POOP: Toowoomba parks full of dog 'landmines' and other top stories.

• POOP: Toowoomba parks full of dog 'landmines'

  

  TOOWOOMBA parks are filling up with dog dung at such a rate it's prompted a reminder from Toowoomba Regional Council to owners. A spokesman said council was getting numerous reports of doggie do-do from concerned residents. "We are getting too many reports of people not picking up after their dogs. "Our parks are filling with landmines." The amount of animal excrement is apparently keeping some residents from spending a day in the park. "Summer's the time for us to enjoy our pa..

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• All abilities theatre group delights members

  

  BEING able to express yourself is an ability that the vast majority of people take for granted. However, for many people with disabilities, it isn't possible to verbally communicate their thoughts, feelings and emotions. Thanks to a new adult theatre group, CPL's Screech Theatre, Toowoomba locals with disabilities will be able to express themselves through drama, dance and music while learning life skills and meeting new people. Screech Theatre is CPL's unique drama program that offe..

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• Armed Qld man surrenders to police

  

  Armed Qld man surrenders to police

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• Severe storms form across western Darling Downs

  

  SEVERE storms are threatening western parts of the Darling Downs. The Bureau of Meteorology says severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Severe thunderstorm warning issued for south-west Queensland. Locations which may be affected include Charleville, St George, Bollon, Dirranbandi and Wyandra.  The warning is for people in parts of the Maranoa and Warrego and..

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• Two held up at knifepoint in Ashgrove

  

  Two held up at knifepoint in Ashgrove Police are negotiating with a knife-wielding man who has barricaded himself in a Toowoomba unit. Two people were help up at knifepoint on Saturday night about 11.45pm at an Ashgrove Avenue address.They answered a knock at the door of their unit only to be met with three men wielding knives demanding cash and valuables.The residents, an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were physically unharmed and the armed men ma..

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• 'I wouldn't swap him for world'

  

  YOU couldn't find a couple who loved fishing more than Fred and Lorinda Bruggemann. Between the two, they estimate they've caught more than 2000 in their time together. Mrs Bruggemann said her husband always enjoyed fishing but after their children were old enough and he would take her fishing with him. Nothing could keep them from their favourite pastime. "We fished at every possible place - rivers, dams, you name it," Mrs Bruggemann said. "We won heaps of competitions and we cou..

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• Fatal fire appears deliberately lit: cops

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• Cate McGregor honoured by AOTY nomination

  When Catherine McGregor says she's just happy to be nominated for Australian of the Year, she means it.Not simply for the honour of being recognised as a leading advocate for the country's transgender community.But because four years earlier, on January 25, 2012, she had planned to die."I was at Adelaide Oval and by the most slender thread, I didn't go back to my hotel room and end my life," the Toowoomba-born nominee says.She'd spent decades living as Malcolm McGregor - an army Lieutenant Colo..

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• Thirteen people bitten by snakes in four days

  

  Ben Hanson said the snake would be released in a month after it had digested its meal. Photo: CQ Snake Removeral Services Ben A Dimbulah woman was in a stable condition at the Cairns Base Hospital Saturday afternoon after becoming the 13th Queenslander in four days to be bitten by a snake.The 27-year-old was airlifted from Mareeba Hospital to Cairns Base Hospital Saturday morning, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said.EarlierTwelve people and a ki..

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• Terminally-sick young man makes creative bucket list

  

  Jake Simpson surrounded by friends and family. Contributed A YOUNG Toowoomba man with a deadly form of cancer is working his way through a bucket list which includes speed dating and doing 100 good deeds. Jake Simpson's life changed forever when he was diagnosed with Ewings sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that attacks healthy growing children in the 14-22 age group. Now he's trying to pack as much into his life as possible. Cancer was detected in his spine, hip, ribs, coll..

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Peaceful resolution after stand off .	Toowoomba high schools get okay to start split talks .
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