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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Tamworth - The Untold Story

Dolly Parton’s philanthropic Imagination Library had a proven effect in Australia, and around the world

Dolly Parton had first-hand experience of the effects of limited literacy. Her father could not read or write. He was, she once said,

The Conversation

Detectives travel to Newcastle to arrest man accused of BMW chase and drug supply

Strike Force Bogangate officers allege he dealt drugs on an ongoing basis.

Newcastle Herald

What you can buy in regional NSW and Victoria for under $700,000

From Wodonga and Tamworth to Bendigo and Albury, check out these finds.

The Canberra Times

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Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains

Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and Tamworth

The Guardian - UK

Pauline Hanson fails to properly declare more free flights from Gina Rinehart

Exclusive: One Nation leader updates register after questions from the Guardian to include multiple flights courtesy of Rinehart’s company

The Guardian - AU

Pauline Hanson charged taxpayers almost $9,000 for private plane to event honouring Gina Rinehart donation

Details of flight come as One Nation leader faces scrutiny over her use of taxpayer-funded entitlements

The Guardian - AU

Reform UK council chair resigns after ‘illegally renting out unsafe properties’

Council said Edward Harris’s properties ‘failed to meet even most basic of living standards and legal requirements’

The Guardian - UK

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Buskers lay bare their souls in country music heartland

Hundreds of songbirds have flocked to Australia's country music capital to fill the streets with song.

AAP

Nigel Farage urged to sack Reform council leader accused of racism

Party is investigating Ian Cooper as Labour MPs call for him to resign as leader of Staffordshire county council

The Guardian - UK

Thirteen people injured after demolition derby car ploughs into grandstand during NSW event

Two in critical condition after driver crashes into crowd at Walcha Motorcycle Rally about 90km from Tamworth

The Guardian - AU

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

The family of a teenager who was found on train tracks in 1988 say they want closure and the truth about what happened to the young Gomeroi man.

AAP

Stepmother admits ‘massive regret’ for taking 11-year-old son to violent post-Southport riot

Amy Hodgkinson-Hedgecox says she took the boy to the protest in Tamworth, Staffordshire, after reading unproven claims on social media against asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Tane’s son still asks his grandmother: ‘How did my dad die?’ She doesn’t know what to say

More than 100 Indigenous Australians have died in custody by hanging since the 1991 royal commission. Experts say the numbers are a ‘blight on Australia’

The Guardian - AU

The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?

I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent weeks stumping for their man in New England, Nationals leader and deputy prime…

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Four decades of torment after teen's train track death

The family of Mark Haines, who was found dead on a rail line 37 years ago, have few answers after a lengthy inquest re-examining his mysterious death.

AAP

Blood discovered in car boot after teen's mystery death

Police did not seem interested in key evidence after a teenager's body was found on train tracks, forcing family to investigate, an inquest has been told.

The Guardian - AU

Alan Jones allegedly squeezed bottom of 11th victim in Tamworth, NSW police say

Alleged offences occurred in locations across NSW including Newtown, Sydney city, Fitzroy Falls, Alexandria and Tamworth

The Guardian - AU

Albanese pledges billion-dollar Medicare funding boost – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Viral ‘Spudman’ TikTok star wins council apology amid battle to save pitch he’s held for 22 years

A petition to keep Spudman at his site in Tamworth town centre is approaching 100,000 signatures

The Guardian - UK

Over 65,000 sign petition to save pitch of Tamworth TikTok star Spudman

Jacket potato seller, who has 4 million followers, says the council want to replace him with a flower bed

Metal Hammer

“We ended up hating Rick Rubin. He didn’t get what made this band happen”: The rollercoaster story of Wolfsbane, the British metal band who should have been superstars

Long before Blaze Bayley joined Iron Maiden, he was a member of British metal lunatics Wolfsbane

AAP

Keith Urban pops up at a country pub, accepts honour

Global country star Keith Urban surprised fans with unannounced appearances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, the place he was first discovered.

AAP

'Healing': Troy Cassar-Daley sweeps Golden Guitars

An emotional Troy Cassar-Daley has paid tribute to his family, as he took out five Golden Guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

The Guardian - AU

How does Tamworth country music festival attract 40,000 people every year? It’s the vibe

You’ll find more than cowboy boots and Slim Dusty covers at the world’s second biggest country music bash – even a pub with no music!

AAP

Sun never sets on Tamworth for this hometown girl

A third-generation country musician with three Golden Guitar nominations says she felt a responsibility to be honest and vulnerable in her reflective new album.

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