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• The week in pictures, November 20, 2015 | Photos

  

  ARMIDALE Armidale schoolgirls Harriet Gilpin and Poppy Broun serenade independent-living seniors.ARMIDALE: As Christmas shopping starts ramping up, these Armidale supermarket staffers hope they can encourage others to give to the less fortunate this festive season.BENDIGO: Ace the dog Eating a doggy Ice-cream at Flavours. Picture_ NONI HYETT.BENDIGO: Alawishus Jones, who will be playing the blues in Bendigo Summer in the Parks. Picture_ DARREN HOWEBENDIGO: Circus Royale rolled into Bendigo thi..

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• ANZAC medics honoured

  

  Exhibit commemorates service of WWI doctors and nurses.Bendigo Health will hold an exhibition to commemorate the service and sacrifice that their doctors and nurses made during World War I.On display will be both original and copies of photos from 1915 to 1918, which have been accessed from the Bendigo Health archives. The images depict nurses and doctors that went to WWI after working at what was then known as Bendigo Gold District General Hospital. A select few have been chosen, with their sto..

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• Pens go down at last

  

  Pens go down at lastByJASON WALLSNov. 20, 2015, 5:12 p.m.Bendigo students celebrated the end of year 11 and 12 exams at the library gardens on Friday.Relief: Gabrielle Paynton enjoys a lollipop and tries out some beer goggles courtesy of Bendigo Community Health Services at Pens Down on Friday. Picture: DARREN HOWEBendigo’s year 11 and 12 students breathed a sigh of relief as they celebrated the end of another school year at the Bendigo Library Gardens on Friday.The alcohol and drug free “Pens D..

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• California Gully pursuit accused pleads guilty

  

  California Gully pursuit accused pleads guiltyByADAM HOLMESNov. 20, 2015, 5:34 p.m.Man responsible for serious injuries in California Gully pursuit pleads guilty to three charges.The responsible for a crash in California Gully in May which seriously injured three people has pleaded guilty to three charges.A MAN has pleaded guilty to three charges for a police pursuit in Bendigo in May which ended when the car hit a power pole, causing a brain injury to one passenger and a spinal injury to the dr..

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• Fevaleaki joins Heathcote

  

  Fevaleaki joins HeathcoteNov. 21, 2015, 11:59 a.m.David Fevaleaki among new recruits to join Heathcote.HEATHCOTE-BOUND: David Fevaleaki in action for Hay in the Goulburn Rivers Football League this year. Picture: GANNAWARRA TIMESA DECADE after winning the Heathcote District Football League Cheatley Medal, David Fevaleaki is returning to the competition, this time with Heathcote.Midfielder Fevaleaki – who won the 2006 Cheatley Medal with Elmore – is among three recruits confirmed by the Saints fo..

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• Masters all over for locals

  

  Bendigo quartet miss cut at Australian Masters.TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE: Lucas Herbert shot a 3-over par on day two of the Australian Masters at Huntingdale on Friday. Picture: GETTY IMAGESBENDIGO’S four golfers are out of the Australian Masters after they all missed the cut on Friday.The Bendigo quartet of Lucas Herbert (+3) – who produced a highlight with an eagle on the par five 7th-  Kris Mueck (+4), Heath Reed (+3) and Andrew Martin (+8) shot a combined +17 second round at Huntingdale.With t..

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• State of the Nation | Saturday, November 21, 2015

  

  ... ▻ ALBION PARK: For most of Friday the Illawarra was bracing for scorching temperatures, watching as Sydney sweltered in 40-plus degree heat, waiting.

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• How to travel through Iran by bus

  

  Facelifts, nose jobs, chadors teamed with Japanese sun visors, rare artefacts and friendly people – Iran is a fascinating paradox.How to travel through Iran by busexitSomewhere to the east of Shiraz, we reach a village so tiny it's not even a dot on the map. No doubt its residents will regard the prospect of an unexpected visit from a busload of Westerners as the next best thing to a Martian invasion.Nonetheless, our Farsi​ speaker takes his chances and is soon back with the answer. A group of m..

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• Shopping Loyalty app aims to enable engagement to reward the...

  

  Shopping Loyalty app aims to enable engagement to reward the customerByCarolyn CumminsNov. 20, 2015, 11:45 p.m.Loyalty schemes are constantly under review, with some considered a cost centre, while others are a way of retaining the customer.Shopping Loyalty app aims to enable engagement to reward the customerexitLoyalty programs are constantly under review, with some considered a cost centre, while others are a way of retaining the customer.All areas of business are now aligned in some way to a ..

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• PSSST: Mason Cox, the alone star of Collingwood doco The First...

  

  Tall order: Mason Cox celebrates with Ash Close after scoring in the VFL.Photo: Scott Barbour/AFL MediaBIGGER THAN TEXASThe trouble with being a seven-foot American basketballer contracted by an AFL club and being picked to play your first game is not, as you might imagine, worrying about fluffing a kick of the oval ball. It is working out where the bloody hell Bendigo is.Mason Cox was recruited to Collingwood as an international rookie last year and played a pre-season game this season. That fi..

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