Man in custody after siege A 27-year-old man, allegedly armed with a knife, was surrounded by police on Monday afternoon during a tense incident at Vermont Road, Mowbray.

Legana road risk Road safety lobbyer and Cycling Tasmania chief executive Collin Burns has hit out at the West Tamar Council after his 87-year-old mother was struck by a car while crossing the road in Legana on Saturday.

Nigerian ordeal ends The father of a Tasmanian man kidnapped in Nigeria last week says he feels “overwhelming relief”, after his son was released by his captors unharmed on Sunday.

Launceston man takes TattsLotto jackpot A Launceston man has won the TattsLotto division one prize worth over $339,533.67 in Saturday night’s draw.

Fate is in sight The Olympic aspirations of nearly a dozen Tasmanians will be determined in the next fortnight.

►LAUNCESTON: A 27-year-old man, allegedly armed with a knife, was surrounded by police on Monday afternoon during a tense five-hour siege.

►NEWCASTLE: The family of a woman who died after vomiting faecal matter for several days following surgery has received a $1.6 million settlement after a court heard her doctor became “fixated” on an incorrect diagnosis and hospital staff failed to recognise when she was only minutes from death.

Newcastle Private Hospital has been ordered to pay $322,000, or 20 per cent, of a $1.6 million settlement to the family of Colleen Stefanyszyn, 61, whose death in December, 2008, after a hysterectomy was preventable, NSW Supreme Court Justice Monika Schmidt found.

►BALLARAT: A Ballarat North United Soccer Club official has been slugged with a one-and-a-half year suspension after an incident at a tribunal hearing in May.

►WARRNAMBOOL: A Port Fairy woman who died at home after she was allegedly assaulted by her partner is believed to have discharged herself from hospital. Kylie Cay's partner, 31-year-old Justin Turner of Elizabeth Street, Port Fairy, has been charged with her murder and breaching an intervention order.

►DUBBO: Lethal falcons will be brought to Dubbo to help manage the starling population in Macquarie Street. In 2014, and earlier this year, then-Dubbo City Council engaged the services of Full Flight Falconry to disturb and move the roosting starling population from the CBD.

►BENDIGO: The Coroners Court has found the family of Spring Gully woman Dorothy Hookey did not assist her in taking her own life, clearing them of wrongdoing. There will be no coronial inquest as a result, and a spokesperson for Victoria Police said the investigation into the family has been dropped.

►MOUNT ISA: It may be called Belly Ache, but this weed has caused many a headache for local farmer but a local group is taking affirmative action to remove it.

Mount Isa Landcare president Mark Van Ryt said they had a team of nine camped at "the Gorge" to chase the remnant of an infestation of Corella River belly ache bush, a weed of national significance.

►SOUTH AUSTRALIA: The Mayors of Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla want a fast passenger train to link the Upper Spencer Gulf with Adelaide. The idea has been proposed by University of South Australia Adjunct Professor Richard Blandy and Canberra-based engineer Edwin Mitchell.

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►ROYAL COMMISSION: The mother of a teenage air force cadet who committed suicide after being threatened with dishonourable discharge due to a suspected affair with an older instructor wept as she told a royal commission about the "abject waste of her life."

Susan Campbell told the inquiry her daughter Eleanore Tibble​ was distraught when senior officers at the Air Force Cadets gave her the option of resigning or being dishonourably discharged due to "fraternisation" with a 30-year-old instructor. Read more

►WORLD: Britain's got Brexit. The United States has Donald Trump. Anger and resentment, expressed through poking the eye of the elite, are the trend in the Anglophone world as developed countries grapple with changes such as large scale immigration and relative economic decline. Read on

►SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines plane erupted in flames shortly after making an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi Airport early on Monday, the airline has confirmed. The plane had been flying from Singapore to Milan in Italy when it was forced to turn back due to engine trouble.

1977:  Elton John achieved a life long ambition when he became the Chairman of Watford Football Club.

In its heyday Electrolux employed about 1800 people but Peter Eslick, who ended a 41-year career at the plant this month, compared his time there to working in a family business.

His dad was involved in transport for more than 25 years, his sons earned money during their university holidays, meaning their lives were all intertwined with the now-closed Edward Street plant.