Wangaratta, Rutherglen, Benalla and Corryong 14. Beechworth 13.

Falls Creek and Mount Buller 3, and Mount Hotham 2.

A near-fatal car crash that left two people fighting for life created a huge ripple effect through the Myrtleford region and changed lives forever. Read more.

Calls from Alpine and North East residents to add cafe facilities to restoration plans for the Mount Buffalo Chalet will be suggested to Parks Victoria. Read more.

The biggest free-standing marquee seen in Albury has risen alongside the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre ahead of one of the biggest conferences to be held on the Border. Read more.

Meg Paterson’s short documentary exploring the notorious link between winter and catching a cold has been dubbed one of three finalists in the secondary school category of the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. Read more.

Yarrawonga co-coach Drew Barnes will stand down from the Pigeons’ top job at the end of the season. Read more.

Need a national news snapshot first thing? We've got you covered. 

NEWCASTLE: Through a long and probing session of examination by commissioner Peter McClellan and counsel assisting Naomi Sharp, Bishop Appleby insisted he had never known of any sex abuse in his parish, and would have fought it “decisively” had anyone told him. Read more.

ALBURY/WODONGA: A near-fatal car crash that left two people fighting for life created a huge ripple effect through the Myrtleford region and changed lives forever. Read more.

BALLARAT: The chair of the board of Ballarat Health Services has vowed to execute comprehensive reforms after the release of damning reports into the corrosive culture of bullying and nepotism at the organisation. Read more.

TASMANIA: Cannabis remains a favourite among illicit drug users in Tasmania and methamphetamine seizures are on the rise. Read more.

BENDIGO: They slip from pockets, they lay forgotten on tables. In car parks, on footpaths and down drains, car keys are lost every day in Bendigo. Read more.

DUBBO: Southern Cross Retirement Village resident Bob Strickland has been gardening since he was four years old. But what he dug up in his plot at home on July 27 was something he said he’s never seen before. Read more.

ILLAWARRA: Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho is chasing an A-League contract and the Wollongong Wolves FFA Cup match with Sydney FC could provide him the platform to get one. Read more.

ULVERSTONE: The fourth time in two years vandals desecrated the Ulverstone war memorial prompted the head of the RSL in Tasmania to call for those responsible to be charged and made an example of. Read more.

WAGGA: Wagga children could be under pressure to commit crimes by drug-addicted adults, the city’s top cop has said. Read more.

MT ISA: Quamby may be one of the last of the good old-fashioned country rodeos but its days may be numbered if a bunch of interfering southerners have their way. Read more.

National news

►Malcolm Turnbull will be forced to negotiate with either the left wing Greens - reviled by conservatives - or Pauline Hanson's resurgent right wing One Nation party, to pass any legislation opposed by Labor after the last Senate results revealed his government's position in the Senate has been severely weakened. Read more

► Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has condemned a 'racist' cartoon published by The Australian newspaper. Read more

► The tragic death of two teenagers and a string of drug overdoses linked to a prominent nightclub in Melbourne's affluent eastern suburbs are under investigation by Victoria Police and liquor licensing authorities. Read more

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International news

►LONDON: One woman has been killed and five people hurt in a knife attack in central London, police said. Read more

►UNITED STATES: Trump's appalling assault on the Khan family appears to have been a game-changer for Republicans, many of whom have been muted in their criticism - until now. Read more

►MALAYSIA: Malaysia has dismissed media reports that new evidence points to a "rogue pilot" having hijacked Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and crashed the plane into the southern Indian Ocean. Read more

25 – Guangwu claims the throne as emperor, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.

1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.

1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.

1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.

1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

1944 – World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.

1944 – World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.

1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.

1962 – Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

2015 – The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.

Bunbury Aero Club member Michael Comparti fulfilled some long held aspirations last week when he collected his newly acquired single propeller aeroplane from Queensland and flew it back to it’s new home at Bunbury Regional Airport. 

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