1:26 PM AEDT | ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION
Brilliant Venus continues to dominate the western evening sky, being visible until it sets about 11.10pm.
Ringed Saturn rises in the east about 11.50pm and remain...
1:08 PM AEDT | Marks & Spencer jobs cut; Pirates hold crew.
1:06 PM AEDT | WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush is expected to announce today the creation of the world's largest marine protection area, spanning 505,000sq km in the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman said yest...
12:59 PM AEDT | QUITO, Ecuador - A team of Ecuadoran and Italian researchers has discovered a unique species of pink land iguanas living on the Galapagos Islands, the scientist who wrote the report said.
"It is sur...
12:58 PM AEDT | PARIS - A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe yesterday, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations.
Up to 10cm of snow was recorded in part...
12:58 PM AEDT | WASHINGTON - Take that, Andromeda!
For decades, astronomers thought that when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighbourhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andro...
12:57 PM AEDT | NO lumps in breasts - check.
Pap smear up to date - check.
Commonly referred to as the bikini approach to women's health, most women do a great job of looking after their breasts and repro...
12:56 PM AEDT | How to improve your health this week with Active Launceston Wednesday
1. Fitness and Fun - Active City Park - City Park - Wednesdays 6.15am.
2. Gorge CHAT Pram Walking Group - Royal Park car ...
12:56 PM AEDT | IT'S almost a year since Launceston's Peggy Irving underwent open heart surgery.
The 84-year-old grandmother and great- grandmother was diagnosed with angina after experiencing chest pain ...
12:55 PM AEDT | THE East Coast and Hobart have been hot spots for holidaymakers so far this summer, according to Tourism Council Tasmania chief executive Daniel Hanna.
Hobart is traditionally a favourite over the N...
12:55 PM AEDT | THE Bay of Fires is no longer the best-kept secret on the East Coast.
While the wider St Helens area had long been a regular coastal retreat for many Tasmanian holidaymakers, business owners and ...
12:41 PM AEDT | New restaurant
The new Black Cow restaurant in the old Lucks building on the corner of Paterson and George streets in Launceston has been receiving some great reviews.
"We are so pleased that La...
12:40 PM AEDT | THIS is the time of the year when the Christmas spending excesses are being felt and wine buying habits can need modification.
Unfortunately, the good under-$10 table wine is getting harder to find....
12:39 PM AEDT | The citrus beads of finger limes burst in the mouth, writes Conrad Walters.
BOTANIST Joseph Banks logged his discovery of finger limes more than two centuries ago but the fruit known as "citrus caviar" is only now set to land on the shelves of Sydney grocers.
The subtropica...
12:38 PM AEDT | Summer is the ideal time to taste some of the gorgeous berries around. Fresh summer berries add delicious flavour, colour and nutrition to any dish.
Blackberry Muffins
3/4 cup natural yoghurt
1/2 cup water
2 eggs
2 cups blackberries
3 cups plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 ts...
11:56 AM AEDT | PERTH - OM Holdings Ltd's largest shareholder, Consolidated Minerals Ltd, has declined to douse speculation that it is planning a takeover for the fellow manganese miner, which is adding takeover ...
11:55 AM AEDT | The RACT yesterday announced the appointment of former AAMI executive manager Trent Sayers to head its insurance division. Mr Sayers's appointment fills the vacancy created by the departure of Ralph Doedens, who is moving to Sydney.
11:55 AM AEDT | State deputy auditor-general Ric De Santi has been appointed Tasmanian president of professional accounting body CPA Australia.
11:54 AM AEDT | Metro chief executive Tony Sim has announced he will not be seeking reappointment at the end of this financial year.
Metro chairman Sally Denny said the Metro board had accepted Mr Sim's resignat...
11:53 AM AEDT | SYDNEY - Australians have spurned a tough economic climate to buy more than one million new vehicles last year, only the second time the milestone has ever been reached, new figures show.
Toyota was...
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