Owner cleared of shop arson

A HOBART businessman yesterday walked free from court after being found not guilty of arson. Ian Robert Cooksey, 42, of Lauderdale, was acquitted by a Supreme Court jury after it deliberated for almost eight hours. The case centred on a fire at Mr...

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Alzheimer's study leap

Researcher Dr Kaylene Young, left, with Bubbles Haynes, of Kettering, whose husband suffers from Alzheimer's. Picture: KIM EISZELE A TASMANIAN scientist has found that crucial insulating cells in the nervous system can be made throughout life, providing...

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Trawler lawyers warned

LAWYERS fighting a two-year ban on a super trawler operating in Australian waters have been warned by a Federal Court judge to cast their nets with care when making allegations against federal Environment Minister Tony Burke. Seafish Tasmania wants...

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Great hopes for new Pope

TASMANIAN Catholics have weoclomed the quick election of a Pope and found his choice of the name Francis inspiring. They hope Pope Francis can draw strength from the example of St Francis of Assisi, who lived a life of Christ-like poverty and simplicity....

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TMAG ready for big reveal

Tasmania Museum andArt Gallery director Bill Bleatham says the new TMAG is ready to wow. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE SEVEN years and $30 million since it was first announced, the public will be able to judge if it was money well spent when the Tasmanian...

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MKR dishes up Tassie disaster

TASMANIA has suffered a double disaster this week with best friends Ali and Samuel eliminated from My Kitchen Rules last night. The pair's shock exit comes after Tassie father and son duo Mick and Matt Newell were eliminated from the Channel 7 cooking...

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Alliance calls for class action

CLASS sizes are creeping up and a lack of school psychologists is hurting children, says Tasmania's Public Education Alliance. A report on the alliance's vision for public education was handed to Premier Lara Giddings outside Parliament House today....

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Cup winner back on home turf

BROADMARSH-trained stayer Norsqui has arrived home in great shape after comfortably winning Monday's $400,000 Adelaide Cup. The Walter McShane trained gelding handled the trip across the Bass Strait with aplomb and Tasmania's best two miler will now...

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Jobless figures steady

TASMANIA'S unemployment rate stabilised at 7.1 per cent in February with the loss of 300 jobs for males offset by a gain of 200 jobs for females. The number of people employed was stable at 232,800 in trend terms, although the number of unemployed dropped...

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Risdon fire flares up

RISDON VALE residents were told to remain vigilant today as spot fires caused concern in windy conditions. The Tasmania Fire Service warned earlier this afternoon that the out-of-control blaze on Hobart's Eastern Shore, which began in Downhams Rd last...

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Best man found not guilty

A CLIFTON Beach man has walked free after being found not guilty of the manslaughter of his best friend at a buck's party. Nathan James Carins, 30, was this afternoon acquitted by a jury in the Supreme Court in Hobart. Mr Carins was driving a ute which...

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Richard Davey dies at 74

Richard Davey on the set of The Ship That Never Was in 2009. Picture: CHRIS KIDD ENTERTAINER extraordinaire Richard Davey -- hailed as an icon of Tasmanian tourism and the arts -- has died. Tourism Industry Council Tasmania chairman Simon Currant...

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Hot weather hanging around

LAUNCESTON has smashed weather records after sweltering through eight consecutive autumn days above 30C. The previous record was four days above 30C, set from January 28-31 in 2009. The Bureau of Meterology in Tasmania said the record heat wave – set...

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Second Glover win for Duff

A MOODY painting of a Launceston streetscape has won the 2013 Glover Prize People's Choice Award. Launceston artist Leoni Duff today won the popular vote with her oil-on-canvas work Down on Cameron Street. She won the inaugural award in 2004. Duff...

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Thieves hit former Hobart bank

BURGLARS have broken into the Murray St building at the centre of Hobart's red awning debate. Police today appealed for information into the overnight break-in, with the offenders making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Detective Inspector David...

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Teaching needs 'best, brightest'

A NATIONAL plan to recruit top-class candidates to study teaching has been cautiously welcomed by Tasmania's teachers' union. The plan, released today by Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett, would require a university interview, a literacy and...

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Former Liberal senator dies

FORMER Tasmanian Liberal senator Brian Archer has died at the age of 84. Mr Archer was born in Calder, near Wynyard in North-West Tasmania, and worked as a real estate consultant and farmer before entering parliament. He served as a senator from 1975...

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Tassie horse wins Adelaide Cup

TASMANIAN galloper Norsqui has produced another giant-killing performance to win the $400,000 Adelaide Cup. Trained at Broadmarsh by veteran horseman Walter McShane, Norsqui started at the attractive odds of $26 but proved too strong for the locals...

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Taste of perfection

TASTY: Rosemary Bennett toasts to a bigger and brighter Taste of the Huon with a freshly squeezed Huon Valley Juice. Picture: LEIGH WINBURN TASTE of the Huon organisers are confident the wet weather forecast for today will steer clear of the Ranelagh...

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Health insurers aim at hospitals

STANDARDS in some private hospitals around the nation are so bad that health insurers don't want to cover procedures done in them. Private Healthcare Australia, representing the nation's health insurers, commissioned a leading academic to assess four...

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800 whales saved

TENSE: Heated clashes during the Japanese whaling season. Picture: Eliza Muirhead/Sea Shepherd Australia MORE than 800 whales escaped the harpoon this season because of anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd, its director Bob Brown said yesterday....

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