Police arrested a 35-year-old man at a property in Claremont about 11pm last night.North Hobart business operators were shocked by the death of a “popular” and “hardworking” 68-year-old shopkeeper who received multiple stab wounds to the upper body yesterday in what police de..
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  • Man charged with murder over Hobart woman

    Man charged with murder over Hobart woman AAP on July 24, 2016, 2:53 am A man has been charged with killing a woman during a robbery of a North Hobart store.The 66-year-old woman died after she was attacked during a robbery at the A&B Food Store on Saturday, police say.A 34-year-old Claremont man has been charged with murder and robbery and will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Sunday.
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  • Snow, hail and wind send chills throughout the state

    Snow, hail and wind send chills throughout the state
    Tasmania weather: Snow, hail and wind send chills throughout the state Updated July 23, 2016 15:25:25 Residents are warned to take care outdoors as snow, hail and wind gusts send Tasmania into a big chill.A south-west airstream combined with a series of cold fronts has hit all parts of the state.Temperatures have been kept below double-digit figures - or less - with Hobart currently 3 degrees, Launceston 6, Devonport 7 and Mt Wellington -5.Snow has fallen almost to sea ..
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  • No tears for a dead monster

    PEOPLE are told not to speak ill of the dead. So the joy that victims of Paul Ronald Goldsmith experienced on learning of his death was admittedly a “bizarre feeling”.But their lives have not been normal since the man dubbed Tasmania’s worst paedophile unleashed his reign of terror in the 1970s.Goldsmith died two months ago in Tanzania where he fled to in 2012, reportedly with troubling plans to work with disadvantaged children.It is not known how the 71-year-old died.The Department of Foreign A..
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  • Scorchers sign experienced trio

    Scorchers sign experienced trio
    The Perth Scorchers have added experienced former international Lauren Ebsary to their ranks for the upcoming Women's Big Bash League season and re-signed two of the world's top players in Nicole Bolton and Suzie Bates. Ebsary, who represented the Southern Stars on 34 occasions, captained the Adelaide Strikers and South Australia last summer, but makes the move west after announcing her retirement from the 50-over format last month. Current Commonwealth Bank Southern Star Bolton returns to skip..
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  • Battle of Pozičres: Tasmanian soldier remembered 100 years on

    Battle of Pozičres: Tasmanian soldier remembered 100 years on
    Battle of Pozières: Tasmanian soldier remembered 100 years on Posted July 23, 2016 15:19:02 Almost 100 years ago, William George Copcutt was killed in action at Pozières.He was 26 years old.Private Copcutt died as Australian forces secured victories around the tiny French town of Pozières during World War I.The brutal Battle of Pozières, which ultimately claimed more than 6,700 lives, began 100 years ago today.There were about 120 Tasmanian casualties, who are honoure..
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  • Schofield shows hit rough note

    Schofield shows hit rough note
    ARTS guru Leo Schofield’s interstate festivals are facing serious challenges less than two years after his departure from Tasmania.Festivals associated with Mr Schofield in Sydney and Brisbane are under a cloud, with one postponed indefinitely and the other accused in June of late payments to performers.Sydney Sings, which was scheduled to begin this week, has been called off due to an illness to director Jarrod Carland and refunds are being offered to patrons.MORE: WHAT LEO SCHOFIELD REALLY THI..
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