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CHAMPION EFFORT: The preschoolers down the adults in the tug-o-war at the Beef Meets Reef festival at Evans Head.

Evans Head Beef Meets Reef festival draws big crowd

THE preschoolers successfully defended their tug-o-war championship at the Beef Meets Reef festival at Evans Head yesterday.

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8:54 AM May 20th

Warning issued with Beef Week Queen coronation

BEEF Week committee concerned about future of festival, Beef Week president Stuart George warned as this year's Beef Week Queen was crowned.

8:53 AM May 20th
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Fire and Rescue’s open day interrupted by real fire

EVANS Head Fire and Rescue open day was interrupted when a suspicious fire broke out in bushland north of the town's surf club.

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Man attacks woman jogger

POLICE are appealing for the public’s assistance after a 21-year-old Evans Head woman was attacked while jogging on Saturday morning.

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Fire completely destroys tattoo parlour

ANOTHER tattoo shop has been gutted by fire on the Gold Coast.

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8:26 AM May 20th
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THE BALLINA teen who was charged with the attempted abduction of a five-year-old girl at knifepoint has fronted court and is now in Richmond Clinic.

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The parliamentary inquiry's recommended legal medicinal use of cannabis was quite strictly defined to serious cases such as AIDS sufferers.

Legalising cannabis for recreation is the obvious next step

OPINION: Is this the start of the legalisation of cannabis in Australia? An inquiry has recommended allowing its use for medicinal purposes.

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Just think of all the court time that would be available and all the drug dealers that would be out of work. I suppose there would always be a black market just like the ones for alcohol and cigarettes.

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COURT cases involving allegations of male teachers committing indecent acts on children have created a steady decline in young men becoming teachers.

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Abuse cases deter men from becoming teachers

FRANCE became the 14th country to legalise gay marriage over the weekend, with President Francois Hollande signing a bill to recognise same-sex marriage.

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France becomes the 14th country to legalise gay marriage

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has tried to discredit the Opposition’s education plans, releasing figures which show $16.2 billion in funds would be lost.

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Coalition education plan will cost schools billions: Gillard

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Emma Harradine, 5, flying her kite at Jack Evans Boat Harbour.

Forecast for sunshiney start to the week in Tweed

TWEED locals made the most of the good weather and flocked to Jack Evans Boat Harbour this weekend before winter arrives next month.

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10:04 AM May 20th
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TWEED Heads Seagulls Colts were run down in the second half by a spirited Toowoomba Clydesdales at Piggabeen sports complex today.

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9:53 AM May 20th

Spirited Clydesdales outrun Seagulls Colts on home turf

WORK has started at Tweed River near Tumbulgum with 160 truckloads, weighing 1,600 tonnes, of rock delivered to repaired the scoured river bank.

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Rock on: Work starts on riverbank repairs at Tumbulgum

YESTERDAY, a man was flung to his death from his motorbike after hitting a guardrail on the Tweed Valley Way, Yelgun, near Crabbes Creek Rd.

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Motorcyclist hit road guard rail 24 hours of hell on wheels

THANKS: Norwegian Mats Bergersen wants to say thanks to the Byron Bay surfer who saved his life at Main Beach last November.

Tourist wants to thank surfer for saving his life

NORWEGIAN tourist Mats Bergersen is looking for help to locate the surfer, named Andre, who last November rescued him from the surf in Byron Bay.

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A SMALL city sprung up on the out skirts of Byron Bay last Friday when the US television comedy drama CAMP set up for a day of filming.

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US comedy drama sets up camp in Byron Bay

IT IS believed a male motorbike rider crashed on the Tweed Valley Way just south of Crabbes Creek Rd. Ambulance media confirmed a person has died at the scene.

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Man in Tweed fatal crash has yet to be identified

BOB Dylan turns 72 this month and to mark the legend’s birthday, a stellar line-up of local musicians will play his songs at a fundraiser at the Byron Theatre.

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Locals sing Dylan’s praises

VERY HAPPY: Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club president Kris Beavis inspects the upstairs function area of the new surf club.

Surf club has it all

BEST VIEW: The patrol room at the new Ballina surf club.

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THE past six months have been a “living nightmare” for Betty Parrish.

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Children’s lives at risk

FOR Steve McAteer, his work as a jeweller and master craftsman is a “labour of love”.

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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS: Yamba's Pacific Hotel licensee Jack McIntosh celebrating 20 years at the Pacific Hotel. Photo: DEBRAH NOVAK/The Daily Examiner

Council runs the rule over Pacific Hotel plans

JACK McIntosh’s bold plans for the Pacific Hotel went before Clarence Valley Council last week and should receive the final tick of approval at this week’s ordinary meeting.

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10:00 AM May 20th

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YAMBA’S Trish Douglas will be given a final farewell today with hundreds of family and friends expected to attend her funeral service at the Yamba Bowling Club.

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Sport teams honour Trish Douglas

THE Federal Budget is a tough one, made so by the $170 billion revenue downturn, but not as lame as some commentators say.

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Cheers for carbon tax policies

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CSG letter a con job

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Chinese police seize millions of fake Durex condoms worth $7m

POLICE in China have busted an alleged counterfeiting ring after seizing more than 4.65 million fake condoms worth ¥47.7 million ($7.94m).

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AUCKLAND Transport has had to ticket one of its own vehicles after an employee parked illegally in a mobility space.

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NZ parking inspector's car ticketed and towed for illegal park

BARBIE'S Dream House has opened in Berlin with some unofficial additions – police guards and topless protesters brandishing burning crosses.

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CLEANING is one of life’s more mundane household chores, so Tracey Wright and Clint Clarke decided it needed a shake-up.

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Naked maid service promises to spice up domestic drudgery

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