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ESPERANCE: An Esperance woman could be facing murder charges over the death of an 89-year-old man, when she appears in court on Thursday.
Tayla Louise Perkin, 18, was remanded in custody when she appeared in the Esperance Magistrates Court on Wednesday, April 26 to face one charge of grievous bodily harm. Read more.
CAPEL: The driver accused of going on a deadly rampage down Bussell Highway in Capel in February has again been unable to attend a court hearing due to a brain injury he suffered in the incident. Read more.
MANDURAH: Meadow Springs resident Sandra Woods spent Anzac Day, one of her favourite days of the year, without her treasured war medals for the first time.
Only two weeks before Anzac Day she came back home to find that ten of her original WWI, WWII and Korean war medals were missing from her bag. Read more.
ESPERANCE: A man who barricaded himself in a bus, for more than four hours, and threatened police he would blow himself up has pleaded guilty.
Robin David Gray, 56, admitted to one charge of making a statement creating false apprehensions as to existence of threats or danger, when he appeared in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Monday, April 24. Read more.
BUNBURY: The Groovin the Moo festival is only weeks away from hitting Bunbury and as excitement grows around town for the beloved regional music festival, fans turn to online music streaming sites and apps to prepare to rock out on May 13.
Spotify has revealed the most streamed artists and tracks on the 2017 GTM lineup around the nation. Read more.
Regional news
A 31-year-old Uber driver who was caught attempting to import ephedrine from India to manufacture drugs in his chook shed has faced court in Ballarat.
If you’re feeling the urge for a burger, Largs couple Katerina and Chris Schafferius have opened the state’s first Burger Urge at Stockland Glendale.
Sadness and disbelief has swept over a Wangaratta community struggling to come to terms with how and why a horrific murder-suicide happened in a quiet residential street.
National news
As former police officer Ashley Bryant stood on the platform above a waterfall on the NSW North Coast he made a final phone call.
It was about 8.30pm on December 16, 2013, when he dialled the number of friend and colleague, Detective Inspector Matt Kehoe.
That guffawing out of Melbourne you heard on Wednesday was the sound of former Toll boss, Paul Little, reading the news that the logistic's group's new owner, Japan Post, had slashed the value of the business it acquired in 2015.
You probably don't remember the exact time you last opened your refrigerator.
But an electricity smart meter will.
It will also remember the age and brand of your appliance and how it is being used in the home - and all conveniently in real-time.
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International news
A blackened body lies unidentified on a slab in a Manila funeral home, one of thousands of suspected extra-judicial killings, or EJKs, as they have become known in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
The first 'Made in China' aircraft carrier was launched in Dalian, China's major northern port closest to North Korea on Wednesday, as the more powerful USS Carl Vinson strike group headed towards Korean waters.
Donald Trump's attempts to prevent citizens of six predominantly Muslim nations from entering the US is helping the cause of extremists, former British prime minister David Cameron has declared.
On this day | April 27
There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1989 – The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cupqualifying match against Senegal.
2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
