Launceston north of Tasmania News: Last Top Stories: Launceston teenager charged after allegedly ramming police car in escape bid - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Launceston teenager charged after allegedly ramming police car in escape bid - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Launceston teenager charged after allegedly ramming police car in escape bidBy Sallese GibsonUpdatedNovember 19, 2015 15:49:26 A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly ramming into a police car in Launceston last night, injuring an officer.Police have charged the Mowbray teenager with aggravated assault, stealing and evading police.Tasmania Police were patrolling the Invermay area, looking for the boy in relation to an alleged assault at a Launceston shopping complex on Tuesday.The..
>> view original

Soldiers' bibles on display in Launceston exhibition, Their Sacrifice - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Soldiers' bibles on display in Launceston exhibition, Their SacrificePostedNovember 19, 2015 17:04:15 The stories behind several bibles taken into conflict zones around the world will be on display in Launceston for the next four weeks.The exhibition, Their Sacrifice, has been curated by Dr John Harris from the Bible Society, who said a large number of World War I soldiers would have taken a bible into the conflict zone with them."The Bible Society gave out more them 1 million and very few p..
>> view original

Power of international stars felt on and off field

The result didn’t go the way Tasmania had hoped, but last weekend’s showdown with New South Wales offered a tantalizing glimpse of the entertainment two international stars could provide this summer.The Cripps Tasmania Roar welcomed England vice-captain Heather Knight and West Indies teenage sensation Hayley Matthews for the Women’s National Cricket League match, in their first appearances on Australian soil this season.Both Knight and Matthews have signed up to play for the Hobart Hurrican..
>> view original

Mousley targets progress against Asia's finest

Brad Mousley will line up for the North East Tennis Association Knights in the Asia-Pacific Tennis League. Picture: Calum RobertsonBRAD Mousley is hoping a strong showing in the Asia-Pacific Tennis League and the tutelage of a world-renowned coach can help make further strides on his comeback.Last summer Mousley, 19, was sidelined while serving a 12-month ASADA ban for a positive test for the recreational drug ecstasy.Now – five months after resuming his career – he is preparing to play for the ..
>> view original

From Hamo to Rio

TRIATHLON: Jake Birtwhistle will use this weekend's Fujifilm Hamilton Island Triathlon as a platform to launch his assault on the Rio Olympic team.The world under-23 triathlon champion is the favourite for Saturday's race, which he hopes will kick-start his 2016 campaign."My big focus for the early part of the year is selection for Rio," he said."I'd love to go to the world series on the Gold Coast and get an automatic spot (on the Olympic team)."I'm not confident it will happen but I'm confiden..
>> view original

A virtual 'dive' through a 19th century shipwreck

Two Hobsons Bay residents are using digital technology to recreate one of Victoria’s and the world’s best preserved 19th century shipwrecks.Williamstown historian Lloyd Clearihan and Newport maritime archaeologist Jane Mitchell are creating 3D models – much the same way as a computer-generated face can be recreated from a skull – of the SS City of Launceston, which sunk in Port Phillip Bay after colliding with another vessel in 1865.The pair are the first in Victoria to pioneer computer-gen..
>> view original

Hellova Street Goes Back-To-Back In Tasmanian Newmarket...

Hellova Streetshowed an impressive turn-of-foot to record a narrow victory in the 2015Tasmanian Newmarket Handicapat Launceston last night.Dean Holland and Scott Brunton combined earlier this year to take out the 2015 Mornington Cup with Banca Mo (pictured). Photo by: Adrienne BicknellHellova Street took out the Tasmanian Newmarket Handicap last year, but there was not a great deal of betting support for the star sprinter in the lead-up to the 2015 edition of the race and he started on the third..
>> view original

Gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics found in China

Gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics found in ChinaPostedNovember 19, 2015 13:41:20 A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, a new study has found.The discovery was described as "alarming" by scientists, who called for urgent restrictions on the use of polymyxins â€” a class of antibiotics that includes the drug colistin ..
>> view original

ACT public hospital emergency department waiting times still behind other ...

ACT public hospital emergency department waiting times still behind other jurisdictionsPostedNovember 19, 2015 11:08:39 The ACT is still lagging behind other jurisdictions in public hospital emergency department waiting times.Last financial year, only 59 per cent of ACT emergency department patients were seen on time,a study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released today found.The figure is significantly lower than the national percentage of 74, and the lowest of all..
>> view original

A mum made a powerful pro-vaccine plea with this video of her baby struggling ...

Pertussis, better known as whooping cough, starts like an ordinary cold. But after a week or two, it doesn’t get better —it gets worse.Sufferers cough for so hard and so long they gasp for air, turn blue in the face, and often vomit. The coughing fits are so intense, they leave people exhausted, their bodies rattled. When babies get whooping cough, they have trouble breathing and sometimes temporarily stop breathing all together. These symptoms can last formore than two months.Rebecca Harreman’s..
>> view original