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Guitarist shuts down talk of being 'fired' by Bob Dylan
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (237+ words) Bob Britt has confirmed his exit from Bob Dylan's live band and insisted he wasn't "fired". The guitarist had been in Dylan's live band since 2019, but he bid farewell to his bandmates over the weekend. Joel Paterson is reportedly Dylan's…...
Guthrie probe remains ransom case despite fake notes
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (223+ words) The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as nothing more than extortion attempts, but the agency says it's still evaluating others that might be legitimate. The FBI did not specify…...
Struggling shoe retailer to close most remaining stores
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (293+ words) A shoe retailer that's been in business for 134 years will close more than half of its brick-and-mortar outlets after running into financial trouble. Betts, which operated nearly 220 shoe shops at its peak, will close 20 of its 35 stores across Australia, after…...
Huge upgrade for China's tough 4 WD
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (462+ words) China's GWM has revealed more details and imagery of its updated Tank 300 for the domestic market. As reported by Car News China, a highlight of this update is a longer wheelbase that was previewed by the Tank 300 Hooke Edition prototype…...
The lasting legacy of a man who opened up the Blue Mountains cliffs
13+ hour, 14+ min ago (283+ words) The Blue Mountains climbing community has been saddened to hear of the passing of Blue Mountains pioneer rock climber Kevin Westren. With Meg Hailstone, Westren completed the first ascent of Hocus Pocus (1964) at Mount Piddington, on the western cliffs of…...
Carmakers teaming up with Chinese brands | Blue Mountains Gazette | Katoomba, NSW
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (804+ words) The rise in popularity of Chinese cars has been so rapid it's left traditional car companies scrambling to keep up in technology and sales. So now it is a case of, if you can't beat them join them, with the…...
Never too young: The Leura woman fighting a harmful medical bias
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (444+ words) For Mieke Van Opstal, a 40-year-old from Leura with a healthy lifestyle and no genetic predisposition, a bowel cancer diagnosis was a complete shock. Like many, she held the false assumption that it was strictly an older person's, lifestyle-related disease....
Netanyahu orders all Hezbollah infrastructure destroyed
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (240+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the army to destroy the infrastructure of the Iran-backed Shiite Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon. During a troop visit on Tuesday, Netanyahu referred to all above-ground and underground facilities that the militia had…...
Artists urge big tech to pay up for scraping their work
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (411+ words) Australian artists whose work has been scraped for AI say they are victims of copyright crime - but they don't plan on taking tech companies to court. "I'm a writer, but I'm standing here before you today, really, as a victim…...
Media boss Antony Catalano to fight charges after allegedly bashing wife
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (375+ words) Media boss Antony Catalano will fight the charges laid against him after allegedly bashing his wife and threatening to stab her in a drug-fuelled attack in March. Catalano, the co-owner of Australian Community Media (ACM) and former high-profile Fairfax Media…...