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Cairns trial: Solitary man Chris Cairns living in a glass box in London

From about 9.30am until 1pm each day, the always clean-shaven Cairns sits in the glass box that is the courtroom one dock. Outside looking in are the public and journalists. Trial judge Mr Justice Sweeney faces him. Cairns can see only the backs of the ... >> view original

Cairns bashed woman 'may have been dead before Police were called': Coroner

A Cairns woman who was beaten to death in 2013 may have been dead well before police were called, a coroner has found. Elsie May Robertson, 39, died on March 6 that year after she was beaten by her long-term abusive partner, James Grannigan. >> view original

Melbourne vs Cairns: United topple Taipans to remain undefeated

Melbourne United were pushed hard by the Cairns Taipans but remained in control and came away with a nine-point win to maintain their undefeated start to the season. United have five wins on the board in the new NBL season, though the Taipans gave ... >> view original

The ring Cairns never gave Vettori

New Zealand cricketer Daniel Vettori was "shocked and then angry" when his teammate Brendon McCullum told him that Chris Cairns had approached him twice to fix cricket matches. Vettori told Southwark Crown Court in London via video-link that both men ... >> view original

School bag of Philip Cairns could solve mystery of his disappearance 29 years ago

Detective Sergeant, Tom Doyle, of Rathfarnham Garda Station holding the schoolbag belonging to Philip Cairns who has been missing since October 23, 1986. Photo: Damien Eagers The lane between Ann Devlin Road and Ann Devlin Drive in Rathfarnham ... >> view original

Cairns croc farm's secret to almost flawless skins

Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, situated 40 minutes north of Cairns in far north Queensland, has been breeding estuarine or saltwater crocodiles in captivity for longer than anyone else in Australia, and now it has devised breeding pens that minimise ... >> view original

Police delays and domestic violence order failures in Cairns coronial inquest

A CAIRNS inquest into the bashing death of indigenous grandmother Elsie May Robertson found there was an “unreasonable delay” in the police's response to her emergency, and that domestic violence orders that characterised her relationship with her ... >> view original

Emergency doctors as stressed as soldiers

Anaesthetists under pressure of 'Olympic athletes'New Zealand Herald >> view original

New Thunderbirds coach, netball legend Michelle den Dekker speaks of her son ...

SOUTH Australian netball legend Michelle den Dekker sits in the foyer of Netball SA's Mile End headquarters, struggling to hide her emotions as she tells the story of her oldest son Jakeb. Rated among the greatest netballers of all time, den Dekker ... >> view original

Three hurt in Sydney ferris wheel fall

Three teenage girls have been injured, one seriously, in a fall from a ferris wheel in Sydney's southwest. Emergency services were called to the scene at the YMCA Fun Park in Memorial Avenue, Liverpool about 5.10pm on Sunday. A NSW Ambulance ... >> view original