Jared Lynch

MOST family holidays only last for a few weeks before life returns to normal, but not for Wayne Walsh.The Cobden man is about to embark on his biggest adventure yet, which will combine his two passions - teaching and football.He will uproot wife Jacque and his young family next month to take on an AFL regional development manager’s post in the Northern Territory.“It will be a completely new experience,” the Cobden premiership player said.“Jacque and I have never been able to get away as a family…

A FORMER Portland teacher looks set to become Australia’s first saint, with Pope Benedict XVI telling nuns Mother Mary MacKillop will be canonised.The pontiff visited Mother Mary’s tomb in Sydney yesterday.After a short prayer he told the nuns of the Sisters of St Joseph - the order Mother Mary founded - she would be granted sainthood as soon as the ``proper processes″ were completed.The family of seven-year-old Sophie Delezio, who cheated death after sustaining horrific injuries in two car acc…

WARRNAMBOOL Wolves are on the prowl to create a full-pitch local soccer league by next year.An experimental senior competition was launched at Harris Street Reserve this week, with three Wolves squads and a Hamilton team taking part.Club spokesman John Miles hoped the three-round trial competition, which would be held over the next five months, would grow into a local league.“There are a lot of players out there who want to play full-pitch soccer, but don’t want to travel,” he said.“We hope to c…

A SOUTH-WEST icon is facing the axe with Dennington’s historic timber railway bridge earmarked for demolition.VicTrack, which is responsible for the 119-year-old bridge and the former railway line, is seeking Heritage Victoria’s permission to knock down a section that spans the Merri River, west of the Fonterra factory.VicTrack believes the bridge, part of the former Terang-Port Fairy rail line, is unsafe and only a pot of money could save it. Dennington residents, river users and Warrnambool Ci…

PUB-LOVERS are joining a push to save Timboon’s only hotel, which shocked locals by closing suddenly last week.Residents are yet to know why the century-old pub shut its doors, with publican Tim Kelson unable to be contacted and Ballarat-based owner Peter Flynn declining to comment.The battle to save the hotel was launched into cyberspace on the weekend, using social networking site Facebook.Late yesterday more than 280 people had signed up to the Save the Timboon Hotel group. Some of the postin…

IT was survival of the fittest on the last day of the Warrnambool Junior Grasscourt Open.Competitors slogged it out yesterday in 40-degree heat, fanned by a northerly wind.The intense conditions made winning her final an arduous task for Traralgon teenager Sophie Grumley.She took on Cranbourne South youngster Jade Collins for the consolation under 14 final. Sophie was the underdog throughout the match.She lost the first set 7-6 to Jade, took out the second 7-6 and the pair went to a super tie-br…

British health insurance giant Bupa has extended its hospital funding agreement with Epworth HealthCare its third in as many months despite failing to break its stalemate with Australias biggest private hospital provider, Ramsay.

Shares in the Amazon of medicinal cannabis, Cronos Australia, have surged more than 45 per cent, following the group generating record annual revenue.

Australias biggest private hospital operator, Ramsay, has saved health funds 16m in the past year but has failed to secure a new funding agreement with British health insurance giant Bupa.

Australians are weeks away from paying more for popular milk brands, including Pura and Dairy Farmers, with Bega Cheese seeking to recover a 30 per cent spike in the prices it pays farmers from the big supermarket chains.