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With two days to go until the ski season kicks off in our alpine region – the resorts of Falls Creek and Mount Hotham are looking good! A carbon copy of winter across our region today. Morning frost and fog and a top of 15 for Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 14, Culcairn 16, Wangaratta 14, Corryong 14, Bright 13, Falls Creek 5.
Catch up on news here:
Corowa-Rutherglen footballer Jack Pickering suspended for 18 matches by Ovens and Murray tribunal
Corowa-Rutherglen reserve grade footballer Jack Pickering has been handed one of the heftiest suspensions in Ovens and Murray history. More here
Central Wodonga is a large work in progress
A key plank in the Wodonga central business district makeover has taken place with the opening of the multi-million dollar Woolworths supermarket on the corner of High Street and Elgin Boulevard on Wednesday. More here
Albury's Hands On program receives Australian Red Cross Distinguished Team Service Award
The Australian Red Cross Albury branch trained its first Hands On workers in 1960 and the program continues to run in aged care facilities in Albury and Howlong. More here
Table Top CWA member wins three knitting prizes at NSW conference
Margaret Lynch of the Table Top branch Country Women’s Association has won three knitting prizes at the annual NSW conference on the Central Coast. More here
Continuity the key for Kayne Turner's season at North Melbourne
Border AFL export Kayne Turner loves every chance he can get to come back home. Turner has been spending his week off from football duties back in the region catching up with hundreds of local fans. More here
Is it worth shopping around?
A new survey reveals whether there are savings to be had by shopping at Aldi. Read more.
State of the nation
►ORMISTON: Julie Wallace, the mother of Sara Zelenak has confirmed that her daughter has died in the weekend terrorist attack in London. Read more.
►WOLLONGONG: A teacher groomed two students before having sex with them. Read more.
►HUNTER VALLEY: About 1400 Glencore mineworkers have voted for two 48-hour strikes. Read more.
►COOTAMUNDRA: An off-duty police officer has been charged for drink-driving. Read more.
►BALLARAT: Police have released an image of the man they believed may have been involved in ramming a police car. Read more.
►BENDIGO: A frost warning has been issued. Read more.
►PORT MACQUARIE: Benji the labrador has helped PTSD sufferer Andrew Tebbit turn his life around. Read more.
►MAITLAND: A new coffee trend has hit the region. Have you tried a turmeric latte? Read more.
►GOULBURN: A rare life threatening condition has brought two families together. Read more.
National news
►A Channel Nine reporter was subject to racial abuse in Geelong. Read more.
►A child's diary that puts a convicted paedophile on Glenelg beach in the days surrounding the Beaumont children's disappearance there in January 1966 has been handed to Adelaide detectives. Read more.
►Five Australian universities are ranked in the top 50 in the world. Read more.
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International news
► A Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people is believed to have crashed in southern Myanmar. Read more.
► US President Donald Trump has announced Christopher Wray is his choice for the new director of the FBI. Read more.
► A London Bridge jihadist was linked to an extremist network that radicalised a teenage boy who plotted a terror attack on the 2015 Anzac Day parade in Melbourne. Read more.
On this day
1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
1896 First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris.
1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford).
1949 Siam changes name to Thailand.
1965 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.
1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones.
1984 Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The faces of Australia: Peter Abba
It’s the end of an era in Dapto, with pharmacist Peter Abba retiring after more than 50 years. He has decided to spend more time giving back to the community as a Rotarian. Read more.