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Chris Cairns trial: Ex-NZ cricketer Lou Vincent has tough opening day on ...

After telling the Chris Cairns perjury trial he wanted to come clean about his match fixing - which he alleges Cairns got him into - he altered his story on the prostitute under cross examination by Orlando Pownall, QC. Hours earlier, he had given the ... >> view original

Cairns Regional Council denies casting dark shadow over Fun in the Sun Festival

In the 1990s it was taken over by Cairns City Council and went through a series of name changes before morphing into the Cairns Festival that was held over August to September. In 2013, Einstein Events took control of the rights to operate Fun in the ... >> view original

Professionals teach Cairns State High pupils to perform

Among the performers mentoring students was associate principal bassoonist and former Cairns High pupil David Mitchell. Ms Smith said with many of her students preparing to pursue musical careers, the guidance musicians like Mr Mitchell could provide ... >> view original

Cowboy charged after naked Cairns stroll

A New South Wales man has been charged with willful exposure after a nude stroll in the Cairns central business district on Sunday night. The 25-year-old was reportedly clad in only a cowboy hat and thongs when he was arrested by police in Grafton ... >> view original

33yo Cape York man jailed for fatally stabbing 27yo partner in Cairns

Mother-of-two Frede Brown, 27, died in April last year after her partner Jimmy Pascoe stabbed her in the chest with a kitchen knife at a Cairns unit. The pair had been fighting for several days and the Supreme Court in Cairns heard they had a history ... >> view original

Cairns couple finds easier lifestyle after moving to new apartment

The opposite is proving true for Cairns couple Kate and Ryan Mathews. After three years of living in a large suburban home, they opted for a change and were recently handed the keys to their new inner-city apartment. Looking for a more comfortable and ... >> view original

Two injured in alleged assaults

Paramedics took the two men, both aged 28, to Cairns Hospital shortly after 3.15am. Two men, an 18 year-old from White Rock and a 21-year-old from Manunda, were arrested at the scene, while police later located and detained another two men believed to ... >> view original

The piercingly painful truth behind end-of-season footy trips in Cairns

With its tropical climate and pumping night-life, Cairns has become a favourite destination for sports teams in recent years and business owners such as Lynni Stockli couldn't be happier. Miss Stockli has owned piercing and tattoo studio Body Funk on ... >> view original

Vincent breaks down at Cairns trial

VINCENT, who played for the national side between 2001 and 2007, on Monday appeared as the first Crown witness in the trial at Southwark Crown Court, declaring he worked "under direct orders from Chris Cairns" to fix matches in the Indian Cricket ... >> view original

Vincent arrives for Cairns trial in London

VINCENT, who played for New Zealand between 2001 and 2007, will be the first person to give evidence at the trial, in which Cairns faces one charge of perjury and one of perverting the course of justice. When asked how he was feeling as he arrived at ... >> view original