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• Toowoomba's Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport to welcome first international flight

  

  A Cathay Pacific freight plane from Hong Kong will mark the first international flight to arrive at Toowoomba's new airport.Photo: SuppliedToowoomba's Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport will host its first international flight later this month when a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-800F departs for Hong Kong.Airport operators hoped the freight flight on November 23, at this stage a one-off, would lead to permanent direct trade links between the Darling Downs city and Asia.Airport developer Wagners chairman John Wagner said it took just over a year for the privately built public airport to have its first international flight.A Cathay Pacific 747-800 freighter at Hong Kong international airport.Photo: B..

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• Teen woman stabbed by intruder in chilling attack

  

  UPDATE:Police say it is too soon to say what prompted a vicious attack on a Wilsonton teenager that left her recovering in hospital from a stab wound.Forensic investigators collected evidence from the backyard of a Rose St home where a 17-year-old woman was stabbed in the abdomen.She was taken to the Toowoomba Hospital for treatment after the attack which occurred about 11pm on Wednesday.The offender fled the scene.Toowoomba Criminal Investigation Branch detectives were compiling witness statements to the attack.Scenes of Crime officers carry evidence from a Wilsonton home at which a 17-year-old was stabbed in the abdomen Wednesday night.Tara MikoInitial investigations suggest the teenager c..

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• Toowoomba riders get set for Mountain Man | Chronicle

  

  TALENTED Toowoomba riders Kerrod Morrissy and Kaleb Barham will get their first taste of Mountain Man Motocross this weekend after the resurrection of the event.Middle Ridge's Echo Valley will host the 40th anniversary event of the maiden Mountain Man Motocross and the first since 1987.Morrissy will contest the main event, Mountain Man Unlimited as well as the Goldentyres 125cc Cup, while Barham will race in the 125s.Both riders have been hearing about Mountain Man Motocross back in the 1970s and 80s from the likes of event coordinator Bryan Flemming and will get to experience what the modern day event was like this weekend."From what I have been told by Bryan, it was the main race so it is ..

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• Bomb threat hoax: Hospital gets all clear

  

  UPDATE 4PM:The caller behind a hoax bomb threat that sent the Toowoomba Hospital into lockdown today is under investigation by police.Police received the call about 5.30am that an explosive device had been hidden inside the hospital which triggered a code purple, leaving staff on their way to work stranded outside.Darling Downs Acting Inspector Steve Stewart said police responded to the threat and liaised with hospital security.It is understood three specially trained explosives officers focused their search on a particular ward."The caller stated there was a device situated at the hospital," he said."Police attended and as a result, with hospital security, the hospital emergency plans imple..

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• Rain delays extend Toowoomba street closure | Chronicle

  

  Toowoomba Regional Council is upgrading the existing water main in Hogg St (file photo).WET weather delays have extended the closure of a section of Hogg St in north west Toowoomba until Monday, November 23.Toowoomba Regional Council is upgrading the existing water main.Work is continuing in a 200 metre section of Hogg St, east of the Tor St intersection to Holberton St .There will be changed traffic conditions at the Tor and Hogg Sts intersection.Part of the intersection will be closed for road works.Traffic controllers will guide motorists through the intersection during daylight hours.The Holberton and Hogg Sts T junction will be open to traffic.Detours will be in place and local access t..

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• Caution on roads urged as thick fog cloaks Toowoomba | Chronicle

  

  Fog cloaks Toowoomba this morning. Photo Andrew Backhouse / The ChronicleAndrew BackhouseA THICK is cloaking the streets of Toowoomba this morning.Motorists are advised to use their headlights and take care on the roads.It is expected to reach a maximum of 31 degrees today and scattered thunderstorms are also on the cards.A forecaster said a humid air mass and winds from the east had brought low cloud and fog to the city.Mark Trenorden said visibility was about 150m and cloud at about 100ft.Small showers can be seen on the radar coming in from the west.There are a few showers around the city at the moment.Similar weather is predicted for tomorrow and Saturday.On Sunday a south-easterly chang..

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• VIDEO: Severe storms roll towards Toowoomba, Warwick | Chronicle

  

  UPDATE 6:55 PMTHUNDERSTORMS are continuing to move east towards Warwick and Toowoomba.They are forecast to affect Warwick and Toowoomba by 7:25 pm and the area northeast of Warwick by 7:55 pm.UPDATE 6.30PM:Severe thunderstorms are rolling across the Darling Downs and towards Toowoomba.The Bureau of Meteorology warns of damaging winds and large hailstorms in an alert issued about 6.20pm."Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely," the severe thunderstorm warning states.READ RELATED:MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN NORTH WEST QLD3.15PM:Heavy rain and hail have hit parts of the Darling Downs this afternoon as thunderstorms roll across the region.La..

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• Toowoomba drummer performs with world’s best | Chronicle

  

  TO say this year has been a whirlwind for Kosta Theodosis would be an understatement.He has toured with his band the LA-based Australian group Miami Horror, worked with Kite String Tangle and Thirsty Merc and toured with Cleopold and Chet Faker.The Toowoomba drummer also had the opportunity to play on Robbie Williams' album.Kosta TheodosisBev LaceyHe has worked with some of the hottest names in music and it looks like his career is just taking off."It's great because I'm doing what I always wanted," he said."I'm touring the world and playing with some of the world's biggest artists."I feel like I am at a good starting point but I don't feel fully successful yet."I certainly feel like I'm get..

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• AM - Toowoomba residents to address rising motorhome numbers 05/11/2015

  

  MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: It's a booming tourism industry - so-called grey nomads in their self drive motor homes.More than half a million Australians own a campervan or caravan and some communities are trying to keep up with demand for facilities for travellers.Residents in the regional Queensland city of Toowoomba will meet today to consider how best to deal with the growing number of visitors.Lindy Kerin reports.LINDY KERIN: Allan Stott owns a property just south of Toowoomba.ALLAN STOTT: The property was used for dairying before we came here, but we mainly use it for beef cattle breeding.LINDY KERIN: But after a tough few years he's diversified and now he's tapping in to the t..

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• Hospital staff return to work after bomb threat

  

  UPDATE 4PM:The caller behind a hoax bomb threat that sent the Toowoomba Hospital into lockdown today is under investigation by police.Police received the call about 5.30am that an explosive device had been hidden inside the hospital which triggered a code purple, leaving staff on their way to work stranded outside.Darling Downs Acting Inspector Steve Stewart said police responded to the threat and liaised with hospital security.It is understood three specially trained explosives officers focused their search on a particular ward."The caller stated there was a device situated at the hospital," he said."Police attended and as a result, with hospital security, the hospital emergency plans imple..

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