Launceston weather forecast: The city is headed for a top temperature of 17 degrees today, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The skies are predicted to be partly cloudy, and there are light winds.
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Quake fears for four Tasmanians | Video A Launceston man is one of at least four Tasmanians feared missing in Nepal following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday.
Tassie mud runners get grubby There was not a clean body in sight as hundreds of runners squelched, wallowed and crawled their way through the Tas Mud Run on Sunday.
$2m in unpaid parking fines The Launceston City Council is owed $2 million in unpaid parking fines – more than twice the amount raised from fines in the last financial year.
Biker pooch on a mission for RSPCA Samantha the Australian shepherd rode in style during the Roars for Paws RSPCA fund-raiser yesterday.
Vandenberg out to defend title Targa Tasmania defending champions Jamie Vandenberg and navigator Dennis Sims are hoping they can repeat the effort that saw them claim their inaugural Targa title last year as the 2015 event gets under way on Monday.
More than 300 Australians in Nepal are still unaccounted for after Saturday's earthquake.
Among them are a young family of four from Daylesford, a former Illawarra man and a 31-year-old Devonport man. Read our full regional wrap here.
If you missed our weekend coverage of Anzac Day around regional Australia, you can see the photos here.
Thousands have searched our national Anzac centenary commemoration, The Faces of Anzacs, which contains the names and photos of nearly 1000 Diggers.
The Faces of Anzacs tribute wall contains profiles contributed by hundreds of readers around the country and internationally and compiled by Fairfax’s regional, community and agricultural mastheads.
The wall, searchable by name and location, honours Diggers who served in the Great War; those who returned and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
► Bendigo police deployed a taser to subdue a man who stabbed his uncle twice in Maiden Gully. Sergeant Jason Bourke said the 35-year-old man had assaulted his uncle before the man's father broke the fight up at about 7.45pm on Saturday night.
► The most destructive storm to ever smash the Hunter region's vital electricity networks could see some residents remain in the dark for most of this week, as community leaders vow to introduce reforms to rid streets of troublesome trees.
►An officer was injured after police were showered in glass while trying to break up a party in the Illawarra on Saturday night. Police received numerous calls from members of the public concerned about a large party at a property on Rani Avenue in Shell Cove around 9.30pm.
► There are fears for four Tasmanians reported missing after Nepal's earthquake. Launceston’s Julien Tempone-Wiltshire, 24, has been reported missing, along with Devonport’s Adam Cleaver, 31, Hobart’s Jessica Farley, 46, and Jenny Davson-Galle, 29, also from Hobart. Bridport volunteer Amy Barnes is alive and well in Nepal.
► A Port Lincoln surfer was flown to hospital in Adelaide in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark Saturday morning at Right Point south of Port Lincoln. The man lost his leg in the attack.
► Did you pay your respects at a dawn service around Australia yesterday? Check out our national gallery of the best, here.
► Victoria's anti-corruption agency will on Monday outline explosive details of how millions of dollars meant to benefit students has been stolen or fraudulently misused by a ring of allegedly crooked senior public servants and school leaders.
►Acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek is calling on her party to make all Labor MPs vote for same-sex marriage in a fresh bid to get federal parliament to legalise the reform. Ms Plibersek will argue the ALP should change its platform at the party's national conference in July.
► Cbus, which manages $27 billion on behalf of building and construction workers, is calling on the Abbott government to crack down on employers who duck the super guarantee contribution. Read more.